Ward Burton 2007 Event Preview
No. 4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS
Race 11 of 36 – Dodge Avenger 500 (367 laps/501.322 miles)
Darlington Raceway
State Water Heaters Racing Notes of Interest:
Driver: Ward Burton
Ward Burton will be attempting to qualify for his 365th NASCAR Nextel Cup start when the green flag drops at Darlington Raceway on May 12, 2007
He will be attempting to start in his 22nd NASCAR Nextel Cup event at Darlington Raceway.
His career-best start at the 1.366-mile raceway is a pole (Spring 1996 and his best finish is two WINS (Spring 2000 & Fall 2001)
In his last outing at Darlington in the spring of 2004, Burton started 13th and finished 18th
Burton’s average start is 16th and average finish is 17th
Burton will have to qualify on time for the Dodge Avenger 500, as Morgan-McClure Motorsports is 42nd in championship owner’s points in the 2007 season.
Morgan-McClure Motorsports Racing (MMM)
Morgan-McClure Motorsports marks its 25th year of participation in NASCAR’s elite Nextel Cup Division in 2007. There are only three active teams who have been in the sport longer than Morgan-McClure.
MMM has one WIN (Sterling Marlin – Spring 1995), four top 5’s and 11 top 10’s in 45 starts at Darlington Raceway
Morgan-McClure Motorsports has an average start of 19th and their average finish is 20th
State Water Heaters “Hot Water” Ride
Chassis No.: Primary: 93 Back-Up: 94
Chassis 93 was used in practice at Martinsville until it spun-out and backed into the wall
Chassis 94 was tested at RIR in the recent NASCAR COT test
Ward on returning to Darlington …
“I’m looking forward to going back there. It’s the same old track but with a new race car for all of us. I think this new race car is going to create some pretty big challenges for all of us to figure out what it needs. Darlington is always a compromise with the race car anyway, but even more so now with limited travel in the front end. We hopefully can hit on something and get a fairly good setup when we get there and if we can do that we will have us a good day. Everyone at Morgan-McClure has been working really hard to get us some good race cars and we are going to go to Darlington and work real hard to get into this race for all of them and for our sponsor State Water Heaters.”
