CONCORD, N.C. — Jeff Burton failed to win a championship when he was anointed NASCAR's next big star, the guy everyone thought would challenge for multiple titles.
He couldn't win one years later, when, after years of mediocrity, he suddenly found himself back in the mix.
A win Saturday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway rocketed Burton onto Jimmie Johnson's bumper with five races to go to decide the championship, and Burton is convinced he's as capable of winning a title now as he was when he was a young hotshot.
"No one's ever proven to me why you can't do at 41 what you could do at 23," Burton said. "We're lucky to be in a sport that you can be successful in your 40s. You can convince yourself you're too old to do it. Trust me, a lot of people will try to convince you you're too old to do it.
"But with age comes a lot of advantages, too. And we'll try to take those advantages every chance we get."
Jeff Burton uses win at Lowe's Motor Speedway to get back in title hunt....
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