Racing series       NASCAR-CUP
Date     2008-03-28

JEFF BURTON, DRIVER OF THE NO. 31 AT&T MOBILITY IMPALA SS, met with media members at Martinsville Speedway and talked about the weekend off, figuring Martinsville out, the difference between Bristol and Martinsville, the Hendrick Motorsports dominance at Martinsville and more.

ON HAVING A WEEKEND OFF. "It was nice to have a weekend off and I really liked the way that this year's rolled with running five races and then having a weekend off verses the way we used to do it. It was two weeks then get a weekend off and two weeks and a weekend off. I never understood that. I definitely enjoyed having a five race stretch. I think it allowed all the teams to kind of get into a rhythm before a weekend off. I think that's important. It was good to have a weekend off but at the same time I kind of missed the race track. That weekend off in June, I never missed the race track. I'm glad to have it in June, but the early weekends off I always think they are a little too early."