Harrison Burton could have been the simplest first-round exit within the historical past of the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs.
His historic win at Daytona on Aug. 24 was a feel-good story for each Burton and the Wooden Brothers, however no person actually anticipated the staff that was thirty fourth out of 34 full-time drivers in factors to make a critical postseason run.
Burton’s doubters can be confirmed proper within the first spherical of the playoffs, as finishes of thirty first at Atlanta, twenty fourth at Watkins Glen and thirty fifth at Bristol resulted in Burton’s elimination from the playoffs on the finish of Saturday’s Bristol night time race. A mechanical difficulty put Burton behind each the wall and the eight ball, and the No. 21 staff was unable to recuperate.