Jeb Burton
Introduction '''John Edward''' "'''Jeb'''" '''Burton IV''' (born August 6, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Camaros for Jordan Anderson Racing. He is the son of Ward Burton, the nephew of Jeff Burton, and the cousin of Jeff's son Harrison Burton. He competed for several seasons as a regular driver at South Boston Speedway, an American racing circuit where his family is historically known for competing, as well as at Ace Speedway. Burton has raced in each of NASCAR's three national series.
Racing career ===Early career===Jeb Burton started his professional racing career in the NASCAR-sanctioned Whelen All-American Series, in which drivers at local tracks compete for track championships as well as against drivers competing at other tracks for national titles, at South Boston Speedway shortly after his 16th birthday. He made his first start at the track, in the Limited Sportsman Series, in 2008, with his first full season of competition at the track coming in 2009; the 2009 season also saw Burton's best finish in the track's season-ending points standings, finishing 4th in the Limited Sportsman Series. Burton moved up to the track's Late Model Series in 2010, finishing 11th in the final standings, in addition to winning the track's Late Model Rookie of the Year award; he also competed in Late Models during the 2011 racing season.In addition to competing at South Boston Speedway, where both his father and uncle made a name for themselves in their early racing careers, but where Burton, by his own admission, "struggled", Burton competed regularly at Ace Speedway, Orange County Speedway, and other racing circuits in the southern Virginia and central North Carolina areas, including at the "Daytona of Late Models", Martinsville Speedway. Burton's first Late Model win came at Ace Speedway in June 2011; he won a total of five races in Late Model competition over the course of the season at various tracks in the region.===Sports cars===In April 2009, Burton was selected as a "guest driver" to compete in the Sports Car Club of America's SCCA Pro Racing-sanctioned Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Series, competing on the road course at Virginia International Raceway. Burton's guest driver status left him ineligible for series points, or for winning any prize money in the event. Burton was able to qualify his vehicle, sponsored by State Water Heaters and the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, in the 9th position on the event's starting grid, but finished the race in 22nd; his run was marred by an on-track accident with another driver that knocked him out of competition.===ARCA and NASCAR===Burton's 2012 truck at Rockingham SpeedwayBurton's 2013 truck at RockinghamBy 2011 Burton was considered to be a rising star in the world of stock car racing. In July of that year, Burton made his debut in big-league, touring-series stock car competition, driving the No. 6 Toyota Camry for Eddie Sharp Racing in the ARCA Racing Series' Hantz Group 200 at Berlin Raceway. Burton started 9th and finished 21st in the 200-lap,  event; he was involved in a multi-car accident on the opening lap of the race, but rallied to complete 120 of the race's 200 laps before being forced out of competition with suspension failure. Ward Burton stated that he was attempting to secure a sponsor for his son to compete in the full ARCA Racing Series season, however no deal was reached and it was the only ARCA event he would compete in during the year.Later in the 2011 racing season, during competition in the Whelen All-American Series, Burton was briefly suspended by NASCAR, and was fined $250 USD, following an on-track incident in a heat race at South Boston Speedway. He was penalized for throwing a traffic cone at another competitor's vehicle following an accident; his father, also involved in the incident by entering the other driver's pit stall during the event, was placed on probation.After the 2011 season, Burton desired to move up to full-time competition in a national series. In January 2012, it was announced that Burton would be competing for Hillman Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series during the 2012 racing season, sharing a ride in the No. 27 truck, a Chevrolet, with his father Ward. Due to his lack of experience on large tracks, Burton was ineligible to compete at Daytona International Speedway in the series' season-opening event; He made his debut in the series at Martinsville Speedway in the second race of the season; Trip Bruce served as the team's crew chief.In his first series race at Martinsville Speedway, Burton, competing for Rookie of the Year in the series, finished 13th, on the lead lap. After the sixth race of the season at Dover International Speedway, however, Burton was forced to start skipping races due to a lack of sponsorship.In September 2012, Burton debuted in the Rev-Oil Pro Cup Series, winning his first start in the series at Motor Mile Speedway.