No. 2 Jeff Burton
Jeff Burton's 11th-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway, coupled with Kyle Busch's second-place finish means there's a new No. 1 in the Cup standings.
Burton falls to No. 2, 18 points behind Busch, as the Cup Series heads to Darlington Raceway in South Carolina this weekend.
Burton has won two Cup races at Darlington, both coming in 1999, and both coming when he was driving for Jack Roush.
His past two races at Darlington, both with Richard Childress Racing, have produced top-10 finishes. He was 10th last year and ninth in 2006.
"The one thing about Darlington is that if you have a fast car, it's easy to pass another car," said Burton, driver of the No. 31 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. "If you have a car that's the same as somebody else's car, it's incredibly hard to pass. A fast car rewards you a great deal. It will be interesting to see if passing will be the same with the new asphalt. We struggled there the last couple of years and haven't run as well as we needed to. I'm looking forward to Darlington. We've learned a lot about the Impala SS and I think we can be very competitive."
The car his team is bringing to Darlington is the same car Burton raced at Martinsville Speedway, where it finished third, and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, where it finished 12th.



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