Harrison Burton

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Harrison Burton
File:Harrison Burton Driver Introductions Las Vegas 2023.jpg
Burton at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2023
Born Harrison Brian Burton
(2000-10-09) October 9, 2000 (age 24)
Huntersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Height 6ft 1 in
Achievements 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Champion
Awards 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
55 races run over 3 years
Car no., team No. 21 (Wood Brothers Racing)
2022 position 27th
Best finish 27th (2022)
First race 2021 GEICO 500 (Talladega)
Last race 2017 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
75 races run over 3 years
2021 position 8th
Best finish 8th (2020, 2021)
First race 2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol)
Last race 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win 2020 Production Alliance Group 300 (Fontana)
Last win 2020 Draft Top 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 49 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
40 races run over 5 years
2022 position 94th
Best finish 12th (2019)
First race 2016 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2022 DoorDash 250 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 18 1
Statistics current as of May 14, 2023.

Harrison Brian Burton (born October 9, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 21 Ford Mustang for Wood Brothers Racing. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Jeff Burton.

Racing career

Early years

Burton's racing career started off when he received a go-kart at age two, which later turned in to a quarter midget at age four.[1] After starting to race them at age twelve, Burton won his first late model race in early 2014.[2] His first super late model win came in early 2015, at New Smyrna Speedway.[3][4] He was also for three years a USAC quarter midget championship. At age 11, he grabbed his first late model pole at Ace Speedway, and at twelve won two races in pro late models.[5]

CARS Super Late Model Tour

The Charlotte, North Carolina native made his CARS debut in 2015, running six of the series' ten races. Finishing only two of those races, he finished third at Southern National Motorsports Park and fourth at Concord Speedway.[6] In the middle of that season, the team switched car bodies and crew chiefs, hiring former Xfinity Series driver Chris Wimmer.[7] Switching his focus to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, he only ran three of eight races in 2016, recording two top ten finishes.[8]

ARCA Menards Series

In his ARCA Racing Series debut for Ranier Racing with MDM, Burton started sixth and finished third after almost being spun out by eventual race winner Chase Briscoe.[9][10] Returning in 2017 with MDM Motorsports, Burton chased down Dalton Sargeant on the final run of the race at Toledo Speedway to win in only his second series start.[11] He later won in his superspeedway debut, which came at Pocono Raceway in 2018. Burton dedicated the win to John Andretti, who was battling colon cancer until his death in 2020.[12]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Burton would run a partial ARCA schedule with MDM in 2018.[13]

On January 10, 2019, it was announced that Burton would drive the Venturini Motorsports No. 20 Toyota for five races in 2019.[14] Burton won on his superspeedway debut at Daytona.

K&N Pro Series East

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Burton's K&N East car at Dover International Speedway

Starting with the 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener at New Smyrna, Burton became the youngest driver to start a race in the series. He also garnered a full-time ride from HScott Motorsports using their Toyotas.[15] Throughout the thirteen race season, Burton garnered one pole, as many top fives, and finished eighth in the championship point standings while failing to finish two races.[16] After HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks shut down, Burton moved to MDM Motorsports bringing his number and sponsor.[17] He also signed an extension with Kevin Harvick Incorporated to bring in sponsors like DEX Imaging, Hunt Brothers Pizza, Rheem and others.[18] Early in the season, Burton made waves by campaigning a paint scheme with the number on the rear quarter panels.[19] His performance also gained attention, winning a rain-shortened race at Bristol.[20] He then outlasted the field at Memphis the following race after Todd Gilliland had a flat tire.[21] He went on to win five of fourteen races that season[22] and beat Gilliland for the championship after making up an eight-point deficit going into the final race.[23]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Burton would drive a partial K&N season with MDM in 2018.[13] The first race of his part-time schedule came at the K&N East season opener at New Smyrna Speedway, where he finished 3rd after battling Todd Gilliland for the lead in the final laps.

Camping World Truck Series

Burton signed on with Kyle Busch Motorsports to drive the No. 18 Toyota Tundra for the 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway in late October. Due to NASCAR rules and regulations maintaining that a driver has to be sixteen years of age before competing in any national series event, Burton was therefore barred from entering any events before October 9 of that year.[24] He showed speed early, cracking the top ten in practice, but faltered during the race and finished one lap down in 22nd.[25][26] In this race, Burton and Kyle Donahue (who was driving the No. 63 for MB Motorsports) made history as the first drivers born in the 2000s decade and the 21st century to compete in the Truck Series and in any NASCAR national series. Burton signed with Kyle Busch Motorsports to run both Martinsville races, as well as Dover, Iowa, Eldora, and Bristol in the No. 51 Toyota Tundra in 2017.[27] He finished all of the races but only scored one top-ten, a fourth-place at Martinsville in fall.[28]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Burton would again pilot the KBM No. 51 for a partial schedule. The nine-race schedule included mostly short tracks but also Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and all of the races after he turns eighteen.[29] Burton grabbed his first pole in the M&M's 200, and finished third after dealing with throttle issues during the race.[30] He won his first stage in NASCAR competition at ISM Raceway in November en route to another third-place finish.[31]

