Jeff Burton Fans Feel Good after Bounce-Back Performance

  After Jimmie Johnson dominated the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, looking like he locked up the championship and receiving all the hype, the story of Jeff Burton's good run seemed overshadowed. After a dismal season by the entire Richard Childress Racing Organization, team owner Richard Childress decided to shuffle around the crew chiefs. The shuffle placed the most successful crew chief, Todd Barrier, with veteran Jeff Burton, who has arguably had the worst season of the four RCR drivers. Burton started off great in Daytona. He was fast the entire race, but then got caught in a crash later on. It was downhill from there. Over the next 13 races, Burton managed to spread out five top-10 finishes, but still wasn't having the season mo...

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