Harrison Burton

Harrison Brian Burton (born October 9, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 25 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for AM Racing. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Jeff Burton. In 2020, Burton became the first driver born in the 2000s or later to win a NASCAR Xfinity Series race, and in 2024 became the first to win a NASCAR Cup Series race.

Harrison Burton
Burton at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
Born	Harrison Brian Burton (2000-10-09) October 9, 2000 (age 24) Huntersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Achievements	2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Champion 2017 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion 2017 SpeedFest 200 Winner 2018 Rattler 250 Winner
Awards	2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
94 races run over 4 years
2024 position	16th
Best finish	16th (2024)
First race	2021 GEICO 500 (Talladega)
Last race	2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win	2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 6 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
167 races run over 7 years
Car no., team	No. 25 (AM Racing)
2021 position	8th
Best finish	8th (2020, 2021)
First race	2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol)
Last race	2025 Ag-Pro 300 (Talladega)
First win	2020 Production Alliance Group 300 (Fontana)
Last win	2020 Draft Top 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 52 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
40 races run over 5 years
2022 position	94th
Best finish	12th (2019)
First race	2016 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2022 DoorDash 250 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 18 1
ARCA Menards Series career
17 races run over 4 years
Best finish	16th (2018)
First race	2016 ABC Supply 150 (Iowa)
Last race	2019 Kansas ARCA 150 (Kansas)
First win	2017 Menards 200 (Toledo)
Last win	2019 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 3 15 1
ARCA Menards Series East career
33 races run over 3 years
Best finish	1st (2017)
First race	2016 Jet Tools 150 (New Smyrna)
Last race	2018 Crosley 125 (Dover)
First win	2017 Zombie Auto 125 (Bristol)
Last win	2017 National Fallen Firefighters Association 125 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 5 24 4
ARCA Menards Series West career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish	32nd (2015)
First race	2015 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 presented by Axle Crutch (Roseville)
Last race	2015 Casino Arizona 100 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of March 29, 2025.

Racing career

Early years

Burton's racing career started off when he received a go-kart at age two, which later turned into a quarter midget at age four.^[1] After starting to race them at age twelve, Burton won his first late model race in early 2014.^[2] His first super late model win came in early 2015, at New Smyrna Speedway.^[3][4] He was also for three years a USAC quarter midget championship. At age 11, he grabbed his first late model pole at Ace Speedway, and at twelve won two races in pro late models.^[5]

CARS Super Late Model Tour

The Charlotte, North Carolina native made his CARS debut in 2015, running six of the series' ten races. Finishing only two of those races, he finished third at Southern National Motorsports Park and fourth at Concord Speedway.^[6] In the middle of that season, the team switched car bodies and crew chiefs, hiring former Xfinity Series driver Chris Wimmer.^[7] Switching his focus to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, he only ran three of eight races in 2016, recording two top ten finishes.^[8]

ARCA Menards Series

In his ARCA Racing Series debut for Ranier Racing with MDM, Burton started sixth and finished third after almost being spun out by eventual race winner Chase Briscoe.^[9][10] Returning in 2017 with MDM Motorsports, Burton chased down Dalton Sargeant on the final run of the race at Toledo Speedway to win in only his second series start.^[11] He later won in his superspeedway debut, which came at Pocono Raceway in 2018. Burton dedicated the win to John Andretti, who was battling colon cancer until his death in 2020.^[12]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Burton would run a partial ARCA schedule with MDM in 2018.^[13]

On January 10, 2019, it was announced that Burton would drive the Venturini Motorsports No. 20 Toyota for five races in 2019.^[14] Burton won on his superspeedway debut at Daytona.

K&N Pro Series East

Burton's K&N East car at Dover International Speedway

Starting with the 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener at New Smyrna, Burton became the youngest driver to start a race in the series. He also garnered a full-time ride from HScott Motorsports using their Toyotas.^[15] Throughout the thirteen race season, Burton garnered one pole, as many top fives, and finished eighth in the championship point standings while failing to finish two races.^[16] After HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks shut down, Burton moved to MDM Motorsports bringing his number and sponsor.^[17] He also signed an extension with Kevin Harvick Incorporated to bring in sponsors like DEX Imaging, Hunt Brothers Pizza, Rheem and others.^[18] Early in the season, Burton made waves by campaigning a paint scheme with the number on the rear quarter panels.^[19] His performance also gained attention, winning a rain-shortened race at Bristol.^[20] He then outlasted the field at Memphis the following race after Todd Gilliland had a flat tire.^[21] He went on to win five of fourteen races that season^[22] and beat Gilliland for the championship after making up an eight-point deficit going into the final race.^[23]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Burton would drive a partial K&N season with MDM in 2018.^[13] The first race of his part-time schedule came at the K&N East season opener at New Smyrna Speedway, where he finished 3rd after battling Todd Gilliland for the lead in the final laps.

