Jeff Burton

Jeffrey Tyler Burton (born June 29, 1967), nicknamed The Mayor,[1] is an American former professional stock car racing driver and current racing commentator. He scored 21 career victories in the NASCAR Cup Series, including two Coca-Cola 600s in 1999 and 2001 and the 1999 Southern 500. He currently serves as a color commentator for NBC Sports, having joined them upon their return to their coverage of NASCAR. His son Harrison Burton currently competes in the Xfinity Series and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. His brother Ward Burton and his nephew Jeb Burton have also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Jeff Burton
Burton at Dover International Speedway in 2019
Born	Jeffrey Tyler Burton (1967-06-29) June 29, 1967 South Boston, Virginia
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Achievements	1999 Southern 500 Winner 1999, 2001 Coca-Cola 600 Winner
Awards	1994 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
695 races run over 22 years
2014 position	41st
Best finish	3rd (2000)
First race	1993 Slick 50 300 (Loudon)
Last race	2014 Irwin Tools Night Race (Bristol)
First win	1997 Interstate Batteries 500 (Texas)
Last win	2008 Bank of America 500 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 21 254 6
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
306 races run over 20 years
2009 position	28th
Best finish	9th (1992)
First race	1988 Miller Classic (Martinsville)
Last race	2009 Ford 300 (Homestead)
First win	1990 Zerex 150 (Martinsville)
Last win	2007 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 27 153 11
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
4 races run over 1 year
1996 position	42nd
Best finish	42nd (1996)
First race	1996 Lund Look 225 (Topeka)
Last race	1996 Hanes 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
Statistics current as of August 23, 2014.

Early career

After their father introduced Burton and his brothers to go-kart racing, Burton later moved up to late model stock cars and late models, driving at South Boston Speedway.[2]

NASCAR career

Early career

Burton began driving a handful of races in the Busch Series in 1988 in car number 69 owned by his father John Burton. He competed in the full season for Busch Series Rookie of the Year in 1989 in the No. 12 Burton Autosports Pontiac. In 1990, he drove the No. 12 Armour Lower Salt Bacon-sponsored Buick for Sam Ard, where he won his first career race. Burton and Ard later went to court over financial losses suffered throughout the year.[2] He moved to J&J Racing's No. 99 Armour / Food Lion-sponsored Chevrolet in 1991 for one year before moving on to FILMAR Racing owned by Filbert Martocci where he would drive an Oldsmobile sponsored by TIC Financial Systems in 1992, and a Ford sponsored by Baby Ruth in 1993. Burton would later make his first Winston Cup start in 1993 in car No. 0 owned by Martocci.

FILMAR Racing

Burton ran his first Winston Cup race in 1993 in the No. 0 TIC Financial-sponsored Ford Thunderbird for Fil Martocci.

Stavola Brothers Racing

1994 was Burton's rookie year in the Winston Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Raybestos-sponsored Ford for Stavola Brothers Racing. After five races, he reached a season-high 14th-place finish in the overall standings, but by the end of the year, he dropped to 24th after being disqualified at the Miller Genuine Draft 400 for illegal holes drilled on the roll cage, a safety violation. He had a season-high fourth-place finish on the way to earning 1994 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. He was one of a record-high 10 rookies eligible for the award that year, besting a class that included future Cup stars Joe Nemechek, Jeremy Mayfield, John Andretti, and older brother Ward. The next year, in 1995, Burton had one Top 5, along with a ninth-place finish. He also missed three races and finished 32nd in points.

Roush Racing

1997 racecar

Jeff Burton walks to his car for qualifying at Pocono Raceway in 1998.

In 1996, Burton was signed to Roush Racing, where he began driving the No. 99 Exide Batteries-sponsored Ford Thunderbird. In 1998, the team switched to the new Ford Taurus. He finished 13th overall in the season points standings despite failing to qualify for the Purolator 500 in March as a new team (provisionals in the first four races were based on 1995 points, and Burton's team did not have points from 1995). His career hit a peak from 1997 to 2000, as he never finished lower than fifth in the points standings. He achieved his first career win in 1997 in the Interstate Batteries 500 at Texas Motor Speedway (the inaugural NASCAR race at the track), and would go on to win 14 more races during the four-year run. In 1999, Burton won a career-high six races, including the Jiffy Lube 300 for a third straight year, and clinched two of the series' four majors: the Coca-Cola 600 and the 50th Annual Southern 500, which would lead to a fifth-place finish in points. His best points finish was in third in 2000, just 294 points behind champion Bobby Labonte. On September 17, 2000, Burton led every lap of the Dura Lube 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway, in unique circumstances (this race was the only Loudon race to use a restrictor plate, imposed for safety reasons after the deaths of Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin Jr. earlier in the year at the track). From 1997 to 2000, Burton won an event at NHIS every year.

