Jeff Burton

Burton followed his sub-par 2011 season with another lackluster campaign in 2012. The Richard Childress Racing veteran retained some excellence on the super speedways, recording four of his six Top 10’s on these huge ovals. However, most of the season, Burton was largely invisible. The RCR stable in general suffered a downturn last season and that’s not a positive sign for the 45-year-old driver. The departure of Clint Bowyer and pending departure of Kevin Harvick has this multi-car team reeling at the moment. Another season of 4-6 Top-10 finishes and another standings finish outside the Top 20 are in store for Burton this year.

Burton starts his third season with RCR. The results to this point have not been very impressive. The audition is over in 2006, and Richard Childress will expect Burton to start producing some results.