Jeb Burton to Return to Niece Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway
STATESVILLE, N.C. (October 15, 2019) – Jeb Burton will make his second start with Niece Motorsports in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series (NGOTS) at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, October 26.
“I’m excited toget back behind the wheel of one of these Niece Motorsports Chevrolets again,”said Burton. “Martinsville is certainlya very special track to me, and a place that I have a lot of experience, so I’mconfident that we can turn that into a strong result.”
Burton’s debut with Niece Motorsports came earlier this season at Kentucky Speedway, behind the wheel of the No. 44 Alsco/State Water Heaters Chevrolet Silverado. In his 54th NGOTS start, Burton was able to earn his 20th top-10 in the series after starting 28th and finishing ninth.
The Virginia-native is no stranger to Martinsville; growing up racing late models at the ‘paper clip’. In addition, Burton has four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts, and seven NGOTS starts at Martinsville.
In his sevenNGOTS starts at the half-mile track, Burton has earned one pole, which came in2013. At a track where passing is toughand track position is paramount, Burton has qualified in the top-10 on fouroccasions. His best finish at the track is two third-place results, both comingin 2013.
The No. 44Chevrolet will carry the Alsco, State Water Heaters and Puryear Tank Linescolors at Martinsville.
Alsco was the first to offer linen anduniform rental services when founder, George A. Steiner, transformed a Lincoln,Nebraska, towel delivery route into a thriving commercial linen business, nowheadquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Alsco has been an industry pioneer since1889, blazing the trail for the laundering and delivery of ready-to-wearuniforms, starting with aprons and then moving on to every type of workwearapplication imaginable. Alsco also invented the continuous roll towel dispenserand pioneered the use of on-site garment lockers.
StateWater Heaters, a brand of State Industries, Inc., is a leading manufacturer of commercialand residential water heaters. State offers over 500 water heater products andhas consistently developed new technologies to ensure longer productlife.
Basedin Ashland City, Tennessee, State has seven water heater manufacturing plants.Hundreds of distribution centers across the United States ensure efficientservice to State’s national customer base of residential homeowners,wholesalers, contractors, and other members of the engineering community.
AllState products are backed by customer technical support and durable tank andparts warranty.
PuryearTank Lines has supported Burton dating back to the start of his late-modelracing. PuryearTank Lines is a third-generation, family-operated business, specializing inbulk tank delivery of LPG, butane, liquid asphalt, and bulk cement.
The NGOTS will visitMartinsville Speedway on Saturday, October 26 for the NASCAR Hall of Fame200. The race will take the green flagat 1:30 p.m. ET, and will air on FS1, MRN and SIRIUSXM NASCAR Radio.