In 2001, Burton and the No. 99 welcomed CITGO as a new sponsor. Burton won another two races, upping his career total to 17, and he finished tenth in points, climbing from a season low of 38th, which was his position after four races. In 2002 and 2003, he finished 12th in the points and had eight Top 5s and 25 Top 10s combined, but failed to win a race in either year. CITGO then announced that they were leaving Roush Racing at the end of the 2003 season.

Burton ran the 2004 season without a primary sponsor, with races frequently being sponsored by his personal sponsor SKF. Rumors began to arise that Burton would be leaving Roush Racing. After originally denying the rumors, it finally happened in mid-2004 when, just before the Sirius at The Glen, Burton signed a three-year contract with Richard Childress Racing (RCR), leaving Roush after eight and a half years with the team.

Richard Childress Racing

No. 30 car

Upon joining RCR, Burton was placed in the No. 30 AOL-sponsored Chevrolet. He was the fourth driver to pilot the car that season; Johnny Sauter was promoted from RCR's Busch Series program to take over the car but was released after 13 races and was replaced by Dave Blaney, with Jim Inglebright making a one race appearance at Sonoma. Blaney was later released when Burton became available. Prior to the driver change, Burton had an average finish of 20.8 and was 23rd in points. In the 13 races after he changed teams, though, the same stats were improved to 16.6 and 18th. During the offseason, Burton and his team remained with RCR but were switched to the No. 31 Cingular Wireless-sponsored Chevy, replacing Robby Gordon.

No. 31 car

2005 was Burton's first full year at RCR, and he had six Top 10s and three Top 5s for the year, including a third-place finish in the Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix in April and a second-place finish in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Stephen Rochon and Jeff Burton hold the victory trophy from 2006 Nicorette 300

In 2006, Burton won the pole for four races, bringing his total number of career pole wins to six. This poles were for the Daytona 500, the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway,[3] the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Prior to qualifying for the Daytona 500, Burton was extremely enthusiastic about the improvements to RCR as a whole. He proved this by winning his first pole since September 2000 at Richmond. The Allstate 400 pole gave Richard Childress Racing the front row as teammate Clint Bowyer recorded the second fastest time. Burton's best finish came in the Chicagoland race where he recorded a second-place finish. He led the most laps at Indianapolis and Bristol's Sharpie 500, setting the pace for more than half the race. In the Busch Series, he won at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway, breaking his four-year winless streak in any series. After the race at Richmond International Raceway Jeff qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup. During the Chase, Burton won the Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway, breaking a 185-race winless streak dating back to October 28, 2001, allowing him to take the points lead.[4] However, a series of relatively poor finishes in subsequent races, including a flat tire at Talladega while running in the top five and an engine failure at Martinsville, eliminated Burton from contention for the championship.

Burton in the pits during his 2007 win at Texas

Burton won the Samsung 500 at Texas on April 15, 2007, driving with sponsorship from Prilosec OTC, passing former teammate Matt Kenseth on the final lap, making him the first driver to have multiple wins at Texas Motor Speedway. He later went on to qualify for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, he tied for seventh in the 2007 standings.

Burton celebrates after winning at Texas in 2007

Burton came very close to winning the 50th annual Daytona 500. He qualified 36th and by the end of the race, he had worked his way up in the field. He led prior to the race's final caution, but when the green flag dropped with four laps to go, lost several positions and wound up finishing 13th.

Burton won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Following contact between Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart, Burton passed Harvick and Stewart for second. On the ensuing restart, Burton passed Denny Hamlin coming off of Turn 2 to win the Food City 500 and finishing off a sweep of the podium for Richard Childress Racing. Burton also won the 2008 Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Burton took the lead from Greg Biffle with just over 70 laps to go. During the final round of pit stops Burton took fuel only and held off a hard charging Jimmie Johnson for his first multiple win season since 2001.

