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

Event/Date: Sam’s Town 300 – March 1, 2008
Venue: Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NOTES:
• This Week’s Holiday Inn Chevrolet at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Jeff Burton will pilot Chassis No. 061 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable. This is the same Holiday Inn Chevrolet Burton drove to Victory Lane in March 2007 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS). Burton also raced this No. 29 Chevy last season to a fourth-place finish at Michigan International Speedway, to a third-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway, a 19th-place finish at Dover International Speedway in June, a fourth-place finish at Darlington Raceway in May and a 10th-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in April. Since then, this Holiday Inn Chevy has received all the required 2008 updates.
• Burton in the Loop at Las Vegas …
  • Stat Facts … Burton has earned three victories, one pole, five top-five and six top-10 finishes in seven NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at LVMS. This weekend’s race is the second of 12 that Burton is scheduled to drive the Holiday Inn Chevrolet.
  • Smokin’ Fast … Burton leads all drivers in the Green Flag Speed category. The 27-time NNS winner posted a fast lap of 163.249 mph at the Las Vegas race in 2007.
  • Leading the Way in Las Vegas Stats … Burton leads the NNS Average Running Position category (3.76) and is currently the series’ best Quality Passer (38) – a statistic derived from the number of positions improved while running in the top-15 during green-flag conditions. In addition, he leads the Driver Rating category (139.5). The Driver Rating is a formula that combines the following categories: wins, top-15 finishes, average running position while on the lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led and lead-lap finishes. The maximum points a driver can earn in each race is 150 points. The Driver Rating number is used pre-race as a prediction tool and post-race as a performance evaluator.
• Double Duty … In addition to racing the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet in Saturday’s NNS race, Burton will drive RCR’s No. 31 AT&T Chevrolet Impala SS in the UAW-Dodge 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at LVMS on Sunday, March 2. The South Boston, Va. native has posted two wins, three top-five and six top-10 finishes in 10 NASCAR Cup Series starts at the track.
• RCR Nationwide Cars in Vegas … In 17 NNS starts at LVMS, RCR has earned two wins (Burton – 2007 and Kevin Harvick –2004), seven top-five and 11 top-10 finishes with Clint Bowyer, Burton, Harvick, Ron Hornaday Jr., Jeff Green and Johnny Sauter.
• This is a Test … Burton joined teammate Scott Wimmer and the No. 29 team for two days of hot laps at LVMS, Jan. 30-31, to wrap up the preseason testing schedule.
• Going to the Chapel … Las Vegas was the site of Scott and Jody Wimmer’s wedding. The two were wed January 10, 2004 at Bellagio.
• Catch the Action … The Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be televised live on ESPN2 on Saturday, March 1 beginning at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The race will also be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the third of 35 races on the 2008 Nationwide Series calendar will air live on SPEED the same day beginning at 12 noon EST.