Race 2 Win: Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400

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Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 - Ward Burton Notes

Ward Burton will make his 321st NASCAR Winston Cup start and third for the NetZero HiSpeed Racing team this weekend at North Carolina Speedway.

BURTON ON ROCKINGHAM…”Naturally, North Carolina Speedway means a great deal to me since I got my first victory there. It’s a great track to race on and it’s been a pretty good to me throughout the years. There are a lot of elements involved in running successfully there, so you really have to be on top of your game from the time you unload the car to the last lap of the race. I have a great deal of confidence in Tony (Furr, crew chief) and the NetZero HiSpeed Racing team, and every time we show up at the track we’ll get better and better. It’s just a matter of spending time together and communicating effectively with each other. Obviously we didn’t have the kind of weekend we would have liked in Phoenix, but I still think we’re farther ahead than I thought we would be at this point. It’s good that we have these last couple of races together this season to get ready for next year and to get this team where it should be. Tony and I talk every day and we are focusing on what we need to do to get ready for 2004, while still concentrating on making 2003 as successful as it can be.”

ROCKINGHAM FAST FACTS

Ward Burton will be making his third start in the NetZero HiSpeed Pontiac this weekend.

Burton has made 18 NASCAR Winston Cup starts at North Carolina Speedway. He has also participated in eight Busch Series events there.

Burton scored his first career Winston Cup victory in Rockingham in 1995.

Burton has qualified in the Top-10 four times at the 1.017-mile track, and has also started from the eleventh position five times.

Burton currently stands 22nd in the driver points battle.

The Haas CNC Racing team will utilize chassis number 002 for the event at The Rock. This will be the first time the car has been run this year.

Burton will co-host a joint fundraiser between the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation and North Carolina Ducks Unlimited on Friday, November 7 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

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