No. 1 Jeff Burton

Jeff Burton finished 12th at Talladega Superspeedway last weekend, his first Cup finish outside the top 10 in his past seven races. It was a good enough finish to stay in first in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings, but it did bunch up the leaders.
"I feel good about where we are," said Burton, driver of the No. 31 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. "I feel good about the work we're putting in to our race cars. I feel good that we're working hard to answer the challenge of being better as the year gets on. I can't ask for a whole lot more from my team and I can't ask for a whole lot more from myself."
The car his team is bringing to Richmond International Raceway is the same car that won the Cup race at Bristol. It was Burton's only win of the season. The car also raced three times last year, its best finish a ninth-place at Phoenix.
"We have to make sure we're efficient and we have to make sure we continue to improve," Burton said. "If we do those things and have some fortune, then it can be our year. We can't control what our competition is doing. Maybe they learn more than we do, I don't know. We can only control what we do and hopefully we're responding to the areas that we need to be stronger in. If we continue to do that then we'll be alright."