====2013–2014: Full-time in Trucks====On November 21, 2012, Turner Motorsports announced the signing of Burton to a two-year contract to run a full-time Camping World Truck Series schedule and a limited Nationwide Series schedule in 2013 and 2014.Turner also announced that Burton's father, Ward Burton, had been hired to assist with driver development.In April 2013, Burton won his first Truck Series pole at Martinsville Speedway. On June 7, 2013, Burton won the WinStar World Casino 400K at Texas Motor Speedway, his first career NASCAR win. Later in the season he made his first career start in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in September, and his Nationwide Series debut at Kentucky Speedway later in the month.The 2013 season was a success for Burton, as he finished fifth in the overall Camping World Truck Series standings. He totaled 731 points to finish 73 points behind winner Matt Crafton and just one point out of fourth place. In 22 starts, he totaled one win, captured seven pole positions, and had five top 5s and 11 top 10s with only one DNF.Before the start of the 2014 season, Turner Scott Motorsports announced that Burton's sponsor, Arrowhead Cigarettes, had defaulted on its payments, and that they had been forced to close the No. 4 team, leaving Burton without a ride. In early February Burton announced that he had signed with ThorSport Racing to compete in the season-opening Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series events at Daytona International Speedway, initially on a part-time basis, but on May 27, was increased to a full-time ride. For the 2014 season, Burton finished a disappointing eighth in the overall standings, with just two top-five and seven top-10 finishes.====2015: Full Cup season====Burton in the No. 26 at the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350In January, ThorSport Racing and sponsor Estes Express Lines announced that they were unable to come up with an extension to continue and the team shut down the No. 13 truck, leaving Burton without a ride. Later, however, he was signed by BK Racing to compete in the Sprint Cup Series to replace Cole Whitt, who had just left the team, in the No. 26 Toyota.Burton drove full-time for the team in 2015 and compete for the series' Rookie of the Year Award. He failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 after a wreck during the first Budweiser Duel qualifying race. However, the next week Burton qualified 40th for his first Sprint Cup race, the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He completed the race, finishing 35th. He had his best race to that point on March 29 when he finished 29th in the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway. However, Burton failed to qualify four times in the next six races, and crashed in his two starts in the No. 26 during this stretch, at Bristol and Kansas. Estes would ultimately renew their sponsorship of Burton beginning at Richmond; when Burton failed to qualify there, he and Estes shifted to BK's No. 23, in place of regular driver J. J. Yeley. After failing to qualify at Charlotte, Burton was able to qualify for the next eight races, before failing to qualify for the Brickyard 400.Burton would fail to qualify again at the Bristol Night Race. Before Darlington, BK Racing announced that he and Yeley would swap rides permanently, to give Burton a better shot of making races while Yeley would work to bring the No. 26 back up in the owner points (it was ranked 44th after 24 races). Burton was able to qualify for his first seven races in the No. 23; this streak came to an end at Talladega, where Burton posted the No. 23's first-ever DNQ. The next week, on the series' return at Martinsville, Burton would improve his career-best with a 27th-place finish. He would miss eight races during the season. Burton finished third in Rookie of the Year standings despite running the full season. Despite initial reports that his contract was "multi-year", Burton did not return to BK Racing for 2016.Burton returned to the Truck Series for the fall race at Texas, driving the No. 00 for JR Motorsports.