NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Golden Corral 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 14
Jeff Burton
Team: No.99 SKF Ford Taurus
Owner: Jack Roush
Crew Chief: Paul Andrews
Chassis Number: RK-
Jeff Burton on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway: "Atlanta is a track that we have not run well at in a couple years. It's a big, fast track and anything can happen. We tested there a few weeks ago and had a pretty good showing so we think our outlook is good going into this weekend's race. We finally got a full race under our belt last weekend with no problems which is a good start, it's just two races behind everyone else so we need to keep progressing forward and really attack every track we go to. I think we'll be ok and we are looking forward to running up front with the No. 99 SKF Ford this weekend."
Crew Chief Paul Andrews on racing at Atlanta: "Atlanta is definitely a fast track. We had a good test there and we think we have figured some things out that will help us this coming weekend. We just need to keep moving forward and get back to where we want to be and know we can be, in the top 10 in points."
Fast Facts
Jeff Burton has five top-five and eight top-10 finishes at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Burton scored six top-10 finishes in the seven races at Atlanta between November 1996 and March 2000.
In the overall NEXTEL Cup point standings, Burton made the second biggest gain moving from 42nd to 31st, up 11 spots. He is 149 points out of 10th place.