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John Edward Burton III (born October 25, 1961) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has five career wins in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, including the 2002 Daytona 500 and the 2001 Southern 500.
Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Cup Series has been held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway since 1993.The race is currently held as a 301 lap (318.458-mile (512.508 km) race and under the USA Today 301 name for sponsorship reasons.
1992, 1993 Busch Series Most Popular Driver: NASCAR Cup Series career; 674 races run over 24 years: 2019 position: 57th: Best finish: 15th : First race: 1993 Slick 50 300 (New Hampshire) Last race: 2019 Ford EcoBoost 400 : First win: 1999 Dura Lube/Kmart 300 (New Hampshire) Last win: 2004 Banquet 400
At the final race in Homestead, Byron held off his Championship 4 teammate Elliott Sadler in the final laps to win the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship. [28] In 2022, Byron returned to Xfinity series for the first time since 2017. He drove the JR Motorsports No. 88 to a second-place finish at Texas and 26th at New Hampshire.
A driver who has only driven on 3 different racetracks but has won on all 3 racetracks has a better ranking than a driver who competed on 4 racetracks and also achieved at least one victory on 3 racetracks. The absolute number of race wins is not decisive, so it does not matter whether a driver has 1 or more wins on a particular racetrack.
He became the 12th driver to win 50+ NASCAR races when he won at Bristol in March and went up to 10th on the all-time wins list. His wins in 2010 included Auto Club, Las Vegas, where he passed Jeff Gordon with 16 laps to go for the lead, Bristol, Sonoma, his first and only road course win, New Hampshire, and Dover.
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) NASCAR Cup Series career; 733 races run over 21 years: 2023 position: 55th: Best finish: 2nd : First race: 2000 Checker Auto Parts/Dura Lube 500 : Last race: 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race : First win: 2002 New Hampshire 300 (New Hampshire) Last win: 2017 Camping World 500
The 2000 Dura Lube 300 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 17, 2000, at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.The race was the twenty-sixth of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season.