Camping World Truck Series

Burton signed on with Kyle Busch Motorsports to drive the No. 18 Toyota Tundra for the 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway in late October. Due to NASCAR rules and regulations maintaining that a driver has to be sixteen years of age before competing in any national series event, Burton was therefore barred from entering any events before October 9 of that year.^[24] He showed speed early, cracking the top ten in practice, but faltered during the race and finished one lap down in 22nd.^[25][26] In this race, Burton and Kyle Donahue (who was driving the No. 63 for MB Motorsports) made history as the first drivers born in the 2000s decade and the 21st century to compete in the Truck Series and in any NASCAR national series. Burton signed with Kyle Busch Motorsports to run both Martinsville races, as well as Dover, Iowa, Eldora, and Bristol in the No. 51 Toyota Tundra in 2017.^[27] He finished all of the races but only scored one top-ten, a fourth-place at Martinsville in fall.^[28]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Burton would again pilot the KBM No. 51 for a partial schedule. The nine-race schedule included mostly short tracks but also Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and all of the races after he turned eighteen.^[29] Burton grabbed his first pole in the M&M's 200, and finished third after dealing with throttle issues during the race.^[30] He won his first stage in NASCAR competition at ISM Raceway in November en route to another third-place finish.^[31]

On November 14, 2018, it was announced that Burton would run full-time in 2019, replacing Noah Gragson in KBM's No. 18 entry.^[32]

Burton would return to truck series competition in 2022, driving in a one-off race for David Gilliland Racing at the 2022 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt.^[33]

First Xfinity Series stint

Burton's No. 20 car at Daytona International Speedway in 2020

On April 1, 2019, Joe Gibbs Racing announced Burton would drive the team's No. 18 Toyota Supra in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for eight races starting with the Alsco 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway five days later.^[34] In his third race of the year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Burton was intentionally wrecked by Paul Menard after Burton passed Menard with contact. Menard thought the incident was a teaching moment not to race dirty while Burton was from the viewpoint that getting passed was not grounds for being wrecked.^[35]

On October 17, 2019, with Christopher Bell moving up to the NASCAR Cup Series, JGR announced Burton would replace him in the No. 20 Supra for the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.^[36]

On February 29, 2020, Burton earned his first career Xfinity Series win at Auto Club Speedway after holding off teammate Riley Herbst; the win made him and father Jeff Burton the only son-and-father duo to ever win at Auto Club and the second driver to ever win on Leap Day with the first being his uncle Ward Burton at Rockingham Speedway in 1992. This also made Burton the first driver born in the 2000s to win in the Xfinity Series. He qualified for the Xfinity Series playoffs after scoring two wins in the regular season but was eliminated after the first round.^[37] He later passed Noah Gragson in the final set of corners at Texas Motor Speedway to grab a late-season post-elimination win.^[38] A week later Harrison would go on to win again at Martinsville Speedway during the Draft Top 250.

Cup Series

Burton’s No. 21 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

On April 15, 2021, Gaunt Brothers Racing announced that Burton would make his Cup Series debut with the team in their No. 96 Toyota in the race at Talladega that month, with his Xfinity Series sponsor, DEX Imaging, as the sponsor. In this race, Burton would become the first driver born in the 2000s decade to run a Cup Series race.^[39]

On July 15, 2021, Burton was named the driver of Wood Brothers Racing's No. 21 Ford Mustang for the 2022 season, replacing Matt DiBenedetto.^[40] Burton led three laps in his full-time debut at the 2022 Daytona 500, but flipped during a multi-car accident on lap 63 and finished 39th. A few months later at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 10, 2022, Burton led 7 laps and recorded his first career Cup Series top 10 result with a 10th place outcome. Shortly afterward, Burton bested his Atlanta result with a 3rd place finish at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 31, 2022.

Burton began the 2023 season with a 26th place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. Poor finishes plagued the No. 21 team, with Burton only scoring two top-ten finishes through the entire season. He would go on to finish 31st in the final points standings.

