Jeff Burton
Jeff Burton
Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Burton, nicknamed "The Mayor", is an American retired stock car racing 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...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth29 June 1967
CitySouth Boston, VA
dig heels knocked last ourselves priorities race running trying wins year
For us, every race is important when you've been knocked back on your heels and you're trying to get back in the fight. Right now, we don't have to dig ourselves out of a hole. If we keep running the way we're running, we'll get our wins and we'll do what we need to do in points. Our priorities have to be going fast. That's what we couldn't do last year. That's what I couldn't do the year before, or the year before that. That's what I have been able to do this year.
We're not where we need to be just yet. But we can see it from where we are.
great start
I'd like to say that we had a great day and all's right with the world. This is a great way to start the season, but we've still got a long way to go.
car demanding early fast good help practice race start tough
Going out early is never a good thing. We made our car as fast as we could in practice so that is a good thing. It didn't help us by going out third, but there is nothing we can do about that. You just start where you start, and get the most out of it. It is a tough race track, demanding race track.
miss
He said it in a way that you couldn't miss it.
cry knew lose race somebody stomp time
He didn't stomp his feet, cry and pout. He didn't lose it. He knew when the race was over it was time to be somebody different.
groove knock race track
He went a groove up the race track to knock us out. Unbelievable.
competition everybody good guys stuff together
I feel really good about what we're doing and all these guys are working really hard. The competition is tough. Everybody is getting their stuff together and we've got to do the same.
drivers ok somebody
We have drivers who think it's OK for them to do something, but it's not OK for somebody to do it to them.
bristol jeff lap pace reason rhythm run rusty speed wallace
Bristol for me is very much a rhythm track, especially in race-pace. One reason Rusty Wallace has done so well, and Jeff Gordon, is that those are pace kind of guys. They can run the same lap speed consistently.
chance equal situation team tire
Every team should have the chance to do a tire test. You have a situation that is not equal for everyone.
miles safe thinking
We're going 200 mph. We're not thinking about being safe or we wouldn't be going 200 miles an hour.
absolutely bad best texas track
New asphalt is no good. That's bad for racing. The best thing we can have is a really old track with old asphalt. That's when you have your best racing. And Texas is absolutely the best it has ever been right now.
came cars drive driving drove good junk race rookies step top
When I came into the sport, rookies didn't drive good race cars. You drove junk. Rookies don't step in driving junk anymore. They step in driving top cars because there is no junk. They step in driving really, really good stuff.