Jeff Burton - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

September 5, 1998

Practice speeds in the Saturday AM session at Darlington are slow, the fastest speed of 163.082mph by Jeff Burton would not make the top 43. Expect many teams to stand on their times/speeds they ran in 1st round. (09-05-1998)...

Budweiser leaving Hendrick?

"Officials at Budweiser are mulling over what to do next season, and there is still speculation that the company might leave the Hendrick family. Among the drivers on Budweiser's wish list are: Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, John Andretti and Bobby Labonte...

August 29, 1998

Roush Racing deployed a Busch Series hauler driver Larry Morris from Liberty, NC to Mooresville, NC yesterday afternoon. His orders were to pick up an extra #99 Roush Ford and a #36 MB2 Motorsports Pontiac to be standing by for drivers Jeff Burton and Ernie Irvan.......

August 28, 1998

Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Ernie Irvan and Ron Fellows all crashed their primary cars during practice for the CMT 300 and had to go to backups for qualifying and the race. Sterling Marlin scaped the wall and got the car fixed in time for qualifying. Bill Elliott...

August 25, 1998

Five teams tested at Darlington today, drivers and speeds: #99-Jeff Burton, 164.468mph; #31-Mike Skinner, 163.934; #6-Mark Martin 162.834; #26-John Benson 162.563; #18-Bobby Labonte 161.231. #3-Dale Earnhardt and #28-Kenny Irwin tested at Richmond.(RPM2Nite) (08-25...

August 23, 1998

More rumors from Mike Mulhern of the JournalNow, some a tad on the wild side: Kmart officials are studying a possible return to the Winston Cup tour, according to NASCAR sources. One of the men who could land a Kmart sponsorship, Ricky Rudd, presumably for his proposed...

August 16, 1998

Several drivers are scheduled for testing in the days leading to the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with the following drivers scheduled to test: Aug 17/18: Dale Jarrett, Tony Raines and Ted Christopher; Aug 24: Jeff Burton, Bobby Labonte, Mike Skinner; Aug 25...

Qualifying

CORRECTION(missed Chad Little) - Seven teams/drivers that qualified 26th or worse and are guaranteed to make the race based on owners points are: #99-Jeff Burton(7th in owner points); #3-Dale Earnhardt(9); #94-Bill Elliott(12); #21-Michael Waltrip(15); #97-Chad Little...

Engine changes for Burton & Martin

Jeff Burton's and Mark Martin's teams changed engines and transmissions last night after both noticed oil leaks.(NASCAR2Day)...

Ford Fan Appreciation Day

NASCAR racing fans in Indianapolis are gearing up for a unique opportunity. They will meet some of their favorite Winston Cup drivers at the third annual Indiana Ford Stores "Ford Fan Appreciation Day" on July 29. Last year’s event drew approximately 15,000 fans, and...

Testing at Indianapolis

Nearly 40 Cup teams will test July 13-17 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, for the Brickyard 400 on 8-1-98. Among the teams testing will be Hendrick Motorsports (Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte), Roush Racing (Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Ted Musgrave, Johnny Benson Jr., ...

Testing at Watkins Glen

UPDATE: I hear Mark Martin, #6 Valvoline Ford and Jeff Burton, #99 Exide Ford are testing at Watkins Glen this week.(6-15-98) - Martin and Burton will test there today(Wednesday) and Thursday along with BGN drivers Mike McLaughlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Hutter and...

Mark Martin to partner with Jack Roush?

We are hearing rumors that Mark Martin will become an equity partner with Jack Roush in up to three Winston Cup teams in 1999. Speculation is that Martin will become majority owner of his and Jeff Burton's current teams as well as a third with Matt Kenseth as driver...

Frankie Stoddard injured

Frankie Stoddard, crew chief for Jeff Burton, injured his right elbow during a pit stop Sunday. He was trying to pull the spring rubber out of the right front of the car as Burton was trying to leave and hit his elbow hard against the bumper.(That's Racin' Notes - ...

Michigan appearance

Winston Cup driver Johnny Benson, along with Jeff Burton and Ted Musgrave, will meet Friday at Michigan Speedway with the third grade class from Dudley Elementary School from Grand Rapids, Mich., to sign autographs. Benson grew up in Grand Rapids and looks forward ...

Exide renews with Roush

Exide Corporation has renewed their sponsorship contract with Roush Racing and driver Jeff Burton(#99 Ford) through the year 2001.(GoRacing)(6-6-98)...

Pepsi 400 night time testing

Past Note: The Pepsi 400 night time testing will be held on June 8-10. The tests will be held from 5:30pm-10:30pm/et on the 8th, and 3:30pm-10:30pm/et on the 9th and 10th. The test will be free of charge to the public. Drivers scheduled to test: Mark Martin, Jeff Burton...

On-line racecams

Just found out about this page:The Coca-Cola 600 on TBS Superstation, it has on-line racecams of the in car cameras that will be carried by Bobby Labonte, Randy LaJoie, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin, Todd Bodine and John Andretti. Also some articles, online games, chat, ...

Cup owner points

From Henry of Stock Car Fans: WC Owner points are used as tie-breakers in qualifying, and today we had ties for 3rd (Jeff Gordon/Rudd), 15th (Jeff Burton/Kyle Petty), 23rd (Dale Jarrett/Lake Speed), and 37th (Dick Trickle/Wally Dallenbach...

Kenseth to race #60 at Talladega

BGN driver, Matt Kenseth will race a Roush Racing-prepared Ford Taurus in the DieHard 500 April 26 at Talladega, team owner Jack Roush announced Wednesday. Kenseth joins Cup regulars Mark Martin(#6), Ted Musgrave(#16), Johnny Benson(#26), Chad Little(#97) and Jeff ...