Race 2 Win: Busch Series Race Notes

NASCAR Busch Series

Dover 200 - Jeff Burton Notes

Jeff Burton
No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet
Event Preview Fact Sheet

Event/Date: Dover 200 – June 2, 2007
Venue: Dover (Del.) International Speedway

NOTES:

This Week’s Race Car at Dover International Speedway … Jeff Burton will pilot Chassis No. 061 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable. This is the same Holiday Inn Chevrolet Burton took to Victory Lane in Las Vegas earlier this season. Burton also raced this No. 29 Chevy to a fourth-place finish three weeks ago at Darlington Raceway and a 10th-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in April.

Burton at Dover … Burton has earned one victory, four top-five and four top-10 finishes and has led for a total of 46 laps in 13 NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) starts at Dover International Speedway. Burton is the defending Busch Series race winner at DIS, claiming victory on June 3, 2006 in the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet. This weekend’s race is the ninth of 18 that Burton is scheduled to drive the Holiday Inn Chevrolet.

Double Duty … In addition to racing the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet in Saturday’s NBS race, Burton will drive RCR’s No. 31 AT&T Chevrolet Impala SS in the Autism Speaks 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at DIS on Sunday, June 3. The South Boston, Va., native has posted one win (September 2006), six top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in 26 NASCAR Cup Series starts at the track.

First Win … Crew Chief Pat Smith scored his first NASCAR Busch Series win at Dover International Speedway. Burton was behind the wheel of the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevy for the June 3, 2006 win.

RCR Busch Brigade … In 13 Busch Series races this season, RCR has claimed five victories (Burton – 2, Clint Bowyer- 2 and Kevin Harvick –1). Additionally, all three RCR Busch teams (No. 2, No. 21 and No. 29) have a total of 14 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes.

Catch the Action … The Dover 200 will be televised live on ESPN2 Saturday, June 2, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The race will also be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 14th of 35 races on the 2007 Busch Series calendar will air live on ESPN2 Saturday, June 2, beginning at 11 a.m. EDT.

JEFF BURTON QUOTES:
You are the defending Busch Series race winner this weekend at Dover. Talk about that win last year.
“That was a late-race battle we had with Matt Kenseth that worked out for us. That win was really cool because it was my crew chief Pat Smith’s first Busch Series win. To be a part of that win and to see his excitement was really cool. That was a heck of a race. We were two-wide and then three-wide. There was a lot of excitement. That was a really gratifying day.”

What is your mindset going into Dover?
“Dover is an exceptionally fast race track. For a mile-long race track, it generates a lot of speed. You’re in the throttle a lot of the time, there’s a lot of banking and you really have to work hard to get your car to turn well. That’s what I go to Dover thinking; you have to make it turn well and keep it where you can run on the bottom. You don’t want to lock in so you can only run on the bottom. You want to be able to run different grooves. If you can do those things, you can run really well there.”