Jeff Burton
No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet
Event Preview Fact Sheet
Event/Date: USG Durock 300 – July 8, 2006
Venue: Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, Ill.
NOTES:
This Week’s Race Car at Chicagoland Speedway … Jeff Burton will pilot chassis No. 049 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable which was built new for the 2006 season, finished second in Burton’s first race in the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet at Richmond then followed that up with a victory at Dover in June.
Triple Threat … In three Busch Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway, Holiday Inn Racing driver Jeff Burton has three third-place finishes to his credit.
Stat Facts … Despite competing in just seven of the 18 Busch Series events to date in the 2006 season, Burton sits 28th in the points. Six of his seven races have resulted in a top-10 finish to go along with his two wins and top fives. The 21-time Busch Series race winner finished 30th in the season opener at Daytona after an engine failure.
Design Jeff Burton’s Car … Holiday Inn is giving a race fan the opportunity to design the paint scheme on Jeff Burton’s No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet. The winning design will take the track for the Busch Series event in Texas on November 4. Beginning July 10, paint schemes can be designed at www.holidayinnracing.com via a ‘Design Jeff Burton’s Car’ page. The contest will run through August 31 with the winning design to be chosen by Jeff Burton. The winner’s package also includes a trip for two to the November race weekend in Texas including a VIP package to the Busch race complete with Jeff Burton/Holiday Inn Racing gear, tickets to the Cup race November 5, along with airfare and three nights’ accommodations at Holiday Inn. For additional information and rules for the contest please visit www.holidayinnracing.com.
Double Duty … In addition to his driving duties with the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet in the US Durock 300, Burton, a 17-time race winner in the NASCAR Cup Series, will race RCR’s No. 31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet in the USG Sheetrock 400 Sunday, July 9. The race will air live on TNT beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Up to Speed … The USG Durock 300 at Chicagoland Speedway can be seen live Saturday, July 8 beginning at 4 p.m. EDT on TNT and heard live on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and XM Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 19th of 35 NASCAR Busch Series events is scheduled for Saturday, July 9 at 12:40 p.m. EDT.
JEFF BURTON QUOTES:
How has Chicago treated you in the past and how do you feel about going there?
"I'm excited about Chicago. We've worked really hard on our program this winter trying to make that program better. I feel like we've done that. I think we've made huge gains with the fast 1.5 mile tracks. Certainly Chicago is one of them. I look forward to it. I look forward to getting there and seeing if we can continue to run well at that kind of race track."
Is Chicago a cookie-cutter track?
"I do know that a lot of tracks look alike, hence the phrase ‘cookie cutter’, but they all drive totally different and Chicago is its own race track. There's no question it requires different setup. It requires a different driving style than other race tracks that look like it. For us, even though they do look like cookie cutter tracks, they're really not."