On November 14, 2018, it was announced that Burton would run full-time in 2019, replacing Noah Gragson in KBM's No. 18 entry.[32]

Burton would return to truck series competition in 2022, driving in a one-off race for David Gilliland Racing at the 2022 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt.[33]

Xfinity Series

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Burton's No. 20 car at Daytona International Speedway in 2020

On April 1, 2019, Joe Gibbs Racing announced Burton would drive the team's No. 18 Toyota Supra in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for eight races starting with the Alsco 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway five days later.[34] In his third race of the year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Burton was intentionally wrecked by Paul Menard after Burton passed Menard with contact. Menard thought the incident was a teaching moment to not race dirty while Burton was from the viewpoint that getting passed was not grounds for being wrecked.[35]

On October 17, 2019, with Christopher Bell moving up to the NASCAR Cup Series, JGR announced Burton would replace him in the No. 20 Supra for the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.[36]

On February 29, 2020, Burton earned his first career Xfinity Series win at Auto Club Speedway after holding off teammate Riley Herbst; the win made him and father Jeff Burton the only son-and-father duo to ever win at Auto Club and the second driver to ever win on Leap Day with the first being his uncle Ward Burton at Rockingham Speedway in 1992. This also made Burton the first driver born in the 2000s to win in the Xfinity Series. He qualified for the Xfinity Series playoffs after scoring two wins in the regular season but was eliminated after the first round.[37] He later passed Noah Gragson in the final set of corners at Texas Motor Speedway to grab a late-season post-elimination win.[38] A week later Harrison would go on to win again at Martinsville Speedway during the Draft Top 250.

Cup Series

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Burton’s No. 21 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

On April 15, 2021, Gaunt Brothers Racing announced that Burton would make his Cup Series debut with the team in their No. 96 Toyota in the race at Talladega that month, with his Xfinity Series sponsor, DEX Imaging, as the sponsor. In this race, Burton would become the first driver born in the 2000s decade to run a Cup Series race.[39]

On July 15, 2021, Burton was named the driver of Wood Brothers Racing's No. 21 Ford Mustang for the 2022 season, replacing Matt DiBenedetto.[40] Burton led three laps in his full-time debut at the 2022 Daytona 500, but flipped during a multi-car accident on lap 63 and finished 39th. A few months later at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 10, 2022, Burton led 7 laps and recorded his first career Cup Series top 10 result with a 10th place outcome. Shortly afterwards, Burton bested his Atlanta result with a 3rd place finish at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 31, 2022.

IMSA

Harrison Burton has also competed in IMSA competition through Ford Motor Company's recent drive to train new competitors through their sports car program. With only a handful of starts, Burton won the 2023 Daytona 4 hour race opener of the IMSA calendar by a sleight 0.688 seconds.[41]

Personal life

Burton attended the Cannon School while racing,[18] and upon graduating in 2019 took a gap semester to focus on racing for the remainder of the year. He is a part of the Celebratory Cause.[42] He is the son of former NASCAR driver and current NASCAR on NBC analyst Jeff Burton, nephew of former driver Ward Burton and cousin of current driver Jeb Burton.[43]

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points Position
2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Jeff Burton 2 0 0 1 71 32nd
2016 NASCAR Truck Series Kyle Busch Motorsports 1 0 0 0 16 66th
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks 14 0 1 5 444 7th
ARCA Racing Series Ranier Racing with MDM 1 0 1 1 215 89th
2017 NASCAR Truck Series Kyle Busch Motorsports 6 0 1 1 162 29th
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East MDM Motorsports 14 5 12 14 593 1st
ARCA Racing Series MDM Motorsports 1 1 1 1 240 73rd
2018 NASCAR Truck Series Kyle Busch Motorsports 8 0 3 6 277 18th
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East MDM Motorsports 5 0 4 5 200 17th
ARCA Racing Series 9 1 5 8 1840 16th
2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Joe Gibbs Racing 9 0 1 5 0 NC†
NASCAR Truck Series Kyle Busch Motorsports 23 0 7 11 707 12th
ARCA Menards Series Venturini Motorsports 6 1 3 5 1240 21st
2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Joe Gibbs Racing 33 4 15 22 2248 8th
2021 NASCAR Cup Series Gaunt Brothers Racing 1 0 0 0 0 NC†
NASCAR Xfinity Series Joe Gibbs Racing 33 0 10 22 2194 8th
2022 NASCAR Cup Series Wood Brothers Racing 36 0 1 2 573 27th
NASCAR Truck Series David Gilliland Racing 2 0 0 0 0 NC†
Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS PF Racing 1 0 0 1 220 54
2023 NASCAR Cup Series Wood Brothers Racing 18 0 0 1 * *
Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS PF Racing 1 1 1 1 350 *

