Jeff Burton is a member of the Burton racing family.
47 Facts About Jeff Burton
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Jeff Burton scored 21 career victories in the NASCAR Cup Series, including two Coca-Cola 600s in 1999 and 2001 and the 1999 Southern 500.
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Jeff Burton currently serves as a color commentator for NBC Sports, having joined them upon their return to their coverage of NASCAR.
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Jeff Burton began driving a several races in the Busch Series in 1988 in car number 69 owned by his father John Jeff Burton.
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Jeff Burton competed in the full season for Busch Series Rookie of the Year in 1989 in the No 12 Burton Autosports Pontiac.
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Jeff Burton ran his first Winston Cup race in 1993 in the No 0 TIC Financial-sponsored Ford Thunderbird for Fil Martocci.
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Jeff Burton earned a season-high fourth-place finish on the way to earning 1994 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
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The next year, in 1995, Jeff Burton had one Top 5, along with a ninth-place finish.
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Jeff Burton missed three races and finished 32nd in points.
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In 1996, Jeff Burton signed with Roush Racing, where he began driving the No 99 Exide Batteries-sponsored Ford Thunderbird.
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Jeff Burton's career hit a peak from 1997 to 2000, as he ranked in the top five in points for all four seasons.
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Jeff Burton achieved his first career win in 1997 in the Interstate Batteries 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, and would go on to win 14 more races during the four-year run.
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In 1999, Jeff 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, both of which earned him the No Bull 5 $1 million bonus, which would lead to a fifth-place finish in points.
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From 1997 to 2000, Jeff Burton won an event at NHIS every year.
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In 2001 Jeff 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.
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Jeff Burton ran the 2004 season without a primary sponsor, with races frequently being sponsored by his personal sponsor SKF.
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Rumors began to arise that Jeff Burton would be leaving Roush Racing.
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Jeff Burton 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.
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In 2006, Jeff Burton won the pole for four races, bringing his total number of career pole wins to six.
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Jeff Burton proved this by winning his first pole since September 2000 at Richmond.
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Jeff Burton led the most laps at Indianapolis and Bristol's Sharpie 500, setting the pace for more than half the race.
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Jeff 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.
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Jeff Burton later went on to qualify for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, he tied for seventh in the 2007 standings.
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Jeff Burton came very close to winning the 50th annual Daytona 500.
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Jeff Burton 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.
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Jeff Burton won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Jeff Burton won the 2008 Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
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Jeff Burton took the lead from Greg Biffle with just over 70 laps to go.
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Jeff Burton was expected to make a run for the championship but a poor season led Jeff Burton to miss the Chase for the first time since 2005.
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Jeff 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.
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Jeff Burton nearly won the fall Martinsville race but a flat tire with 15 laps remaining gave Denny Hamlin the win.
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Jeff Burton walked up the track to confront Gordon and the two got into a shoving match.
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In 2011, Jeff Burton was looking for a better season, but a very bad season gave Jeff Burton a poor series of finishes.
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Jeff Burton won the second Gatorade Duel, edging out his Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer.
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Jeff Burton was leading the Daytona 500 halfway when his engine gave out.
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Jeff Burton nearly won the Coca-Cola 600 but got spun out on the final restart.
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Jeff 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.
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Jeff 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.
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At the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Jeff Burton would make his 1,000th career NASCAR start, the sixth driver in NASCAR history to do so.
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On November 8, Jeff Burton stated that he would run a part-time schedule in 2014.
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Jeff 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.
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Under the terms of the agreement Jeff Burton was required to find a new sponsor by 2009.
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On December 3,2013, NBC Sports Network producer Sam Flood announced that Jeff Burton would become an analyst for NBC in 2015.
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On December 2,2013, it was announced that Jeff Burton had been hired by Michael Waltrip Racing to run a limited schedule for MWR's research-and-development team, Identity Ventures Racing.
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However, on August 14,2014, Jeff 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.
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Jeff Burton is the younger brother of Ward Jeff Burton, who is a former Cup Series driver.
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Jeff Burton has another brother, Brian, who did not drive in NASCAR but rather took over the family's construction business.