2008 Cup car at Daytona

In 2009, Caterpillar signed on as a sponsor through 2011. Burton was expected to make a run for the championship but a poor season led Burton to miss the Chase for the first time since 2005. Burton's best finish that year was a pair of second-place finishes in the final two races at Phoenix and Homestead, which eventually put him 17th in points.

Burton during the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500

In 2010, he rebounded but he had still not won a race, though he made the Chase and finished second in both Dover races. He nearly won the fall Martinsville race but a flat tire with 15 laps remaining gave Denny Hamlin the win. A couple weeks later, he and Jeff Gordon got into a wreck long after the caution was out. Burton walked up the track to confront Gordon and the two got into a shoving match. Burton finished 12th in the final points standings. Afterward, Burton assumed responsibility for the incident, stating he was attempting to catch up to Gordon, but was unable to see in the sunlight's glare.[5]

In 2011, Burton was looking for a better season, but a very bad season gave Burton a poor series of finishes. He won the second Gatorade Duel, edging out his Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer. After that, Burton's season went downhill from there. He was leading the Daytona 500 halfway when his engine gave out. He nearly won the Coca-Cola 600 but got spun out on the final restart. Though wanting another caution, the yellow flag never came out because NASCAR wanted to see the race finish under green, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was leading when the accident occurred. His teammate Kevin Harvick passed Earnhardt Jr. within the last 500 yards of the race because Dale Jr. ran out of gas. This led to controversy because fans were speculating that NASCAR wanted Earnhardt to win and go back to victory lane in the first time in three years. Burton's first top 10 came in the twenty first race at Watkins Glen International. Burton missed the 2011 Chase but had a strong run at the fall race at Talladega, leading on the last lap and out of turn four being pushed by Clint Bowyer. At the tri-oval, Bowyer slingshotted to Burton's outside and won by a hood, giving Richard Childress his 100th win as a team owner, Bowyer redeeming his 0.002 second loss to Jimmie Johnson at the track in the spring. In 2012, Burton gained the sponsorship in Wheaties, BB&T and EnerSys. The 31 team also switched crew chiefs too, and Drew Blickensderfer became the crew chief. After a dismal 2012, Blickensderfer was released four races early and Luke Lambert became Burton's crew chief in 2013. Shane Wilson became interim crew chief until the end of 2012. Burton had six Top 10s in 2012, including a dramatic second-place finish at Daytona in July after saving his car from spinning on the final lap. At the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Burton would make his 1,000th career NASCAR start, the sixth driver in NASCAR history to do so.[6]

On September 4, 2013, Richard Childress Racing announced that Burton would not be returning to RCR in 2014.[7] On November 8, Burton stated that he would run a part-time schedule in 2014.[6] Burton later said that he wanted to stay with RCR for 2014 to transition straight from racing to television, but RCR chose to sign Ryan Newman instead.[2]

AT&T sponsorship controversy

Cingular Wireless began its sponsorship of the No. 31 Chevrolet in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series prior to 2004 when NEXTEL purchased the naming rights to NASCAR's top division. Cingular and Alltel, the sponsors of Ryan Newman's No. 12 Dodge, were allowed to stay as sponsors under a grandfather clause. In early 2007, following its purchase by AT&T, Cingular began a rebranding effort to the AT&T Mobility brand. NASCAR quickly claimed that a clause in their contract with Sprint Nextel would not allow Cingular to change either the name or brand advertised on the No. 31 car.

After trying and failing to persuade NASCAR to approve the addition of the AT&T globe logo to the rear of the car, AT&T filed a lawsuit against NASCAR on March 16, 2007. On May 18, AT&T won a preliminary injunction and, following a failed emergency motion for a stay by NASCAR on May 19, rebranded the No. 31 car in time for the Nextel All-Star Challenge that evening.[8][9] NASCAR was later granted an appeal to be heard on August 2.

On June 17, NASCAR announced it had filed a $100 million lawsuit against AT&T and would like AT&T and all other telecommunications companies out of the sport in 2008. The other rival company involved, Alltel, was in the process of being sold.[10]

2007 paint scheme with an F1-style paint scheme (all AT&T branding removed).

