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Sporting News’ 60 Most Beautiful People: No. 57, Jeff Burton
By Rebecca Rudolph
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Richard Childress Racing's Jeff Burton is one of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' most consistent drivers.
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In 60 years of NASCAR racing, the sport has been filled with colorful characters. This year, Sporting News decided to craft a list of the sport's 60 Most Beautiful People.
The selections were made as a result of nominations sent in by readers and NASCAR fans to the Sporting News' publications and Web sites.
The list was finalized and published in a special edition, which is now available on newsstands and at the online store at streetandsmiths.com. SceneDaily is running the list, with one person from the top 60 to be featured each day.
Today's installment features No. 57, Jeff Burton.
As one of the sport's most consistent drivers, Jeff Burton has been busy chasing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship again‚ having finished sixth in his third consecutive appearance in what is now known as the Chase For The Sprint Cup.
Still, there's something about the humble Virginian that made fans support his inclusion on this list.
Burton began his career racing go-karts in his hometown of South Boston, Va. After two state championships, he switched to racing cars. This season, Burton caught a break at Bristol Motor Speedway and won the Food City 500, his first win of the season.
With the help of his wife, Kim, who also appears on this list, he may get there. After all, her presence has been synonymous with his success.
The two met when they were just teenagers. According to his wife, Burton hollered at her through the passenger seat of his brother's car while she was riding her bicycle down Main Street in South Boston one day.
He obtained her phone number from his next-door neighbor and, after a lengthy phone conversation, they agreed to meet at the next high school football game. Jeff rode a bicycle to meet her at the game.
Since then, she's tagged along to most of his races, including his go-kart events when he was 15.
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8 responses to "Sporting News’ 60 Most Beautiful People: No. 57, Jeff Burton". Post a Comment.
charles avarello said:
Nov 30, 2008 at 12:36 PMway to go jeff
Robert Childs said:
Nov 30, 2008 at 1:09 PMI have followed Jeff Burton from Roush Racing thru 2008.Jeff's knowledge and understanding of the sport excells many others. I feel this honor is well deserved!
Betty Stoneman said:
Nov 30, 2008 at 1:25 PMJeff Burton is well deserving of the honor. This good driving Virginia boy is a gentleman both on and off of the track.
rae said:
Nov 30, 2008 at 4:28 PMJeff Burton definitely deserves this honor. He is one of the most respected and respectful drivers in the NASCAR series. When he wins a race and his family gathers around him, I don't care that "my driver" didn't win. He is a true gentleman.
Werner Boehmert said:
Nov 30, 2008 at 4:29 PMglad to see Jeff on the list and all others selected, but i'm not understanding the term Beautiful People... maybe most influential, but beautiful?... this isn't a People Magazine...
myrna perkins said:
Nov 30, 2008 at 6:06 PMIt the same as People. A way to make some $$$$. I bought it and enjoyed it but didn't try to make too much sense out of it.
Sarah Oxfurth said:
Dec 1, 2008 at 7:10 PMWerner, I think perhaps you are focusing on the outer beauty. I believe the term "beautiful" here is indicative of more than outer beauty. Jeff Burton is most certainly a beautiful person, and someone *I* think belongs higher up on the list.
Candy Chesar said:
Jan 17, 2009 at 11:27 AMI am glad he made the list. He is such a sweet person. I have met him I love hims great driver and person. Diffently down to earth.