Ford Performance NASCAR: Burton Gives Wood Brothers 100th Win - Speedway Digest

HARRISON BURTON GIVES WOOD BROTHERS 100TH VICTORY AND CLINCHES PLAYOFF BERTH

Harrison Burton’s win today gives Wood Brothers Racing its 100th NASCAR Cup Series victory.
This also marks Burton’s first career Cup victory.
Burton is the 89th different driver to win a Cup race with Ford, and the first new winner since Chase Briscoe won at Phoenix 1 (2022).
Today’s win is Ford’s 734th all-time in NASCAR Cup Series competition.

DRIVERS WHO HAVE WON NCS POINTS RACES WITH THE WOOD BROTHERS

19 different drivers have won points races for the Wood Brothers. Harrison Burton is the latest in a long line of success for the 21 team, led of course by David Pearson’s 43 career wins with the organization.

Full List of Wood Brothers Winning Drivers: David Pearson (43); Cale Yarborough (13); Neil Bonnett (9); Marvin Panch (8); A.J. Foyt (5); Glen Wood (4); Dan Gurney (4); Speedy Thompson (2); Kyle Petty (2); Tiny Lund (1); Curtis Turner (1); Donnie Allison (1); Buddy Baker (1); Dale Jarrett (1); Morgan Shepherd (1); Elliott Sadler (1); Trevor Bayne (1); Ryan Blaney (1); Harrison Burton (1).

VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW:

HARRISON BURTON, No. 21 DEX Imaging Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I don’t know. I cried for the whole cool down lap. It’s just been the hardest three years of my life. There’s no denying. It’s just been rough and these guys have rallied behind me when it matters the most. Going to every single race with the same mentality of trying to win because we could get number 100. We kept saying that in our meetings that we had a chance to get No. 100 for the Wood Brothers and that’s something that you can’t take lightly. We as a group have that place in history now forever for the 100th win for the Wood Brothers and, to me, that just means the world.”

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU? “I wish it came sooner so I didn’t get fired (laughing), but it’s amazing. Like I said, I just felt worried that I would leave the Wood Brothers with a lot of regret that I had three years to get their 100th win. To get Ford in Victory Lane, to get them in Victory Lane and not have to leave this situation with regret. To me, that means the world and now we have a chance to be in the playoffs, so we’re not gonna roll over and die. We’ve had a rough year, but this is the shot in the arm we’ve needed and we’re gonna go to Darlington set on kill.”

HOW SPECIAL IS THIS? “This place is just amazing. I don’t think I’ve finished a race at Daytona in my whole Cup career. I’ve always been up front and never made it to the end. My dad is filming now. He’s like a TV guy still. Gosh, I don’t know. I just can’t put into words how much this means.”

Ford Performance PR