On August 13, a ruling by a federal appeals court cleared the way for NASCAR to prevent AT&T, Inc. from featuring its logo on Burton's No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. The court, therefore, threw out a lower court's ruling that prevented NASCAR from stopping AT&T's plans. The appeals court remanded the case to the U.S. District Court in Atlanta.[11]

At first practice for the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 24, the No. 31 car had no AT&T branding, but the familiar orange and black paint scheme. Burton's pit crew wore grey Richard Childress Racing shirts and Burton wore a plain orange fire suit displaying only small associate sponsor logos. The car arrived in a black hauler with only the number 31 on the side. NASCAR officials said the car would not have made it through inspection with the AT&T logos.[12]

On September 7, 2007, NASCAR announced that an agreement had been reached between Sprint Nextel and Richard Childress Racing which would allow AT&T to sponsor the No. 31 car through the end of the 2008 season. Under the terms of the agreement Burton was required to find a new sponsor by 2009.[13] On June 18, 2008, it was announced that RCR had secured sponsorship for the 31 of Burton. Caterpillar, which previously spent 10 years on the No. 22 of Bill Davis Racing and with Jeff's brother Ward driving from 1999–2003, signed a multi-year agreement with Richard Childress Racing to become the new primary sponsor of the 31 starting in 2009.[14]

2014–2015: Part-time racer and move to television

NBC Sports

On December 3, 2013, NBC Sports Network producer Sam Flood announced that Burton would become an analyst for NBC in 2015.[15]

Michael Waltrip Racing

On December 2, 2013, it was announced that Burton had been hired by Michael Waltrip Racing to run a limited schedule for MWR's research-and-development team, Identity Ventures Racing.[16] Burton made his debut in the No. 66 at Las Vegas.[17]

Prior to Burton's scheduled start at Michigan, it was announced he would be replaced as R&D driver by Brett Moffitt, though he would be given one more start at Loudon, which was expected to be his final career race.

Stewart-Haas Racing

However, on August 14, 2014, Burton was picked up by Stewart-Haas Racing to replace Tony Stewart in the No. 14 at the Pure Michigan 400 and the Irwin Tools Night Race, in the aftermath of the death of sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr.[18][19]

Personal life

Burton is the younger brother of Ward Burton, who is a former Sprint Cup driver. Married to wife Kim, they have two children: Paige and Harrison. Harrison, like his father, is a NASCAR driver, and currently races in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series.[20] Burton also has another brother, Brian, who did not drive in NASCAR but rather took over the family's construction business. Burton currently resides in Huntersville, North Carolina.

Burton's family ancestry can be traced back through Colonial Virginia where the landing of his earliest ancestor Richard Burton came over to the Jamestown Colony in the 1630s. The earliest his ancestry goes is back to the 1200s with his ancestor Rodger de Burghton.

