Jeff Burton
No. 31 AT&T Chevrolet Impala SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet

Event/Date: UAW-Dodge 400 – March 2, 2008
Venue: Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NOTES:
• This Week’s AT&T Chevrolet at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 239 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable, a brand new race car for the 2008 season.
• Testing, testing … Burton and the AT&T Racing team tested at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Jan. 28-29 in preparation for the UAW-Dodge 400 as part of NASCAR’s Preseason test session.
• Burton in the Loop at Vegas …
  • Back-to-Back … Burton won the 1999 and 2000 Cup Series races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In 10 NASCAR Cup Series starts at the speedway, he has claimed three top-five and six top-10 finishes. In addition, the South Boston, Va., native has posted one pole, three wins, five top-five and six top-10 finishes in seven Nationwide Series starts at the track.
  • Good Start, Better Finish … The 19-time Cup Series winner currently holds an 18.4 starting average coupled with an 11.0 finishing average and has completed 2,474 of 2,554 total laps (96.9%) at the 1.5-mile track.
  • Since We’re Talking Las Vegas Stats … Burton is the NASCAR Cup Series’ third-best Quality Passer – a statistic derived from the number of positions gained while running in the top-15 under green-flag conditions. Burton has gained an average of 45 spots over the last three events held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The South Boston, Va., native has also logged 644 of the last 801 laps (80.4 percent) running in the top 15. Burton is ranked fifth in NASCAR’s Average Running Position category (13.0) and is also ninth in the Driver Rating category (93.6). 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 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.
• Vegas Odds … According to Vegasinsider.com Burton has a 30:1 chance to win the UAW-Dodge 400.
• Double Down in Sin Town … In addition to racing the No. 31 AT&T Chevrolet Impala SS in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race, Burton, the defending race winner, will drive RCR’s No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in the Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, March 2. This weekend’s race is the second of 12 Nationwide Series races that Burton is scheduled to drive the Holiday Inn Chevrolet. The race can be seen live on ESPN2 beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and will also broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Sirius Satellite Radio.
• Don’t Miss a Beat … This weekend Burton’s AT&T Chevy will be one of four cars featured on DIRECTV’s HotPass Coverage. With a channel dedicated solely to the AT&T Racing team during the UAW-Dodge 400, fans will be able to watch all the action through DIRECTV’s multiple camera angles, real-time car telemetry and listen to in-car audio communication. NASCAR HotPass, only on DIRECTV, features four driver channels including dedicated announcers for each team. The service, combined with race day telecasts and nascar.com coverage, gives fans the most comprehensive and powerful NASCAR experience possible. Burton’s team will be showcased on DIRECTV channel 790 and DIRECTV’s HD channel 795.
• Vegas Baby! NASCAR’s Fan Victory of a Lifetime Rolls into Sin City … Prilosec OTC Victory of a Lifetime Sweepstakes winner Kathryn Cooley of Barnesville, Md. will continue on her second leg of her two week adventure out west. Last week, Cooley and guests made their way to Fontana, Calif. for the Auto Club 500 where they braved the rains and stuck around until Monday to take in all the action. Instead of making the trans-continental trip back to Maryland, Cooley decided to make a vacation out of the west coast swing and head up the coast to visit the city by the bay, San Francisco, before making their way to Las Vegas for the UAW-Dodge 400. Prior to the start of the race, Cooley and her guests will enjoy passes to the Neon Garage, which provides unprecedented access to the drivers and teams, live entertainment and a bird’s eye view of the Winner Circle.
• Catch the Action … The UAW-Dodge 400 can be seen live on FOX Sunday, March 2 beginning at 3:30 p.m. EST and can be heard live on PRN and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the third of 36 points-paying races is set for Friday, February 29 at 6:30 p.m. EST and will be broadcast live on SPEED, PRN and Sirius Satellite Radio.