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The 2024 season was something Harrison Burton wanted to forget about soon.
The 24-year-old NASCAR driver finished 16th in the cup rankings, leading to his departure from the Wood Brothers race. He won the Daytona International with Cola Zero 400, but as he said, “It's too late at that point.”
That victory was just one of his two top-10 finishes last season, but with a fresh start in the Xfinity series, Burton found it again.
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Center-right Harrison Burton celebrates with the Championship Trophy after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, August 24, 2024 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Perrand M. Evenhack)
This season, he already has six top ten, including each of his last three races, as a member of the AM race.
“It was the best landing spot for me to become a better race car driver. I'm going from Square One to a team that I really rebuilt,” Burton told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. “They had to see the vision of rebuilding around me and put the ball on my court, and they said, 'Hey, if you want to drive for us, help bring together the teams you're part of.' So it was really fun to build this thing and bring teams like AM races who have all the desires of the world, who want to compete, lead and run well.
“We're sitting inside the playoffs right now. We're starting to see momentum build up. I think it's getting better and better, so it was a great opportunity to come back and rebuild our stock a bit.”
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Fans have the opportunity to take a closer look at Burton, as featured on Netflix's “Full Speed.” This allows you to see completely behind the scenes inside and out of NASCAR and its athletes, like “surviving” or “full swing.”
“The concepts and ideas behind 'Full Speed' are when I hear the first season come out, I think it's so cool and good for our sport. It gives us more knowledge of the people we are there and the people we are in our sport and the amazing people,” Burton said.
“The hard thing to explain to people is that when you pick up soccer or basketball, you know I'm not an NFL or NBA guy. It's pretty fast. There's no race car to drive to see what we do.
Now, Burton wants fans to see him again in the winner's circle. Of course, that's not easy in NASCAR, with dozens of drivers in the field, and only one of them is truly happy every Sunday.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Harrison Burton, #21, in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. (Mark J. Rebilas-Immagn image)
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“It's difficult. It's a very difficult mental battle, right? It's like golf in that way you have all the other people. You're not odds of 50-50 to win the game. “It's always hard to evaluate (success), but for me the biggest thing is progress.
“Have I got better? Did I do a better job here? Am I a better race car driver next year? Everyone wants to win, but what are you going to do to win?”
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