By Jay Busbee

You'd be hard pressed to find a classier guy on the track than Jeff Burton. And he's not only universally liked and respected, he's tearing things up out on the asphalt, too, currently running third in the Chase points standings. Recently, Jeff spoke to the Marbles about his year, his career, and his future in politics. (Sadly, the interview was conducted before the infamous bird incident, but we can imagine that Jeff got a chuckle out of the whole thing. Tires, probably not so much.) Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome The Senator, Jeff Burton:

Jeff, thanks for joining us on the Marbles; let's start by talking about this year. You've got to be thrilled with how the season is going so far.

I'm happy, don't get me wrong, but we're not there yet. We're a good team, we're not a great team. There are so many things that we do every week to get prepared for the track, and while we're doing almost all of them as well as we can, there are a few that we still need to work on.