Jeff Burton

Jeff Burton
Burton in 2007
Born	Jeffrey T. Burton (1967-06-29) June 29, 1967 (age 49) 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
Monster Energy 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 Camping World 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.

Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Burton (born June 29, 1967), nicknamed "The Mayor", is an American retired professional driver. He scored 21 career victories in the Sprint Cup Series, including two Coca-Cola 600s in 1999 and 2001 and the 1999 Southern 500. He currently serves as a color analyst for NBC Sports, having joined them upon their return to their coverage of NASCAR. His brother Ward Burton and his nephew Jeb Burton have also competed in the Sprint Cup Series.

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 Buick for Sam Ard, where he won his first career race. 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.

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

1994 was Burton's rookie year in the Winston Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Raybestos-sponsored Ford for Stavola Brothers Racing. After 5 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 4th-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 9th-lace finish. He also missed 3 races and finished 32nd in points.

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