Burton started the 2024 season with a 39th place DNF at the 2024 Daytona 500. His best finish in the season was 10th at Talladega. On July 3, it was announced that Josh Berry would replace Burton in the No. 21 in 2025.^[41] At the Daytona summer race, Burton beat out Kyle Busch by 0.047 seconds and scored his first career Cup Series win with his father Jeff in the booth.^[42] His win was also the 100th Cup Series win for the Wood Brothers and their first win since Ryan Blaney at Pocono in 2017.^[43] His win also secured him a spot in the playoffs for the first time in his Cup career. Unfortunately, he was eliminated from the playoffs at the conclusion of the Round of 16.^[44] Overall, Burton finished 16th in the standings, having scored just two top tens across the entire season. His average finish of 25.7 proved to be the lowest of all full-time Cup Series drivers in 2024, as well as the lowest average finish of Burton's Cup career.^[45][46]

Second Xfinity Series stint

Burton's No. 25 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2025

On September 20, 2024, AM Racing announced that Burton will return to the Xfinity Series and drive the team's No. 25 Ford Mustang full-time in the 2025 Xfinity Series season.^[47][48]

IMSA

Harrison Burton has also competed in the IMSA competition through Ford Motor Company's recent drive to train new competitors through their sports car program. With only a handful of starts, Burton, with Zane Smith, won the 2023 Daytona 4-hour race opener of IMSA’s Michelin Pilot Challenge calendar by 0.688 seconds.^[49]

Personal life

Burton attended the Cannon School while racing,^[18] and upon graduating in 2019 took a gap semester to focus on racing for the remainder of the year. He is a part of the Celebratory Cause.^[50] He is the son of former NASCAR driver and current NASCAR on NBC analyst Jeff Burton, nephew of former driver Ward Burton and cousin of current driver Jeb Burton.^[51]

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Points	Position
2015	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	Jeff Burton	2	0	0	1	71	32nd
2016	NASCAR Truck Series	Kyle Busch Motorsports	1	0	0	0	16	66th
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series East	HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks	14	0	1	5	444	7th
	ARCA Racing Series	Ranier Racing with MDM	1	0	1	1	215	89th
2017	NASCAR Truck Series	Kyle Busch Motorsports	6	0	1	1	162	29th
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series East	MDM Motorsports	14	5	12	14	593	1st
	ARCA Racing Series	MDM Motorsports	1	1	1	1	240	73rd
2018	NASCAR Truck Series	Kyle Busch Motorsports	8	0	3	6	277	18th
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series East	MDM Motorsports	5	0	4	5	200	17th
	ARCA Racing Series		9	1	5	8	1840	16th
2019	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Joe Gibbs Racing	9	0	1	5	0	NC†
	NASCAR Truck Series	Kyle Busch Motorsports	23	0	7	11	707	12th
	ARCA Menards Series	Venturini Motorsports	6	1	3	5	1240	21st
2020	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Joe Gibbs Racing	33	4	15	22	2248	8th
2021	NASCAR Cup Series	Gaunt Brothers Racing	1	0	0	0	0	NC†
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Joe Gibbs Racing	33	0	10	22	2194	8th
2022	NASCAR Cup Series	Wood Brothers Racing	36	0	1	2	573	27th
	NASCAR Truck Series	David Gilliland Racing	2	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS	PF Racing	1	0	0	1	220	54th
2023	NASCAR Cup Series	Wood Brothers Racing	36	0	0	2	452	31st
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS	PF Racing	1	1	1	1	350	37th
2024	NASCAR Cup Series	Wood Brothers Racing	36	1	1	2	2122	16th

^† As Burton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

NASCAR

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

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup 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	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2021	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96	Toyota	DAY	DRC	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	BRD	MAR	RCH	TAL 20	KAN	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	SON	NSH	POC	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IRC	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	ROV	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	51st	01	[52]
2022	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	DAY 39	CAL 33	LVS 16	PHO 29	ATL 25	COA 17	RCH 18	MAR 26	BRD 20	TAL 34	DOV 24	DAR 14	KAN 21	CLT 11	GTW 25	SON 28	NSH 25	ROA 22	ATL 10	NHA 26	POC 23	IRC 3	MCH 32	RCH 25	GLN 28	DAY 19	DAR 21	KAN 32	BRI 16	TEX 18	TAL 36	ROV 28	LVS 26	HOM 20	MAR 11	PHO 19	27th	573	[53]
2023				DAY 26	CAL 15	LVS 26	PHO 35	ATL 34	COA 22	RCH 19	BRD 15	MAR 29	TAL 36	DOV 20	KAN 30	DAR 6	CLT 18	GTW 23	SON 27	NSH 27	CSC 30	ATL 28	NHA 20	POC 8	RCH 31	MCH 17	IRC 21	GLN 33	DAY 28	DAR 35	KAN 35	BRI 28	TEX 20	TAL 31	ROV 24	LVS 20	HOM 36	MAR 15	PHO 26	31st	452	[54]
2024				DAY 39	ATL 11	LVS 30	PHO 27	BRI 32	COA 30	RCH 34	MAR 33	TEX 28	TAL 10	DOV 26	KAN 36	DAR 22	CLT 32	GTW 31	SON 25	IOW 20	NHA 14	NSH 28	CSC 25	POC 31	IND 36	RCH 32	MCH 14	DAY 1	DAR 21	ATL 31	GLN 24	BRI 35	KAN 23	TAL 34	ROV 20	LVS 15	HOM 24	MAR 36	PHO 16	16th	2122	[55]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2022	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	8	39
2023			19	26
2024			12	39