† As Burton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

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 NCSC Pts Ref
2021 Gaunt Brothers Racing 96 Toyota DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL BRD MAR RCH TAL
20		 KAN DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 51st 01 [44]
2022 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY
39		 CAL
33		 LVS
16		 PHO
29		 ATL
25		 COA
17		 RCH
18		 MAR
26		 BRD
20		 TAL
34		 DOV
24		 DAR
14		 KAN
21		 CLT
11		 GTW
25		 SON
28		 NSH
25		 ROA
22		 ATL
10		 NHA
26		 POC
23		 IRC
3		 MCH
32		 RCH
25		 GLN
28		 DAY
19		 DAR
21		 KAN
32		 BRI
16		 TEX
18		 TAL
36		 ROV
28		 LVS
26		 HOM
20		 MAR
11		 PHO
19		 27th 573 [45]
2023 DAY
26		 CAL
15		 LVS
26		 PHO
35		 ATL
34		 COA
22		 RCH
19		 BRD
15		 MAR
29		 TAL
36		 DOV
20		 KAN
30		 DAR
6		 CLT
18		 GTW
23		 SON
27		 NSH
27		 CSC
30		 ATL
28		 NHA
20		 POC
8		 RCH
 MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [46]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2022 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 8 39
2023 19 26

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 NXSC Pts Ref
2019 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI
10		 RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW
4		 CHI DAY KEN NHA
29		 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH
6		 CLT
13		 DOV
38		 KAN
34		 TEX
7		 PHO HOM
10		 85th 01 [47]
2020 20 DAY
2		 LVS
5		 CAL
1		 PHO
2		 DAR
9		 CLT
9		 BRI
4		 ATL
5		 HOM
1		 HOM
8		 TAL
32		 POC
32		 IRC
25		 KEN
17		 KEN
12		 TEX
4		 KAN
3		 ROA
16		 DRC
8		 DOV
5		 DOV
11		 DAY
5		 DAR
6		 RCH
16		 RCH
4		 BRI
4		 LVS
9		 TAL
23		 ROV
33		 KAN
11		 TEX
1		 MAR
1*		 PHO
6		 8th 2248 [48]
2021 DAY
3*		 DRC
6		 HOM
39		 LVS
9		 PHO
12		 ATL
3		 MAR
7		 TAL
10		 DAR
11		 DOV
6		 COA
6		 CLT
3		 MOH
38		 TEX
30		 NSH
3		 POC
37		 ROA
5		 ATL
24		 NHA
5		 GLN
5		 IRC
9		 MCH
5		 DAY
9		 DAR
2		 RCH
9		 BRI
7		 LVS
10		 TAL
25		 ROV
15		 TEX
8		 KAN
34		 MAR
20		 PHO
3		 8th 2194 [49]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 NGOTC Pts Ref
2016 Kyle Busch Motorsports 18 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
22		 TEX PHO HOM 66th 16 [50]
2017 51 DAY ATL MAR
13		 KAN CLT DOV
13		 TEX GTW IOW
11		 KEN ELD
15		 POC MCH BRI
18		 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
4		 TEX PHO HOM 29th 162 [51]
2018 DAY ATL LVS MAR
8		 DOV
5		 KAN CLT TEX IOW
3		 GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP
13		 LVS TAL MAR
8		 TEX
6		 PHO
3*		 HOM
11		 18th 277 [52]
2019 18 DAY
18		 ATL
8		 LVS
5		 MAR
11		 TEX
31		 DOV
3		 KAN
10		 CLT
11		 TEX
5		 IOW
3		 GTW
16		 CHI
4		 KEN
3		 POC
3		 ELD
31		 MCH
11		 BRI
23		 MSP
21		 LVS
9		 TAL
11		 MAR
18		 PHO
7		 HOM
13		 12th 707 [53]
2022 David Gilliland Racing 17 Ford DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD
20		 DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON
12		 KNX NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 94th 01 [54]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2016 HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks 12 Toyota NSM
13		 MOB
7		 GRE
15		 BRI
23		 VIR
11		 DOM
21		 STA
15		 COL
4		 NHA
7		 IOW
15		 GLN
12		 GRE
9		 NJM
15		 DOV
6		 7th 444 [55]
2017 MDM Motorsports NSM
4		 GRE
4		 BRI
1*		 SBO
5		 SBO
1		 MEM
1		 BLN
6		 TMP
1		 NHA
4		 IOW
4		 GLN
3		 LGY
7		 NJM
3		 DOV
1		 1st 593 [56]
2018 NSM
3		 BRI
2		 LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM TMP NHA
2		 IOW GLN
9		 GTW NHA DOV
5		 17th 200 [57]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2015 Jeff Burton 12 Toyota KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS
11		 PHO
6		 32nd 71 [58]

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards 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 AMSC Pts Ref
2016 Ranier Racing with MDM 8 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJM POC MCH MAD WIN IOW
3		 IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 89th 215 [59]
2017 MDM Motorsports 28 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL
1		 ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 73rd 240 [60]
2018 12 DAY NSH
3		 SLM TAL TOL
9		 CLT POC
1		 MCH MAD GTW
3		 CHI IOW
6		 ELK POC
4		 ISF BLN DSF SLM
6		 IRP
21		 KAN
2		 16th 1840 [61]
2019 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota DAY
1*		 FIF TAL NSH TOL CLT
4		 POC
6		 MCH MAD GTW CHI
2		 ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN
12		 21st 1240 [62]
15 SLM
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Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Champion
2017		 Succeeded by
Tyler Ankrum

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