40 Facts About Jeb Burton

John Edward "Jeb" Burton IV was born on August 6,1992 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Jeb Burton competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 27 Chevrolet SS for Jordan Anderson Racing.

Jeb Burton is the son of Ward Burton, the nephew of Jeff Burton, and the cousin of Jeff's son Harrison Burton.

Jeb Burton competed for several seasons as a regular driver at South Boston Speedway, an American racing circuit where his family is historically known for competing, as well as at Ace Speedway.

Jeb Burton started his professional racing career in the NASCAR-sanctioned Whelen All-American Series, in which drivers at local tracks compete for track championships as well as against drivers competing at other tracks for national titles, at South Boston Speedway shortly after his 16th birthday.

Jeb Burton made his first start at the track, in the Limited Sportsman Series, in 2008, with his first full season of competition at the track coming in 2009; the 2009 season saw Burton's best finish in the track's season-ending points standings, finishing 4th in the Limited Sportsman Series.

Jeb Burton moved up to the track's Late Model Series in 2010, finishing 11th in the final standings, in addition to winning the track's Late Model Rookie of the Year award; he competed in Late Models during the 2011 racing season.

Jeb Burton was able to qualify his vehicle, sponsored by State Water Heaters and the Ward Jeb Burton Wildlife Foundation, in the 9th position on the event's starting grid, but finished the race in 22nd; his run was marred by an on-track accident with another driver that knocked him out of competition.

Jeb Burton started 9th and finished 21st in the 200-lap, 100-mile event; he was involved in a multi-car accident on the opening lap of the race, but rallied to complete 120 of the race's 200 laps before being forced out of competition with suspension failure.

Ward Jeb Burton stated that he was attempting to secure a sponsor for his son to compete in the full ARCA Racing Series season, however no deal was reached and it was the only ARCA event he would compete in during the year.

Later in the 2011 racing season, during competition in the Whelen All-American Series, Jeb Burton was briefly suspended by NASCAR, and was fined $250 USD, following an on-track incident in a heat race at South Boston Speedway.

Jeb Burton was penalized for throwing a traffic cone at another competitor's vehicle following an accident; his father, involved in the incident by entering the other driver's pit stall during the event, was placed on probation.

In January 2012, it was announced that Jeb Burton would be competing for Hillman Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series during the 2012 racing season, sharing a ride in the No 27 truck, a Chevrolet, with his father Ward.

In September 2012, Jeb Burton debuted in the Rev-Oil Pro Cup Series, winning his first start in the series at Motor Mile Speedway.

On June 7,2013, Jeb Burton won the WinStar World Casino 400K at Texas Motor Speedway, his first career NASCAR win.

Jeb Burton totaled 731 points to finish 73 points behind winner Matt Crafton and just one point out of fourth place.

Jeb Burton drove full-time for the team in 2015 and competed for the series Rookie of the Year Award.

Jeb Burton failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 after a wreck during the first Budweiser Duel qualifying race.

However, Jeb Burton failed to qualify four times in the next six races, and crashed in his two starts in the No 26 during this stretch, at Bristol and Kansas.

Estes would ultimately renew their sponsorship of Jeb Burton beginning at Richmond; when Jeb Burton failed to qualify there, he and Estes shifted to BK's No 23, in place of regular driver JJ Yeley.

Jeb Burton would fail to qualify again at the Bristol Night Race.

Jeb Burton was able to qualify for his first seven races in the No 23; this streak came to an end at Talladega, where Jeb Burton posted the No 23's first-ever DNQ.

The next week, on the series' return at Martinsville, Jeb Burton would improve his career-best with a 27th-place finish.

Jeb Burton finished third in Rookie of the Year standings despite running the full season.

Jeb Burton returned to the Truck Series for the fall race at Texas, driving the No 00 for JR Motorsports.

Jeb Burton joined Richard Petty Motorsports to drive the No 43 in the Xfinity Series.

Jeb Burton returned to the Cup Series for the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 at Pocono, driving for Go Fas Racing.

In 2018, Jeb Burton partnered with Richard Childress Racing for a part-time Xfinity schedule in the No 3 car.

In 2019, Jeb Burton joined JR Motorsports on a limited Xfinity slate in the No 8 Chevrolet.

Jeb Burton returned to Ware and the Cup Series for the STP 500 at Martinsville.

Jeb Burton remained with JRM and the No 8 for the 2020 season, sharing the car with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

On December 16,2021, it was announced that Jeb Burton would drive full-time for Our Motorsports in their new third car, the No 27 Chevrolet, in the Xfinity Series in 2022.

Jeb Burton lost his ride with Kaulig Racing due to sponsor Nutrien Agricultural Solutions not returning in 2022, and Landon Cassill moved over from JD Motorsports with his Voyager cryptocurrency sponsorship to replace Burton in Kaulig's No 10.

On June 23,2022, Jeb Burton was involved in a big crash where Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

On October 28, Jeb Burton announced he would be leaving Our Motorsports at the end of the 2022 season.

Jeb Burton finished 16th in the final standings with no top tens.

On January 3,2023, it was announced that Jeb Burton would join Jordan Anderson Racing full-time in the No 27 Chevrolet, carrying his number from Our Motorsports, driving alongside rookie teammate Parker Retzlaff in 2023.

Jeb Burton started the 2023 season with an 11th place finish at Daytona.

Jeb Burton was eliminated at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race.

One of three children of Ward and Tabitha, Jeb Burton is a native of Halifax County where he graduated from Halifax County High School in 2011.