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At 40, Burton not too old to shine in NASCAR
By SceneDaily Staff
Monday, March 17, 2008
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Jeff Burton turned 40 last year, but the Richard Childress Racing driver is far from done in his NASCAR career, and his victory in Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway earned him still more respect from his RCR teammates.
“Just really excited for him,” Clint Bowyer said. “He's a good guy, a good teammate. He ain't over. He ain't too old, that's for sure. He isn't giving up.”
But Kevin Harvick interjected: “That's not what we tell him.”
“We tell him he's an old fart,” Bowyer said.
They’re kidding, of course.
“He proves it week in and week out on the race track that he's plenty capable of getting the job done,” Bowyer said. “Winning here at Bristol, I know that's important for him. I’m excited for him.”
Harvick said Burton has been a stabilizing force at RCR.
“Jeff, obviously he's been a big part of everything we've done at RCR,” Harvick said. “He's kind of the calm reason between myself and Clint. I'm one extreme; he's another extreme. Clint's in the middle of the road. He kind of bounces off of both of us.
“I'm just glad that Jeff's a part of our team, so we can all stay sane. It keeps us all straight. He's been great for me and great for RCR and
everybody involved. Like Clint said, he's just a great teammate and fun to race with.”
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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