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| Wes Burton | |||||||
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| Born | Wesley Burton (1980-11-04)November 4, 1980 (age 44) Chiefland, Florida | ||||||
| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 12 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| 2012 position | 58th | ||||||
| Best finish | 45th (2011) | ||||||
| First race | 2009MemphisTravel.com 200 (Memphis) | ||||||
| Last race | 2012Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono) | ||||||
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Wesley Burton (born November 4, 1980) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He has competed part-time in theNASCAR Truck Series, making twelve starts between2009 and2012. In his years without a ride in that series, he has occasionally competed inlate model racing events, particularly in the PASS Series.
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Prior to reaching NASCAR, Burton racedlate models,[1] which included when he raced in the ASALMS Southern Division in 2007 for Riddler Racing in the team's No. 5 and No. 57 entries.[2]
Since his last start in NASCAR in 2012, Burton has competed in various late model events,[1] including in the PASS Series in his No. 13 car.[3][4] In 2016, he competed in the series' race atAnderson Motor Speedway in a No. 5X car and finished seventh.[5] In 2019, he competed in the series' Easter Bunny 150 atHickory Motor Speedway and finished 27th.[6]
He owns Wes Burton Shocks and Performance, which provides those parts and pieces to late model teams. One of the teams that his company works with is theCARS Late Model Stock Tour No. 63 car, which is owned and driven by current part-time NASCAR driverTyler Matthews.[7]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Lafferty Motorsports | 89 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM 29 | KEN | IRP | NSH 25 | BRI | CHI | IOW | GTW | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 113th | - | [8] |
| 2010 | Green-Burton Motorsports | 16 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN 35 | DOV | CLT 34 | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTW | IRP | POC | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR 20 | TAL | TEX 34 | PHO | HOM | 72nd | 225 | [9] |
| 2011 | FDNY Racing | 28 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT 33 | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC 23 | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | TAL 24 | MAR | TEX | HOM | 45th | 73 | [10] | |||
| Pearce Racing | 61 | Ford | NHA 23 | KEN | LVS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | FDNY Racing | 28 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | MAR | CAR DNQ | KAN | CLT DNQ | POC 23 | MCH | BRI | ATL | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL DNQ | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 37 | [11] | ||||||||
| Pearce Racing | 61 | Ford | DOV 28 | TEX | KEN | IOW | CHI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