====2016–2020: Part-time racing====Burton joined Richard Petty Motorsports to drive the No. 43 in the Xfinity Series. In June, sponsor J. Steicher and Co. defaulted on their agreement with RPM, and the No. 43 team suspended operations. Burton returned to the Cup Series for the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 at Pocono, driving for Go Fas Racing. In July, Burton and Estes Express Lines joined Biagi-DenBeste Racing to compete in the Xfinity Series at Indianapolis and Richmond, driving the No. 98.On February 24, 2017, Burton and JGL Racing announced a multi-race agreement where Burton would drive JGL's No. 24.At the Daytona July race, he scored a fourth-place finish.In 2018, Burton partnered with Richard Childress Racing for a part-time Xfinity schedule in the No. 3 car. In October, he made his return to the Truck and Cup Series at Martinsville, driving the No. 30 Toyota truck for On Point Motorsports and the No. 51 Chevrolet for Rick Ware Racing, respectively.In 2019, Burton joined JR Motorsports on a limited Xfinity slate in the No. 8 Chevrolet. He also returned to Ware and the Cup Series for the STP 500 at Martinsville. In July, he signed with Niece Motorsports to compete in the Truck race at Kentucky. During the weekend of the 2019 Lilly Diabetes 250, Burton picked up a career-best finish with JR Motorsports, finishing 4th and delivering an emotional post-race interview. He remained with JRM and the No. 8 for the 2020 season, sharing the car with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Daniel Hemric on an 11-race schedule, while also returning to Niece on a two-race slate in the Truck Series.====2021–present: Full-time in Xfinity====After a promising partial season in which he nearly won at Richmond Raceway, scoring a series-best second, it was announced on November 16, 2020 that Burton would compete full-time in the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Camaro for Kaulig Racing. He would win his first career Xfinity Series race at Talladega on April 24, 2021 after rain stopped the race with 23 laps left and NASCAR was unable to resume it.On December 16, 2021, it was announced that Burton would drive full-time for Our Motorsports in their new third car, the No. 27 Chevrolet, in the Xfinity Series in 2022.He lost his ride with Kaulig Racing due to sponsor Nutrien Agricultural Solutions not returning in 2022, and Landon Cassill moved over from JD Motorsports with his Voyager cryptocurrency sponsorship to replace Burton in Kaulig's No. 10.On June 23, 2022, Burton was involved in a big crash where Ricky Stenhouse Jr. hit him and his No. 27 inverted, landed on his roof, but he managed to get out of the car. On October 28, Burton announced he would be leaving Our Motorsports at the end of the 2022 season. He finished 16th in the final standings with no top tens.Burton at Auto Club Speedway in 2023On January 3, 2023, it was announced that Burton would join Jordan Anderson Racing full-time in the No. 27 Chevrolet, carrying his number from Our Motorsports, driving alongside rookie teammate Parker Retzlaff in 2023.Burton started the 2023 season with an 11th place finish at Daytona. At Talladega, he scored his second career win and Jordan Anderson Racing's first victory. On August 21, it was announced that Burton will drive the No. 22 car for JAR in the Daytona August race, running a paint scheme dedicating his father's 2002 Daytona 500 victory. He was eliminated at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race.On November 2, 2023, it was announced that Burton will return to JAR for the 2024 season.
Personal life One of three children of Ward and Tabitha, Jeb Burton is a native of Halifax County where he graduated from Halifax County High School in 2011.Like his father, aside from racing Jeb is an avid outdoorsman and hunter.
Motorsports career results ===NASCAR===(key) ('''Bold''' – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )====Monster Energy Cup Series==== Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36  Pts Ref 2015 BK Racing 26 Toyota DAYDNQ ATL35 LVS40 PHO34 CAL39 MAR29 TEXDNQ BRI42 RCHDNQ TALDNQ KAN42 CLTDNQ DOV30 POC33 MCH37 SON32 DAY36 KEN41 NHA41 INDDNQ POC35 GLN39 MCH33 BRIDNQ 38th 216  23 RCH38 DAR31 RCH39 CHI38 NHA33 DOV43 CLT41 KAN37 TALDNQ MAR27 TEX32 PHO39 HOMDNQ 2016 Go Fas Racing 32 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN  DOV CLT POC29 MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC36 GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 56th 01  2018 