Hard Knocks and Hard Luck the Themes of Jeff Burton’s Early 2010 Season

To some Jeff Gordon is the coulda, woulda, shoulda driver of the first part of the 2010 season. However, Gordon has some company in the form of Richard Childress Racing’s Jeff Burton. While Burton sits 12th in points after Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega, how his No. 31 Caterpillar team has run this season could have put him in victory lane on a few occasions. It’s a place that he hasn’t seen since Charlotte in October 2008, but it’s a place he’s bound to find this season; it’s only a matter of time. NASCAR fans know what the RCR organization went through last season when none of their four cars won a race or made the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. At season's end however, Burton and...

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