Burton is a fan of Bruce Lee. At the Coca-Cola 500 at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan, he raced a special Bruce Lee paint scheme on his No. 99 Ford.[21]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led ** – All laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
1993	FILMAR Racing	0	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA 37	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL							83rd	52
1994	Stavola Brothers Racing	8	Ford	DAY 26	CAR 20	RCH 20	ATL 4	DAR 20	BRI 31	NWS 33	MAR 36	TAL 39	SON 15	CLT 29	DOV 33	POC 22	MCH 21	DAY 18	NHA 38	POC 4	TAL 26	IND 19	GLN 25	MCH 33	BRI 20	DAR 8	RCH DNQ	DOV 37	MAR 36	NWS 28	CLT 25	CAR 11	PHO 27	ATL 31						30th	2726
1995				DAY 24	CAR 19	RCH 31	ATL 33	DAR 19	BRI 28	NWS 26	MAR DNQ	TAL 25	SON 18	CLT 40	DOV 25	POC 36	MCH 31	DAY 18	NHA 25	POC 27	TAL 22	IND 38	GLN 38	MCH 23	BRI 9	DAR 16	RCH 13	DOV 20	MAR 31	NWS DNQ	CLT 31	CAR 5	PHO 23	ATL 36						32nd	2556
1996	Roush Racing	99	Ford	DAY 5	CAR 13	RCH 4	ATL DNQ	DAR 10	BRI 23	NWS 29	MAR 22	TAL 16	SON 26	CLT 18	DOV 9	POC 9	MCH 17	DAY 14	NHA 4	POC 35	TAL 7	IND 11	GLN 21	MCH 9	BRI 37	DAR 31	RCH 3	DOV 40	MAR 11	NWS 4	CLT 11	CAR 5	PHO 31	ATL 9						13th	3538
1997				DAY 11	CAR 3	RCH 42	ATL 5	DAR 4	TEX 1	BRI 42	MAR 15	SON 9	TAL 8	CLT 5	DOV 3	POC 2	MCH 14	CAL 30	DAY 8	NHA 1*	POC 3	IND 15	GLN 29	MCH 8	BRI 4	DAR 2	RCH 2*	NHA 14	DOV 11	MAR 1	CLT 6	TAL 14	CAR 38	PHO 13	ATL 34					4th	4285
1998				DAY 40	CAR 18	LVS 2	ATL 8	DAR 5*	BRI 4	TEX 29	MAR 32	TAL 43	CAL 10	CLT 8	DOV 2	RCH 7	MCH 4	POC 4	SON 39	NHA 1*	POC 3	IND 36	GLN 23	MCH 5	BRI 2	NHA 5	DAR 2*	RCH 1*	DOV 38	MAR 5	CLT 3	TAL 10	DAY 13	PHO 4	CAR 5	ATL 4				5th	4415
1999				DAY 35	CAR 4*	LVS 1*	ATL 4	DAR 1*	TEX 7	BRI 5	MAR 2	TAL 11	CAL 2	RCH 37	CLT 1*	DOV 8	MCH 3	POC 36	SON 24	DAY 3	NHA 1	POC 36	IND 5	GLN 13	MCH 37	BRI 17	DAR 1*	RCH 13	NHA 4	DOV 6	MAR 9	CLT 37	TAL 8	CAR 1	PHO 4	HOM 3	ATL 5			5th	4733
2000				DAY 2	CAR 32	LVS 1*	ATL 43	DAR 5	BRI 9	TEX 2	MAR 2	TAL 12	CAL 5	RCH 7	CLT 11	DOV 34	MCH 11	POC 7	SON 16	DAY 1	NHA 11	POC 2	IND 6	GLN 3	MCH 10	BRI 6	DAR 2	RCH 5*	NHA 1**	DOV 36	MAR 3*	CLT 6	TAL 29	CAR 4	PHO 1*	HOM 11	ATL 12			3rd	4841
2001				DAY 19	CAR 37	LVS 39	ATL 30	DAR 18	BRI 40	TEX 19	MAR 3	TAL 10	CAL 31	RCH 14	CLT 1*	DOV 31	MCH 7	POC 10	SON 8	DAY 8	CHI 18	NHA 11	POC 36	IND 16	GLN 2	MCH 16	BRI 15	DAR 6	RCH 9	DOV 21	KAN 11	CLT 5	MAR 5	TAL 3	PHO 1*	CAR 18	HOM 4	ATL 10	NHA 17	10th	4394
2002				DAY 12	CAR 6	LVS 9	ATL 21	DAR 11	BRI 26	TEX 39	MAR 9	TAL 9	CAL 19	RCH 3	CLT 40	DOV 3	POC 6	MCH 20	SON 29	DAY 33	CHI 39	NHA 12	POC 16	IND 29	GLN 7	MCH 4	BRI 13	DAR 10	RCH 39	NHA 20	DOV 6	KAN 29	TAL 11	CLT 7	MAR 17	ATL 12	CAR 4	PHO 12	HOM 3	12th	4259
2003				DAY 11	CAR 12	LVS 6	ATL 33	DAR 42	BRI 13	TEX 20	TAL 35	MAR 4	CAL 19	RCH 9	CLT 18	DOV 14	POC 14	MCH 11	SON 38	DAY 2	CHI 6	NHA 9	POC 6	IND 27	GLN 31	MCH 11	BRI 32	DAR 11	RCH 4	NHA 42	DOV 12	TAL 32	KAN 13	CLT 20	MAR 10	ATL 23	PHO 8	CAR 7	HOM 14	12th	4109
2004				DAY 42	CAR 37	LVS 13	ATL 20	DAR 11	BRI 38	TEX 27	MAR 25	TAL 7	CAL 26	RCH 14	CLT 22	DOV 4	POC 24	MCH 13	SON 9	DAY 23	CHI 33	NHA 12	POC 34	IND 12	GLN 12															18th	3902