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR33 TEX PHO HOM 69th 01  2019 52 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR35 TEX BRI 60th 01  51 Ford RCH31 TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM=====Daytona 500===== Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish	 2015 BK Racing Toyota	 DNQ====Xfinity Series==== NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33  Pts Ref 2013 Turner Scott Motorsports 34 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN8 DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 107th 01  2014 Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT15 DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 105th 01  2016 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY25 ATL10 LVS17 PHO17 CAL16 TEX35 BRI12 RCH19 TAL17 DOV13 CLT11 POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA 24th 335  Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Ford IND12 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH19 CHI KEN DOV CLT17 KAN TEX PHO HOM 2017 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX29 BRI26 RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY4 KEN19 NHA IND19 IOW GLN MOH BRI29 ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 38th 99  2018 Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH12 TAL DOV12 CLT POC MCH IOW CHI34 DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 47th 60  2019 JR Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX5 BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT7 POC MCH9 IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI32 ROA DAR IND4 LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX9 PHO HOM9 29th 201  2020 DAY23* LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL3 POC ''IRC''31 KEN34 KEN TEX6 KAN ROA DRC DOV7 DOV DAY DAR RCH32 RCH2 BRI9 LVS TAL ROV KAN TEX30 MAR4 PHO 28th 275  2021 Kaulig Racing 10 Chevy DAY4 DRC5 HOM4 LVS10 PHO6 ATL25 MAR11 TAL1 DAR20 DOV11 COA10 CLT9 MOH16 TEX32 NSH7 POC8 ROA14 ATL2 NHA11 GLN8 IRC23 MCH29 DAY4 DAR5 RCH10 BRI24 LVS36 TAL7 ROV13 TEX11 KAN12 MAR37 PHO23 10th 2162  2022 Our Motorsports 27 Chevy DAY19 CAL14 LVS19 PHO12 ATL15 COA23 RCH11 MAR32 TAL15 DOV16 DAR14 TEX13 CLT12 PIR33 NSH35 ROA21 ATL13 NHA33 POC33 IRC38 MCH22 GLN37 DAY21 DAR24 KAN38 BRI15 TEX15 TAL17 ROV18 LVS17 HOM19 MAR11 PHO16 16th 560  2023 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevy DAY11 CAL22 LVS14 PHO22 ATL16 COA21 RCH12 MAR14 TAL1 DOV18 DAR12 CLT7 PIR25 SON26 NSH13 CSC19 ATL13 NHA7 POC12 ROA12 MCH10 IRC16 GLN10 DAR18 KAN12 BRI13 TEX31 ROV34 LVS22 HOM20 MAR9 PHO12 12th 2126  22 DAY12 2024 27 DAY26 ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* ====Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series==== NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23  Pts Ref 2012 Hillman Racing 27 Chevy DAY MAR13 CAR11 KAN36 CLT8 DOV19 TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 36th 133  2013 Turner Scott Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY5 '''MAR'''3* '''CAR'''7 KAN15 '''CLT'''13 DOV9 TEX1 KEN9 IOW22 ELD18 POC12 '''MCH'''10* BRI12 MSP22 IOW8 '''CHI'''9 LVS12 '''TAL'''18 MAR3 '''TEX'''26 PHO11 HOM3 5th 731  2014 ThorSport Racing 13 Toyota DAY7 MAR21 KAN6 CLT15 DOV18 TEX12 GTW18 KEN27 IOW14 ELD7 POC16 MCH8 BRI11 MSP17 CHI5 NHA12 LVS8 TAL16 MAR12 TEX2 PHO25 HOM13 8th 679  2015 JR Motorsports 00 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX16 PHO HOM 99th 01  2017 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR26 TEX PHO HOM 100th 01  2018 On Point Motorsports 30 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR15 TEX PHO HOM18 102nd 01  2019 Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN9 POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR9 PHO HOM 101st 01  2020 DAY LVS CLT ATL16 HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH36 DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 87th 01  Season still in progress Ineligible for series points====Canadian Tire Series==== NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  Pts Ref 2013 Peter Shepherd Motorsports 7 Dodge MOS DEL MOS2 ICAR MPS SAS ASE CTR RIS MOS312 BAR KWA 49th 32 ===ARCA Racing Series===(key) ('''Bold''' – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  Pts Ref 2011 Eddie Sharp Racing 6 Toyota DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN21 IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 130th 125  2014 ThorSport Racing 13 Toyota DAY29 MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 138th 85
References
External links * *