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2019	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI 10	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW 4	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA 29	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH 6	CLT 13	DOV 38	KAN 34	TEX 7	PHO	HOM 10	85th	01	[56]
2020		20		DAY 2	LVS 5	CAL 1	PHO 2	DAR 9	CLT 9	BRI 4	ATL 5	HOM 1	HOM 8	TAL 32	POC 32	IRC 25	KEN 17	KEN 12	TEX 4	KAN 3	ROA 16	DRC 8	DOV 5	DOV 11	DAY 5	DAR 6	RCH 16	RCH 4	BRI 4	LVS 9	TAL 23	ROV 33	KAN 11	TEX 1	MAR 1*	PHO 6	8th	2248	[57]
2021				DAY 3*	DRC 6	HOM 39	LVS 9	PHO 12	ATL 3	MAR 7	TAL 10	DAR 11	DOV 6	COA 6	CLT 3	MOH 38	TEX 30	NSH 3	POC 37	ROA 5	ATL 24	NHA 5	GLN 5	IRC 9	MCH 5	DAY 9	DAR 2	RCH 9	BRI 7	LVS 10	TAL 25	ROV 15	TEX 8	KAN 34	MAR 20	PHO 3	8th	2194	[58]
2025	AM Racing	25	Ford	DAY 6	ATL 10	COA 35	PHO 20	LVS 8	HOM 11	MAR 24	DAR 13	BRI 26	CAR 3	TAL 8	TEX	CLT	NSH	MXC	POC	ATL	CSC	SON	DOV	IND	IOW	GLN	DAY	PIR	GTW	BRI	KAN	ROV	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[59]

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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2016	Kyle Busch Motorsports	18	Toyota	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 22	TEX	PHO	HOM	66th	16	[60]
2017		51		DAY	ATL	MAR 13	KAN	CLT	DOV 13	TEX	GTW	IOW 11	KEN	ELD 15	POC	MCH	BRI 18	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 4	TEX	PHO	HOM	29th	162	[61]
2018				DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR 8	DOV 5	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW 3	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP 13	LVS	TAL	MAR 8	TEX 6	PHO 3*	HOM 11	18th	277	[62]
2019		18		DAY 18	ATL 8	LVS 5	MAR 11	TEX 31	DOV 3	KAN 10	CLT 11	TEX 5	IOW 3	GTW 16	CHI 4	KEN 3	POC 3	ELD 31	MCH 11	BRI 23	MSP 21	LVS 9	TAL 11	MAR 18	PHO 7	HOM 13	12th	707	[63]
2022	David Gilliland Racing	17	Ford	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRD 20	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON 12	KNX	NSH	MOH	POC	IRP	RCH	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	94th	01	[64]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards 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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2016	Ranier Racing with MDM	8	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJM	POC	MCH	MAD	WIN	IOW 3	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN	89th	215	[65]
2017	MDM Motorsports	28	Toyota	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL 1	ELK	POC	MCH	MAD	IOW	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN	73rd	240	[66]
2018		12		DAY	NSH 3	SLM	TAL	TOL 9	CLT	POC 1	MCH	MAD	GTW 3	CHI	IOW 6	ELK	POC 4	ISF	BLN	DSF	SLM 6	IRP 21	KAN 2	16th	1840	[67]
2019	Venturini Motorsports	20	Toyota	DAY 1*	FIF		TAL	NSH	TOL	CLT 4	POC 6	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI 2	ELK	IOW	POC	ISF	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN 12	21st	1240	[68]
		15				SLM 8

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2016	HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks	12	Toyota	NSM 13	MOB 7	GRE 15	BRI 23	VIR 11	DOM 21	STA 15	COL 4	NHA 7	IOW 15	GLN 12	GRE 9	NJM 15	DOV 6	7th	444	[69]
2017	MDM Motorsports			NSM 4	GRE 4	BRI 1*	SBO 5	SBO 1	MEM 1	BLN 6	TMP 1	NHA 4	IOW 4	GLN 3	LGY 7	NJM 3	DOV 1	1st	593	[70]
2018				NSM 3	BRI 2	LGY	SBO	SBO	MEM	NJM	TMP	NHA 2	IOW	GLN 9	GTW	NHA	DOV 5	17th	200	[71]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2015	Jeff Burton	12	Toyota	KCR	IRW	TUS	IOW	SHA	SON	SLS	IOW	EVG	CNS	MER	AAS 11	PHO 6	32nd	71	[72]