John Edward Burton III was born on October 25,1961 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver.
30 Facts About Ward Burton
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Ward Burton has five career wins in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, including the 2002 Daytona 500 and the 2001 Southern 500.
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Ward Burton currently operates the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, a conservation and sportsmans' organization.
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Ward Burton began his NASCAR Busch Series career in the 1990 season and competed full-time for four seasons.
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Ward Burton's results improved steadily over the next three years.
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Ward Burton completed the season in eighth place overall with one win, three Top 5 finishes and 10 Top 10 finishes.
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In 1995, Ward Burton started driving for Buz McCall in the No 95 Caterpillar, Inc.
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Ward Burton drove for Bill Davis Racing in 1996 for eight starts in the No 22 MBNA-sponsored Pontiac.
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Ward Burton did not start another Busch Series race until 1999 when he ran five more races for Bill Davis with a sponsorship from Siemens.
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Ward Burton accumulated three Top 5 and five Top 10 finishes including a second-place finish at Dover International Speedway.
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Ward Burton ran one race for Innovative Motorsports and their No 47 Chevrolet.
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In 2000, Ward Burton ran five more races for Davis with a sponsorship from Polaris Industries and one race with Innovative Motorsports.
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Ward Burton then ran two races in 2001 for Tommy Baldwin Jr.
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On January 2,2007 Brewco Motorsports Inc announced Ward Burton would drive the No 27 Kleenex-sponsored Ford Fusion in the Busch Series in 2007.
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Ward Burton was to drive 20 races for Brewco Motorsports and Kleenex, beginning with the Orbitz 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Ward Burton returned to the No 31 ride in 1995 but he was released on August 20, one day after finishing 6th at Michigan.
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Ward Burton scored three second place finishes that season, at Las Vegas, Darlington and Rockingham, and on all three occasions brother Jeff won the race.
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Ward Burton had led the most laps in that year's Daytona 500 but retired after 173 laps after having been involved in the Big One.
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Ward Burton won the New England 300 at New Hampshire but due to numerous mechanical failures, he fell to 25th in the point standings, but after his win in Loudon 2002 would mark the first and only time in his career that he would win multiple races in a single season.
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Ward Burton only had four Top 10s, and he left Bill Davis Racing with four races left in the season to begin driving the No 0 NetZero-sponsored Pontiac for Haas CNC Racing.
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Ward Burton finished the season 21st in the final points standings.
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Ward Burton spent the next two seasons as a free agent.
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Ward Burton returned to the Sprint Cup series late in the 2006 season, driving the No 4 Lucas Oil-sponsored Chevrolet for Morgan-McClure Motorsports.
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Ward Burton started 35th and finished 26th as the last car on the lead lap.
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On December 12, Ward Burton signed with Morgan-McClure Motorsports to drive the No 4 car full-time in 2007.
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Ward Burton joined Turner Scott Motorsports as a driver coach for the team starting in 2013, where he assisted with driver development for the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series teams.
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Ward Burton was born in Danville, Virginia but considers South Boston, Virginia his hometown.
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Ward Burton owns several thousand acres of hunting land in rural Virginia close to his hometown of South Boston, Virginia.
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Ward Burton has a home in Nags Head, North Carolina.
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Ward Burton currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation in Brookneal, Virginia.