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Harrison Burton

21-Year-Old Driver  
Joe Gibbs Racing
2021 Xfinity Stats
Points
2194
Starts
33
Wins
0
Poles
0
Top 5
10
Top 10
22
2021 Cup Stats
Points
0
Starts
1
Wins
0
Poles
0
Top 5
0
Top 10
0
2021 Fantasy Outlook
The most improved driver of last season was easily Burton. The youngster struggled in the truck series in 2019, but his first full season of Xfinity Series action did not disappoint. Burton grabbed four victories, 22 Top-10 finishes and rounded out 2020 strong with two wins in the last three races of last season. He and the No. 20 Toyota team didn't race for the championship last year, but they should be in the running for it in 2021. Burton will be paired with a new crew chief, Jason Ratcliff, as Ben Beshore moves to Gibbs' Cup Series operation. Radcliff has 54 Xfinity Series victories to his credit spread over 14 dynamite seasons. He and Burton will look to quickly develop some chemistry as the young driver looks to build on his performance of last season. This driver and team have a ton of potential and will have the goal of winning the championship in season two. Read Past Outlooks
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Car No. 20 Toyota
Crew Chief Jason Ratcliff
Rookie Year 2019
Birth Date 10/9/2000
Born Huntersville, North Carolina, United States
Country UNITED STATES
Third at Phoenix
XFINITY Series
November 7, 2021
Burton finished third in the Xfinity Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway Saturday night.
ANALYSIS
Overcoming a 36th-place starting spot on the grid, Burton would methodically work his way through the field. By stage 2 he would be racing inside the Top 10 and collect an eighth-place result in that stage. That good track position would hold for the final leg and Burton would continue to pick off positions. In the closing laps he would hold off Riley Herbst to collect the impressive third-place finish. It was his 10th Top-5 finish of the season.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2018
The Joe Gibbs Racing development driver takes over the No. 20 Toyota Supra that Christopher Bell piloted the last few seasons. Bell won a staggering 16 races and claimed 46 Top-10 finishes spread over the last three seasons with this race team. Burton will have some very big shoes to fill indeed. The 19-year-old Burton spent the last four seasons prepping in the Gander Truck Series as well as some racing in the K&N Pro Series East and ARCA. He won the 2017 K&N Pro Series East championship, and racked up five victories in that series while also winning three-career ARCA events. However, Burton didn't enjoy nearly that much success in 38-career truck series starts. We believe that illustrates that he has some talent, but has yet to discover all his potential. It could take some time to find it even with this strong race team.
Burton returns to KBM this season, and will take on his first full season of action in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series. The 18-year-old prodigy has raced a combined 15 starts in this division over the last three years with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Burton has forged four Top-5 and seven Top-10 finishes, including one pole, in those starts. The talent level is quite obvious. Burton nabbed five wins and marched to the championship in the K&N Pro Series East in 2017, so he's clearly one of the up-and-coming talents in the sport. KBM will put him in the strong No. 18 Toyota entry, and likely pair him with veteran crew chief Rudy Fugle. One or more visits to victory lane is all but in the bag, and an outside run at the championship is possible.
KBM will once again carry on their rich tradition of developing young NASCAR talent. Burton is the son of former NASCAR great, Jeff Burton. The 17-year-old got just a cup of coffee in the truck series in 2017, but now he'll up his participation in the upcoming season. Burton will get nine starts in the strong No. 51 Toyota Tundra. He nabbed just one Top 10 in his six starts last season, but we expect he'll be much better this season. Jones, Davis and Herbst will fill out the rest of the 25-event schedule. Mike Hillman Jr. will call the shots from the top of the war wagon, and this will be one of the stronger multi-driver teams in the Camping World Truck Series in 2018.
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Runner-up Finish at Darlington
XFINITY Series
September 4, 2021
Burton finished second in the VFW Help A Hero 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway Saturday afternoon.
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To Wood Brothers in 2022
NASCAR Cup
July 15, 2021
Burton will pilot the famed No. 21 Ford Mustang for Wood Brothers Racing beginning in 2022, Wood Brothers Racing PR reports. Burton will become the latest driver in a long list of legendary names that have piloted the No. 21 Ford for the Woods when he takes over the seat beginning at the 2022 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Out of Pocono
XFINITY Series
June 27, 2021
Burton crashed during Sunday's XFINITY Series race at Pocono and will finish 37th barring a disqualification, Chris Knight of CatchFence.com reports.
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Xfinity Pole at Pocono
XFINITY Series
June 23, 2021
Burton will start from the pole for the Pocono Green 225 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway Sunday afternoon.
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Third in Alsco Uniforms 300
XFINITY Series
May 29, 2021
Burton finished third in the Alsco Uniforms 300 Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon.
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