Harrison Burton's Lack of Short Track Speed Likely Dooms Him at Iowa
6 months agoHarrison Burton qualified 25th for this evening's inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa. He started one Iowa race for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series and finished fourth, but was no match for his teammate, Christopher Bell, who won that race. Despite that performance and two top fives in the Craftsman Truck Series, it seems unlikely Burton will be very competitive since he has neither scored a top-10 finish nor led a lap on a short track. Burton has been quite slow in general this year with a speed percentile of 26.07, but he has been even slower on short tracks with a speed percentile of 17.54, which ranks fourth-worst among full-timers in the NASCAR Cup Series. He may perform a little better than on some of the other short tracks because the veterans have less experience there, but he won't threaten for a top ten.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference