Jeffrey Brian Burton (born June 29, 1967 in South
Boston, Virginia) also sometimes referred to as "JB"
is a NASCAR Sprint (formerly Nextel) Cup Series
driver. He drives the #31 AT&T Mobility Chevrolet
for Richard Childress Racing. He also races
part-time in the Nationwide Series driving the #29
Holiday Inn Chevrolet. Jeff Burton is the younger
brother of Ward Burton, who is a fellow Sprint Cup
driver.
Burton began driving a handful of races in the Busch
Series in 1988 in car number 69 owned by his father
John Burton. He competed in the full season for
Busch Series Rookie of the Year in 1989 in the
Burton Autosports Pontiac #12. In 1990, he drove the
#12 Armour Meats Buick for the legendary Sam Ard. He
moved to J&J Racing's #99 Armour/Food Lion Chevrolet
in 1991 for one year before moving on to Filmar
Racing owned by Filbert Martocci where he would
drive an Oldsmobile sponsored by TIC Financial
Systems in 1992, and a Ford sponsored by Baby Ruth
in 1993. Burton would later make his first Winston
Cup start in 1993 in car #0 owned by Martocci. He
currently shares the #29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet with
Scott Wimmer. In 2007, Burton won five races (Las
Vegas Motor Speedway--March, Atlanta Motor
Speedway--March, California Speedway--September,
Lowes Motor Speedway--October, and Homestead-Miami
Speedway--November). In addition to the five
victories he also won the 2007 Busch Series Owners
Championship for Richard Childress.
