“NASCAR” Ward Burton Signed Upper Deck Embossed Trading Card Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction “NASCAR” Ward Burton Signed Upper Deck Embossed Trading Card.
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John Edward Burton III
(born October 25, 1961) is an American professional
stock car racing
driver. He has five career wins in the
NASCAR Winston Cup Series
(now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series), including the
2002 Daytona 500
and the 2001
Southern 500
. He is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver and
NASCAR on NBC
broadcaster
Jeff Burton
and the father of current
NASCAR Xfinity Series
driver
Jeb Burton
. He currently operates the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, a conservation and sportsmans' organization. Burton began his NASCAR
Busch Series
career in the
1990 season
and competed full-time for four seasons. In his first season, he had 23 starts with three Top-10 finishes, ending the season in 21st place. His results improved steadily over the next three years. For his second season, he had 29 starts with two Top-5 finishes and 10 Top-10 finishes, completing the season in 18th place. Burton's third season in 1992 brought his first win on February 29 at
Rockingham
in the number 27
Gwaltney
car owned by Alan Dillard. He completed the season in eighth place overall with one win, three Top-5 finishes and 10 Top-10 finishes. His final full-time season in 1993 brought three more wins, nine Top-5 and 10 Top-10 finishes, ending up in sixth place in the final points standings. In 1995, Burton started driving for Buz McCall in the No. 95
Caterpillar, Inc.
Chevrolet after John Tanner was released. He drove for Bill Davis Racing in 1996 for eight starts in the No. 22
MBNA
Pontiac. Burton did not start another Busch Series race until 1999 when he ran five more races for
Bill Davis
with sponsorship from
Siemens
. He accumulated three top-5 and five top-10 finishes including a 2nd-place finish at
Dover International Speedway
. He also ran one race for
Innovative Motorsports
and their No. 47
Chevrolet
. In 2000, Burton ran five more races for Davis with sponsorship from
Polaris Industries
and one race with Innovative Motorsports. He then ran two races in 2001 for
Tommy Baldwin Jr.
's new team with
Pillsbury
sponsorship. On January 2, 2007
Brewco Motorsports Inc.
announced Burton would drive the No. 27
Kleenex
Ford Fusion
in the Busch Series in 2007. Burton was to drive 20 races for Brewco Motorsports and Kleenex, beginning with the Orbitz 300 at
Daytona International Speedway
. He was released late in the season.