	Richard Childress Racing	30	Chevy																							MCH 12	BRI 4	CAL 15	RCH 23	NHA 15	DOV 33	TAL 13	KAN 15	CLT 9	MAR 11	ATL 6	PHO 11	DAR 13	HOM 36
2005		31		DAY 29	CAL 19	LVS 17	ATL 15	BRI 36	MAR 16	TEX 12	PHO 3	TAL 10	DAR 21	RCH 16	CLT 22	DOV 12	POC 19	MCH 11	SON 30	DAY 11	CHI 30	NHA 14	POC 37	IND 20	GLN 43	MCH 26	BRI 2	CAL 35	RCH 18	NHA 9	DOV 11	TAL 35	KAN 28	CLT 14	MAR 5	ATL 8	TEX 30	PHO 15	HOM 25	18th	3803
2006				DAY 32	CAL 5	LVS 7	ATL 35	BRI 34	MAR 33	TEX 6	PHO 9	TAL 4	RCH 15	DAR 9	CLT 6	DOV 4	POC 9	MCH 11	SON 7	DAY 15	CHI 2	NHA 7	POC 9	IND 15*	GLN 11	MCH 42	BRI 9*	CAL 16	RCH 9	NHA 7	DOV 1	KAN 5	TAL 27	CLT 3	MAR 42	ATL 13	TEX 38	PHO 10	HOM 14	7th	6228
2007				DAY 3	CAL 4	LVS 15	ATL 4	BRI 2	MAR 6	TEX 1	PHO 13	TAL 34	RCH 43	DAR 10	CLT 24	DOV 12	POC 13	MCH 24	SON 3	NHA 7	DAY 16	CHI 7	IND 8	POC 11	GLN 40	MCH 14	BRI 12	CAL 4	RCH 18	NHA 18	DOV 7	KAN 36	TAL 43	CLT 4	MAR 12	ATL 5	TEX 6	PHO 9	HOM 8	8th	6231
2008				DAY 13	CAL 12	LVS 5	ATL 10	BRI 1	MAR 3	TEX 6	PHO 6	TAL 12	RCH 11	DAR 10	CLT 6	DOV 8	POC 5	MCH 15	SON 13	NHA 12	DAY 37	CHI 19	IND 9	POC 21	GLN 17	MCH 11	BRI 42	CAL 17	RCH 6	NHA 4	DOV 9	KAN 7	TAL 4	CLT 1	MAR 17	ATL 18	TEX 13	PHO 9	HOM 40	6th	6335
2009				DAY 28	CAL 32	LVS 3	ATL 14	BRI 8	MAR 15	TEX 9	PHO 15	TAL 10	RCH 3	DAR 12	CLT 25	DOV 16	POC 9	MCH 26	SON 34	NHA 31	DAY 16	CHI 37	IND 25	POC 21	GLN 38	MCH 18	BRI 34	ATL 18	RCH 16	NHA 16	DOV 16	KAN 23	CAL 30	CLT 14	MAR 15	TAL 5	TEX 9	PHO 2	HOM 2	17th	4022
2010				DAY 11	CAL 3	LVS 11	ATL 20	BRI 10	MAR 20	PHO 25	TEX 12	TAL 32*	RCH 4	DAR 8	DOV 2	CLT 25	POC 7	MCH 8	SON 27	NHA 12	DAY 5	CHI 7	IND 8	POC 8	GLN 9	MCH 24	BRI 16	ATL 4	RCH 13	NHA 15	DOV 2	KAN 18	CAL 23	CLT 20	MAR 9*	TAL 41	TEX 36	PHO 19	HOM 31	12th	6033
2011				DAY 36	PHO 26	LVS 21	BRI 20	CAL 15	MAR 24	TEX 11	TAL 16	RCH 16	DAR 33	DOV 11	CLT 21	KAN 25	POC 20	MCH 24	SON 21	DAY 21	KEN 19	NHA 16	IND 35	POC 17	GLN 9	MCH 17	BRI 15	ATL 13	RCH 29	CHI 15	NHA 13	DOV 11	KAN 21	CLT 18	TAL 2	MAR 6	TEX 27	PHO 4	HOM 10	20th	935
2012				DAY 5	PHO 33	LVS 14	BRI 6	CAL 22	MAR 22	TEX 29	KAN 22	RCH 31	TAL 10	DAR 18	CLT 19	DOV 22	POC 15	MCH 21	SON 11	KEN 24	DAY 2	NHA 21	IND 32	POC 22	GLN 30	MCH 19	BRI 33	ATL 12	RCH 6	CHI 24	NHA 15	DOV 27	TAL 10	CLT 28	KAN 28	MAR 22	TEX 19	PHO 13	HOM 19	19th	883
2013				DAY 30	PHO 10	LVS 26	BRI 32	CAL 17	MAR 18	TEX 23	KAN 18	RCH 5	TAL 28	DAR 21	CLT 12	DOV 11	POC 11	MCH 10	SON 31	KEN 19	DAY 16	NHA 3	IND 43	POC 36	GLN 26	MCH 8	BRI 13	ATL 34	RCH 18	CHI 14	NHA 8	DOV 14	KAN 12	CLT 21	TAL 21	MAR 11	TEX 24	PHO 17	HOM 23	20th	906
2014	Michael Waltrip Racing	66	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS 17	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA 20	IND	POC	GLN															41st	87
	Stewart-Haas Racing	14	Chevy																							MCH 37	BRI 15	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1994	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	35	26
1995			28	24
1996	Roush Racing	Ford	16	5
1997			23	11
1998			14	40
1999			5	35
2000			14	2
2001			8	19
2002			33	12
2003			9	11
2004			11	42
2005	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	6	29
2006			1	32
2007			7	3
2008			36	13
2009			26	28
2010			39	11
2011			4	36
2012			9	5
2013			18	30

