Wes Burton
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| Wes Burton | |||||||
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| Born | Wesley Burton November 4, 1980 Chiefland, Florida | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 12 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| 2012 position | 58th | ||||||
| Best finish | 45th (2011) | ||||||
| First race | 2009 MemphisTravel.com 200 (Memphis) | ||||||
| Last race | 2012 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono) | ||||||
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Wesley Burton (born November 4, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed part-time in the NASCAR Truck Series, making twelve starts between 2009 and 2012. In his years without a ride in that series, he has occasionally competed in late model racing events, particularly in the PASS Series.
Racing career
[edit]NASCAR
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Late model racing
[edit]Prior to reaching NASCAR, Burton raced late models,[1] which included when he raced in the ASALMS Southern Division in 2007 for Riddler Racing in the team's No. 5 and No. 57 entries.[2]
Since his last start in NASCAR in 2012, Burton has competed in various late model events,[1] including in the PASS Series in his No. 13 car.[3][4] In 2016, he competed in the series' race at Anderson Motor Speedway in a No. 5X car and finished seventh.[5] In 2019, he competed in the series' Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway and finished 27th.[6]
Personal life
[edit]He owns Wes Burton Shocks and Performance, which provides those parts and pieces to late model teams. One of the teams that his company works with is the CARS Late Model Stock Tour No. 63 car, which is owned and driven by current part-time NASCAR driver Tyler Matthews.[7]
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Camping World Truck Series
[edit]| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Lafferty Motorsports | 89 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM 29 |
KEN | IRP | NSH 25 |
BRI | CHI | IOW | GTW | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 113th | - | [8] |
| 2010 | Green-Burton Motorsports | 16 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN 35 |
DOV | CLT 34 |
TEX | MCH | IOW | GTW | IRP | POC | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR 20 |
TAL | TEX 34 |
PHO | HOM | 72nd | 225 | [9] |
| 2011 | FDNY Racing | 28 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT 33 |
KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC 23 |
MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | TAL 24 |
MAR | TEX | HOM | 45th | 73 | [10] | |||
| Pearce Racing | 61 | Ford | NHA 23 |
KEN | LVS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | FDNY Racing | 28 | Chevy | DAY DNQ |
MAR | CAR DNQ |
KAN | CLT DNQ |
POC 23 |
MCH | BRI | ATL | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL DNQ |
MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 37 | [11] | ||||||||
| Pearce Racing | 61 | Ford | DOV 28 |
TEX | KEN | IOW | CHI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Burton, Wes - Chiefland, FL". Focused on Racing. SmugMug. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Racing Adventures". C&C Tool and Machine. WordPress. February 15, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Wes Burton Terry Horak PASS South Concord". Speed Sport. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Chad-McCumbee-Wes-Burton-Late-Models-Fenwick-copy". Short Track Scene. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Newton Inherits Anderson Win After Penalty". Speed51.com. June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ Allen, Richard (April 21, 2019). "Photos from the PASS Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory". Inside Circle Track. Tempera & WordPress. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ White, Brandon (March 7, 2020). "Matthews, Burton Reunite for CARS Tour Title Run". Race22.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Wes Burton – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Wes Burton – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Wes Burton – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Wes Burton – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Wes Burton driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Wes Burton Performance website
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