Jeff Burton Race Preview

Posted on November 7th, 2011 by Fantasy NASCAR Cheat Sheet

Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway

Jeff Burton is driving the #31 Caterpillar Global Mining Chevrolet in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday Nov 13, 2011. Burton enters the race ranked 23rd in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings with 860 points for the 2011 season. He is 11 points behind Martin Truex Jr. for 22nd. Jeff lost 1 position in the standings after the last race.

Jeff is coming off a mid-pack 27th place finish in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Fantasy NASCAR Driver Points to Expect from Jeff Burton

For your fantasy NASCAR team you can expect around 27 driver points to be earned by Jeff Burton this race at Phoenix as that is his average points earned (under the new 2011 NASCAR points system) over the last five races here.

Jeff Burton Career at Phoenix International Raceway

Jeff Burton has raced at Phoenix International Raceway 24 times in his career. Burton has led a total of 215 laps at Phoenix in his career. That total coming from 4 races.

Jeff Burton's best start at Phoenix International Raceway is 2nd and his best finish here is 1st

Burton has a career average start position of 24th and a career average finish position of 12th at Phoenix. His career race result numbers at Phoenix are:

PolesWinsTop-5Top-10Top-15Top-20
0 (0%)2 (8%)6 (25%)12 (50%)18 (75%)19 (79%)

Jeff Burton on Short Track's

Phoenix International Raceway is a 1.00-mile tri-oval and considered a short track by NASCAR.

Burton has started 171 short track races in the NASCAR Cup Series over his career. Here is the breakdown on his short track races.

PolesWinsTop-5Top-10Top-15Top-20
1 (1%)6 (4%)42 (25%)73 (43%)105 (61%)124 (73%)

His best start on a short track is 1st and his best finish is 1st.

Jeff Burton NASCAR Loop Data Last Five Races at Phoenix

Jeff has a mid-pack average loop data driver rating over the last five races at Phoenix International Raceway of 81.76. His highest Loop Data Driver Rating during this time is 101.70 and his lowest is 55.20

During the last five Phoenix International Raceway races Burton has an average Average Running Position of 17.0. He has spent 50.6% of the races running in the top-15.

Jeff Burton Traditional Statistics Last Five Races at Phoenix

Burton has an average start position of 26.4 over the last five races at Phoenix International Raceway. His average finish position is 17.4.

PolesWinsTop-5Top-10Top-15Top-20
0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (20%)1 (20%)2 (40%)3 (60%)

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