Wes Burton

Wesley Burton (born November 4, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed part-time in the NASCAR Truck Series, making twelve starts between 2009 and 2012. In his years without a ride in that series, he has occasionally competed in late model racing events, particularly in the PASS Series.

Wes Burton
BornWesley Burton
(1980-11-04) November 4, 1980
Chiefland, Florida
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
12 races run over 4 years
2012 position58th
Best finish45th (2011)
First race2009 MemphisTravel.com 200 (Memphis)
Last race2012 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Racing career

Late model racing

Prior to reaching NASCAR, Burton raced late 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 at Anderson Motor Speedway in a No. 5X car and finished seventh.[5] In 2019, he competed in the series' Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway and finished 27th.[6]

Personal life

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 the CARS Late Model Stock Tour No. 63 car, which is owned and driven by current part-time NASCAR driver Tyler Matthews.[7]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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

References
  1. "Burton, Wes - Chiefland, FL". Focused on Racing. SmugMug. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. "Racing Adventures". C&C Tool and Machine. WordPress. February 15, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. "Wes Burton Terry Horak PASS South Concord". Speed Sport. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. "Chad-McCumbee-Wes-Burton-Late-Models-Fenwick-copy". Short Track Scene. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  5. "Newton Inherits Anderson Win After Penalty". Speed51.com. June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  6. Allen, Richard (April 21, 2019). "Photos from the PASS Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory". Inside Circle Track. Tempera & WordPress. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. White, Brandon (March 7, 2020). "Matthews, Burton Reunite for CARS Tour Title Run". Race22.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. "Wes Burton – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  9. "Wes Burton – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  10. "Wes Burton – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  11. "Wes Burton – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.


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