Friday, November 23, 2007

2007 NNCS: The Top-50 Drivers - #47

Ward Burton #4 State Water Heaters Chevy
Morgan McClure Motorsports
47th in driver points (939)
S: 16 ||| W: 0 ||| T5: 0 ||| T10: 0 ||| DNF: 8 ||| LL: 4



The 2002 Daytona 500 winner had a rough go of it in 2007, piloting the underpowered 4 car to only 16 starts. Due to various issues, he only completed half those starts, so it was pretty much a week in and week out set of heartaches for the team and driver. His best finish was easily a 14th in the Brickyard 400, where he started 40th and made an impressive run up through the field. Burton was replaced with Todd Bodine for the last race of the season, and as of right now, there are no indications as to who will be in the seat next year. Whoever is, however, will be in for a long year; the 4 car isn’t winning races any time soon.

Updated 01/24/08: It seems the 4 car is no more.

2008 prediction: If he gets the car full-time, 35th to 40th in points

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