Jeb Burton, No. 13 Estes Toyota Tundra
Kentucky Speedway
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
UNOH 225 Race Recap
Race No. 8 of 22
Stats:
Start: 3rd
Finish: 27th
Laps: 99/150
Status: Accident
Driver Points: 11th (-69)
Owner Points: 16th (-92)
RACING INCIDENT LEADS TO 27TH-PLACE FINISH FOR BURTON IN KENTUCKY
Sparta, KY. (June 26, 2014) – Jeb Burton and the No. 13 Estes team were confident entering Thursday night’s UNOH 225 at Kentucky Speedway following two top-10 runs in the dual NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) practice sessions and a track-best third-place qualifying effort. Unfortunately, the ThorSport Racing driver wouldn’t have the night he envisioned after getting loose entering Turn 3, ultimately tagging the wall. The resulting damage relegated the sophomore driver to a 27th-place finish in his second NCWTS start at the 1.5-mile oval.
Burton complained his Toyota Tundra was loose on entry in the opening laps of the 150-lap event, but maintained a position inside the top-five for the first 40 circuits. As the laps clicked off and the handling continued to fade, Burton began falling back through the top-12 just past the half-way mark in the 17th annual NCWTS event in the “Bluegrass State.” Regrettably, with 50 laps remaining, Burton got loose and slammed hard into the Turn 4 wall, causing damage to the splitter, right side and tail of the No. 13 machine. Crew chief Jeriod Prince ordered Burton to bring the battered machine to pit road for repairs, but ultimately retired the ThorSport Racing Tundra early, crediting the second-generation driver with a 27th-place finish.
Notes:
The 2014 UNOH 225 marked Burton’s second NCWTS start at Kentucky Speedway
Burton’s third-place qualifying effort was a track-best for the Virginia native
In 2014, Burton has two top-10 finishes
Despite the DNF in Thursday night’s UNOH 225, Burton has completed 94.9% of the laps attempted in 2014 (1266 of 1334)
Burton is currently 11th in the 2014 NCWTS point standings, a mere one point outside the top-10
Quotes:
“I was pretty happy with my Estes Toyota Tundra in both practice sessions and qualifying – I was really looking forward to a solid run tonight. We struggled with a free on entry condition most of the race and I just got loose getting in to Turn 3, thought I had it saved and then it cut right back up the track. It was my fault and I feel really bad for my guys, they deserve a good finish. We will regroup from this and I look forward to getting back to Iowa in a couple weeks.”
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ABOUT THORSPORT RACING:
ThorSport Racing, based in a state-of-the-art 100,000-square-foot facility in Sandusky, Ohio, is the longest-tenured NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team. ThorSport, which has run in the Truck Series since 1996, in 2014 runs the No. 88 Menards Toyota Tundra driven by 2013 drivers’ champion Matt Crafton, the No. 98 Nextant Aerospace/Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff/Carolina Nut Co./Curb Records Toyota Tundra driven by Johnny Sauter and the No. 13 Estes Toyota Tundra driven by Jeb Burton in the Truck Series.