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts
1988	Burton Autosports	64	Chevy	DAY	HCY	CAR	MAR 28	DAR	BRI	LNG	NZH	SBO 17	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU 11	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF																			40th	569
			Olds																		SBO 11	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU 15	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR
1989		12	Pontiac	DAY	CAR 19	MAR 10	HCY 12	DAR 20	BRI 26	NZH 21	SBO 11	LAN 9	NSV 11	CLT 15	DOV 27	ROU 8	LVL 16	VOL 14	MYB 4	SBO 23	HCY 26	DUB 26	IRP 16	ROU 7	BRI 31	DAR 25	RCH	DOV 22	MAR 3	CLT 21	CAR 39	MAR 26							13th	2967
1990	Ard Motorsports		Buick	DAY 19	RCH 11	CAR 13	MAR 11	HCY 15	DAR 9	BRI 23	LAN 11	SBO 2	NZH 16	HCY 28	CLT 28	DOV 30	ROU 5	VOL 27	MYB 13	OXF 21	NHA 11	SBO 20	DUB 27	IRP 35	ROU 12	BRI 28	DAR 19	RCH 27	DOV 22	MAR 1	CLT 37	NHA 9	CAR 29	MAR 22					15th	3342
1991	J&J Racing	99	Chevy	DAY 24	RCH 31	CAR 8	MAR 27	VOL 17	HCY DNQ	DAR 8	BRI 13		SBO 1*	NZH 29		DOV 11	ROU 5	HCY 25	MYB 15	GLN 4	OXF 6	NHA 20	SBO 21	DUB 15	IRP 30	ROU 24	BRI 9	DAR 15	RCH 30	DOV 14	CLT 14	NHA 7	CAR 34	MAR 7					12th	3533
	Laughlin Racing	45	Pontiac						HCY 29						CLT 27
	J&J Racing	99	Buick									LAN 7
1992	FILMAR Racing	8	Olds	DAY 20	CAR 19	RCH 31	ATL 26	MAR 23	DAR 15	BRI 14	HCY 14	LAN 7	DUB 26	NZH 27	CLT 14	DOV 2	ROU 10	MYB 22	GLN 9	VOL 22	NHA 1	TAL 20	IRP 11	ROU 5	MCH 34	NHA 8	BRI 3	DAR 17	RCH 6		CLT 34	MAR 6	CAR 23	HCY 18					9th	3609
			Ford																											DOV 18
1993				DAY 6	CAR 31	RCH 3	DAR 39	BRI 7	HCY 20	ROU 8	MAR 7	NZH 28	CLT 9	DOV 3	MYB 1*	GLN 33	MLW 6*	TAL 21	IRP 8	MCH 27	NHA 24	BRI 33	DAR 24	RCH 35	DOV 11	ROU 26	CLT 18	MAR 22	CAR 22	HCY 23	ATL 39								14th	3030
1996	Key Motorsports	05	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NZH	CLT 42	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM										106th	37
1997	Roush Racing	9	Ford	DAY 40	CAR	RCH 6*	ATL 14	LVS	DAR 2	HCY	TEX 3	BRI 1*	NSV	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT 13	DOV 2	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP	MCH 4	BRI	DAR 1*	RCH 3*	DOV	CLT 4	CAL	CAR 4*	HOM						26th	1948
1998				DAY 22	CAR 4*	LVS 4	NSV	DAR 2*	BRI 39	TEX 10	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT 22	DOV	RCH 1	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH 1*	BRI	DAR	RCH 2	DOV	CLT 6	GTY	CAR 13	ATL	HOM 1					30th	1883
1999				DAY 9	CAR 1	LVS 3	ATL	DAR 6	TEX 2	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL 2	NHA	RCH 2	NZH	CLT 4	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH 7	BRI	DAR 7	RCH 35	DOV	CLT 14	CAR	MEM	PHO 4	HOM 8				25th	2091
2000				DAY	CAR 5	LVS 1*	ATL	DAR 3*	BRI	TEX 6	NSV	TAL	CAL 2	RCH 41	NHA	CLT 1*	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH 3	BRI	DAR 2*	RCH 1*	DOV	CLT 10	CAR 2*	MEM	PHO 1*	HOM 5				29th	2259
2001				DAY	CAR	LVS 6	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX 2	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT 7	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI 3	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH 10	BRI	DAR 1*	RCH 9	DOV	KAN 31	CLT 3	MEM	PHO 9	CAR	HOM 13			33rd	1600
2002				DAY	CAR	LVS 1*	DAR 1*	BRI	TEX 10	NSH	TAL	CAL 15	RCH	NHA 41	NZH	CLT 30	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI 3*	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH 2	BRI	DAR 1	RCH 3	DOV	KAN 1	CLT 1*	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO 17	HOM		31st	1907
