Jeff Burton Race Preview
Posted on October 17th, 2011 by Fantasy NASCAR Cheat Sheet
Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
Jeff Burton is driving the #31 Caterpillar Chevrolet in the Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday Oct 23, 2011. Burton enters the race ranked 24th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings with 761 points for the 2011 season. He is 29 points behind Martin Truex Jr. for 23rd. Jeff stayed the same in the standings after the last race.
Jeff is coming off a solid 18th place finish in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Fantasy NASCAR Driver Points to Expect from Jeff Burton
For your fantasy NASCAR team you can expect around 24 driver points to be earned by Jeff Burton this race at Talladega as that is his average points earned (under the new 2011 NASCAR points system) over the last five races here.
Jeff Burton Career at Talladega Superspeedway
Jeff Burton has raced at Talladega Superspeedway 35 times in his career. Burton has led a total of 121 laps at Talladega in his career. That total coming from 17 races.
Jeff Burton's best start at Talladega Superspeedway is 3rd and his best finish here is 3rd
Burton has a career average start position of 24th and a career average finish position of 19th at Talladega. His career race result numbers at Talladega are:
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (11%) | 13 (37%) | 19 (54%) | 21 (60%) |
Jeff Burton on Superspeedway's
Talladega Superspeedway is a 2.66-mile tri-oval and considered a superspeedway by NASCAR.
Burton has started 183 superspeedway races in the NASCAR Cup Series over his career. Here is the breakdown on his superspeedway races.
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 29 (16%) | 60 (33%) | 96 (52%) | 120 (66%) |
His best start on a superspeedway is 1st and his best finish is 1st.
Jeff Burton NASCAR Loop Data Last Five Races at Talladega
Jeff has a solid average loop data driver rating over the last five races at Talladega Superspeedway of 98.74. His highest Loop Data Driver Rating during this time is 101.60 and his lowest is 57.40
During the last five Talladega Superspeedway races Burton has an average Average Running Position of 14.6. He has spent 64.4% of the races running in the top-15.
Jeff Burton Traditional Statistics Last Five Races at Talladega
Burton has an average start position of 15.6 over the last five races at Talladega Superspeedway. His average finish position is 20.8.
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (40%) | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) |
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- Dave Blaney
- David Gilliland
- David Ragan
- David Reutimann
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
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- Jamie McMurray
- Jeff Gordon
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joe Nemechek
- Joey Logano
- Juan Montoya
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
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- Kyle Busch
- Marcos Ambrose
- Mark Martin
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Matt Kenseth
- Michael McDowell
- Michael Waltrip
- Paul Menard
- Regan Smith
- Robby Gordon
- Ryan Newman
- Scott Speed
- Terry Labonte
- Tony Stewart
- Travis Kvapil
- Kevin Conway
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