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
diverse fact needs
The fact is, our sport is not as diverse as it needs to be.
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.
focused hard proud question stayed trying
You question yourself. You question everything. But I'm proud of myself. I stayed focused through all of it. We're working really hard and trying really hard to get back to the top.
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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.