No. 2 Jeff Burton
Jeff Burton finished eighth at Dover International Speedway for his third straight top 10 finish in a row.
He was one of the few Chase contenders who made it safely out of Dover. He was also one of the drivers who tested at Pocono International Raceway a few weeks ago to prepare for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
"We actually carried quite a bit of speed into the corners and you can drive the cars fairly hard there," said Burton, driver of the No. 31 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. "The bumps in turn one certainly affect the way that the car drives and you have to be careful entering that turn. We tried some theories out during the test and I think we stand a chance of being better than we have been at the track. Overall, we learned a lot and hopefully we can build on the information we acquired."
The car his team is bringing to Pocono is the same car Burton had at Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600. He finished sixth in that race, the second top 10 in his current streak.
The race at Pocono will also be the first at the track for NASCAR's new stock car and that's not necessarily a good thing, Burton said.
"I think we've seen a tremendous amount of variance in speed throughout the year," Burton said. "These cars are very temperamental from one run to the next. It's easy to get behind on a set-up because the new car is such a challenge. The bumps, speed and braking at Pocono present a bigger challenge in figuring out the COT, mainly because of the splitter height."



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