By Mark Aumann, NASCAR.COM
April 6, 2008
08:16 PM EDT

FORT WORTH, Texas -- By running up front seemingly every weekend, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch are getting all the attention. And most of it is justified. But it's Jeff Burton who keeps putting together the kind of season that makes you wonder if this is the year that he winds up being the one holding the Sprint Cup at Homestead.

In many ways, Sunday's Samsung 500 was a typical spring trip to Texas for Burton: Qualify in the bottom half of the field and patiently work your way into the top 10.