Jeff Burton Pre-Race Notes: Circuit City 250

NOTES:

• This Week’s Race Car at Richmond International Raceway … Jeff Burton will pilot Chassis No. 070 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable. Built new for 2007, this is the same Holiday Inn Chevrolet Burton raced to a third-place finish in Phoenix earlier this season.

• Jeff Burton at Richmond … Jeff Burton has earned two victories, three poles, eight top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in 20 NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) starts at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). This weekend’s race is the sixth of 18 that Jeff Burton is scheduled to drive the Holiday Inn Chevrolet.

• Double Duty … In addition to racing the No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet in Friday night’s NBS race, Jeff Burton will drive RCR’s No. 31 LENOX Chevrolet Impala SS in the Crown Royal 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at RIR on Saturday, May 5. The South Boston, Va., native has posted one win, seven top-five and 12 top-10 finishes in 25 NASCAR Cup Series starts at the track.

• RCR Busch Cars in Richmond … In 30 NBS starts at Richmond International Raceway, RCR has earned four wins (Kevin Harvick – May ’03, Sept. ’05, May ’06 and Sept. ‘06), two poles, 11 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes.

• Hot Seat … Jeff Burton joined teammate Scott Wimmer and the Holiday Inn Racing Team at RIR March 27-28 for testing in preparation for this weekend’s 250-lap race. Jeff Burton and company posted the fastest lap of the 59 cars in the morning test on March 27 and the fourth-best lap in the evening session. Wimmer posted the fourth-fastest lap time in the Wednesday morning session.

• Friday Night Lights … The Circuit City 250 at Richmond International Raceway will be televised live on ESPN2 on Friday, May 4 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The race will also be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 11th of 35 races on the 2007 Busch Series calendar will air live on SPEED Friday, May 4 beginning at 4:00 p.m. EST.

Jeff Burton QUOTES:

How did Richmond treat you last season?

“We had great cars last year in Richmond. We battled our teammate Kevin Harvick for the win. During the last 20 laps, we were all over each other and he was leading but I could never find a way around him. We both had awesome cars. In the second race we had an even better car but we had a mechanical problem that set us back. In both of the races last year we put ourselves in a position to win. In the first race we got beat by Kevin Harvick and in the second we didn’t have a chance to see what we could have done but we were pretty excited about our chances.”

Would you challenge a teammate for the win if you are in the same situation as you were with Kevin Harvick last year? “It is going to be a hard race and that is what it should be. That is what racing is about – race each other hard and go out and try to get the win. It is really cool when teammates can race each other because that means that the company is doing really well. Racing my teammate was really cool last year.”

Is it special to win at Richmond since it is your home state?

“Oh yeah, I consider Richmond and Martinsville to be my hometown tracks. I take a lot of pride in being from Virginia, it’s a great state. Richmond is such a great facility. There are always a lot of people at Richmond that have known Ward and me, along with our entire family, for a long time, so I take a lot of pride in running well there.”

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