Food City 500 * Bristol Motor Speedway * 3/28/04
Jeff Burton
Team: No. 99 Ford Taurus
Owner: Jack Roush
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis Number: RK-171 (finished 11th at Darlington last week)
Jeff Burton on racing at BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY:
"The No. 99 team is coming off a decent run at Darlington so we definitely want to continue that momentum into Bristol. Bristol is a tough track. There will be a lot of paint trading and probably several cautions. Track position is key and it is important to qualify well because you don't want to go a lap down. If you are in the back of the pack it doesn't take long to go a lap down quick. We are taking the same car we raced at Darlington so I'm feeling pretty good about things. If we can qualify well and stay out of trouble we should be in pretty good shape."
Crew Chief Bob Osborne on racing at BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY:
"Bristol is a big challenge for any team. It's intense racing and there are a lot of factors that you can't control, so you have to do a really good job on the things that you can control. As a team we are looking forward to the challenge. We spent the early part of this week testing in Texas so that gave us a chance to get a little more familiar with each other, so we are excited about getting back on the track this weekend."
Fast Facts
Jeff Burton has five top-five and seven top-10 finishes at Bristol in the NEXTEL Cup Ford.
Burton's best finish at Bristol came during the fall race of 1998 when he finished second.
The No. 99 team continues their search for a sponsorship and for the first time in 2004 will run a car with no primary sponsor.