2003				DAY	CAR	LVS 35	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA 16	PPR	IRP	MCH 20	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN								76th	330
	Reiser Enterprises	17	Ford																													CLT 38	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM
2004	Roush Racing	9	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR 2	BRI	TEX 9	NSH	TAL	CAL 16	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI 3	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM		57th	598
2005	Richard Childress Racing	21	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI 2*	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR 5	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN 6	MCH	BRI			DOV 27	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	58th	692
		29																												CAL 16	RCH
2006		21		DAY 30	CAL 4	MXC	LVS	ATL 1*	BRI	TEX 6	NSH	PHO	TAL																					CLT 35	MEM				28th	2040
		29												RCH 2	DAR	CLT 6	DOV 1	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI 3				IRP 5	GLN	MCH 10	BRI 33	CAL	RCH 40	DOV	KAN 40			TEX 3	PHO	HOM
	Kevin Harvick Incorporated	77	Chevy																				NHA 21	MAR	GTY
2007	Richard Childress Racing	29	Chevy	DAY	CAL 7	MXC	LVS 1	ATL 1	BRI	NSH	TEX 10	PHO 3	TAL	RCH 3*	DAR 4	CLT 4	DOV 19	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI 3	GTY	IRP	CGV 10	GLN 2	MCH 4	BRI 40	CAL 1	RCH	DOV	KAN 8	CLT 1*	MEM	TEX 8	PHO	HOM 1	15th	3002
2008				DAY	CAL 8	LVS 24	ATL 3	BRI	NSH	TEX 2	PHO 31	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR 21	CLT 8	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI 8	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN 14	MCH	BRI	CAL 4	RCH	DOV	KAN 14	CLT 2	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM 35	32nd	1712
2009				DAY	CAL 6	LVS 10	BRI	TEX 8	NSH	PHO 20	TAL	RCH 31	DAR 8	CLT 9	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI 11	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN 6	MCH 9	BRI	CGV	ATL 5	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT 9	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM 3	28th	1775

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	NCTSC	Pts
1996	Roush Racing	99	Ford	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT 8	BRI	NZH 4	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP 14	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR 8	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	42nd	565

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	IROC	Pts
1998	Pontiac	DAY 2	CAL 5	MCH 1	IND 12	2nd	57
1999		DAY 12	TAL 11	MCH 6	IND 7	11th	26
2000		DAY 3	TAL 4	MCH 12	IND 12	7th	35
2001		DAY 10	TAL 6	MCH 7	IND 10*	8th	32

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External links

• Official website
• Jeff Burton driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Jeff Burton at The Coca-Cola Racing Family

Achievements
Preceded by Jeff Gordon Matt Kenseth	Coca-Cola 600 Winner 1999 2001	Succeeded by Matt Kenseth Mark Martin
Preceded by Jeff Gordon	Southern 500 Winner 1999	Succeeded by Bobby Labonte
Awards
Preceded by Jeff Gordon	NASCAR Rookie of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Ricky Craven