Great Families In Nascar - The Burtons

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Jeffery Brian Burton Was Born On June 29, 1967. He Is A Native Of South Boston, Virginia. Jeff Burton, Sometimes Referred To As 'Jb', Currently He Drives The #31 Cingular Chevrolet For Richard Childress Racing. He Also Races Part-Time In The Busch Series. Jeff Burton Is The Younger Brother Of Ward Burton, Who Is A Fellow Sprint Cup Driver. Married To Kim Burton, They Have Two Children, Paige And Harrison. He Ran His First Winston Cup Race In 1993 In The #0 Tic Financial Ford For Fil Martocci. 1994 Was Burton'S Rookie Year In The Winston Cup Series. He Drove The #8 Raybestos Ford For Stavola Brothers Racing. He Had A Season-High Fourth Place Finish On The Way To Earning 1994 Nascar Rookie Of The Year.

Next Year, In 1995, Burton Had One Top-Five, Along With A Ninth Place Finish. He Also Missed Three Races And Finished 32Nd In Points. In 1996, Jeff Burton Left The Stavola Brothers For Roush Racing. Driving The #99 Exide Batteries Ford For His New Team, He Finished 13Th Overall In The Season Standings. His Career Hit A Peak From 1997 To 2000, As He Never Finished Lower Than 5Th In The Points Standings.

He Achieved His First Career Win In 1997, Finishing First In The Interstate Batteries 500 At Texas Motor Speedway (The Inaugural Nascar Race At Texas Motor Speedway), And Would Go On To Win 14 More Races During The Four-Year Run. In 1999, Burton Won A Career-High And Series-Leading Six Races. His Best Points Finish Was In 2000, When He Finished 3Rd, 294 Points Behind Champion Bobby Labonte . The Following Year, In 2001, Burton Won Another Two Races, Upping His Career Total To 17, As He Finished Tenth In Points.

In 2002 And 2003, He Finished 12Th And Combined For 8 Top-5S And 25 Top-10S, But Failed To Win A Race In Either Year. 2005 Was A Bit Of A Struggle For Burton. While Many People Expected Him To End The Win Drought, It Did Not Happen. In 2006 He Broke A 175-Race Winless Streak Dating Back To October 28, 2001. In 2007 Jeff Burton Also Won Nascar Person Of The Year Award

John Edward Burton Iii Also Known As Ward Burton (Born October 25, 1961) Is An American Nascar Auto Racer, Who Has A Total Of Five Career Sprint Cup Wins. He Last Drove The #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala Ss For Morgan-Mcclure Motorsports In 2007. He Is The Older Brother Of Fellow Nascar Driver Jeff Burton, Whom He First Competed Against At Their Local Short Track, South Boston Speedway.

Burton Began His Nascar Busch Series Career In The 1990 Season And Competed Full-Time For Four Seasons. Burton Moved Up To Winston Cup (Now Sprint Cup) In 1994. He Ran 26 Of 31 Races In The #31 Hardee'S Chevy For Alan Dillard, Jr., Winning His First Career Pole At Charlotte Motor Speedway And Finishing Thirty-Fifth In Standings. Caterpillar Became The New Primary Sponsor For The Car In 1999, Where He Picked Up A Ninth-Place Points Finish. In 2002 He Began The Season By Winning The Prestigious Daytona 500. In 2004 Burton Raced Haas Cnc Racing'S Netzero Hispeed #0 Car To 3 Top 10 Finishes, But Was Released From The Team With Two Races Left In The Season. He Spent The Next Two Seasons Unemployed.

He Returned To The Sprint Cup Series Late In The 2006 Season, Driving The #4 Lucas Oil Chevrolet For Morgan-Mcclure Motorsports. On December 12, 2006 Ward Signed With Morgan-Mcclure Motorsports To Drive The #4 Car Full-Time In 2007. In 2007, Ward'S Performance Was Lackluster, With Not A Single Top Ten Finish Recorded. On November 12, 2007, He Was Released From Morgan-Mcclure Motorsports So That The Team Could "Evaluate Performance". Morgan-Mcclure Closed Up Shop Shortly Afterward. It Is Rumoured That He Will Not Return To Sprint Cup Racing.

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