Jeb Burton Ready To Tackle Krush 250

SOUTH BOSTON,  Va. — This year’s Krush 250 event will feature a ton of fun for fans and drivers, alike. Just ask Jeb Burton.

The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series standout and Halifax County native has put a lot of energy into making the 250-lap Late Model Stock Car race at his hometown track a top-tier experience for everyone involved.

“It’s been a whole lot of fun,” Burton said of the previous editions of the Krush 250.
Just as important is the fund-raising effort for The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation.

Event ticket sales will benefit The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit conservation and outreach organization founded by South Boston, Virginia native and 2002 Daytona 500 champion Ward Burton.

“It has brought a lot of awareness for The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation and the conservation efforts they undertake. Raising funds for conservation groups is hard. This is a cool, unique way we’re trying to do it. Last year we raised $70,000 for the foundation. It was a great day.”

The Krush 250 presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling benefitting The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation has also become a popular event for competitors, drawing an all-star field of top Late Model Stock Car drivers and teams.

“This race has become a cool event for all of the competitors and for myself working with H.C. Sellers and Sellers Racing,” Burton pointed out. “It’s a stacked field. That’s what I wanted. I wanted this to be where everybody wanted to come here. I want to keep growing this to where it’s a flagship event for competitors to come and race. I feel we’ve done a really good job with the purse thanks to Rogers Heating & Cooling and a lot of other that have helped make it happen.

“It’s a day race and 250 laps,” he continued. “With what we’ve done with race strategy from pitting at different times I feel it’s a really cool event. It reminds me a lot of the Bailey’s 300 here at South Boston Speedway that was held back in the day. That is what I was looking for to build and continue building on it.”

Burton is striving to make the event a fun event for fans as well. There will be a pre-race on-track driver autograph session that is scheduled to include Jeff Burton who is slated to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, former Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts competitor Blaine Perkins, eight-time South Boston Speedway champion Peyton Sellers and former South Boston Speedway champion and team owner Lee Pulliam who will compete in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series next season driving for Peterson Racing.

Maurice The Musician from Nashville, Tennessee, an outlaw country music singer-songwriter, will perform during the driver autograph session and will perform The National Anthem during pre-race ceremonies.

During the pre-race parade lap there will be a special “Toast To Veterans” courtesy of Danville Distributing Company.

“I want to keep growing it where it will be a fan-friendly event that people want to come to and have fun,” he explained. “We have a big pre-race autograph session. We’re going to do a lot of cool things for the fans and hope we will pack the place. I want to make it where it’s fan-friendly and driver-friendly. I’m trying to make this race make sense for the competitors and make sense for the fans to want to come and pack this place.”

As a racer, Burton has had solid outings in the first two Krush 250 events, finishing sixth in the inaugural event in 2024 and finishing fourth last year after winning the pole in qualifying.

“The first year, at Orange County Speedway, we didn’t qualify well. We were not very good and finished sixth. It was a respectable day.

“Last year we got the pole,” he continued. “We had to change a lot of things so the car would run well on short runs because we didn’t have it where it needed to be. We still finished fourth, so we had a solid respectable day.”

Burton is optimistic about his prospects in the 250-lap race.

“We’ve changed a lot of things on our car for this year,” he noted. “It’s tough to show up and race against these guys that do this every week. I’ve got a really good team with H.C. Sellers and the Sellers Racing team, so our car is really fast. I’m hoping with the front geometry stuff that we changed we can be a little better this time and have a shot to win. Last time my car wasn’t capable of winning, but we had a Top-5 car. Hopefully our car can be better, and that will change the whole outcome.”

Burton noted the key to having a successful outing and winning the race rests on multiple fronts.

“My car needs to be good, and we need to have a really good strategy,” he explained.
“If my car is really fast that will take care of itself. I just need to go execute.”

When Burton was asked what he would consider a good day, his answer was simple.

“My goal is to run top five, run all of the laps, not hit anything, and take care of my car,” he said. “I just want to run well. I’ve got Grand Springs on the quarterpanels. Talbert and Felton Brothers are on there. I’ve got a lot of people that help me and friends and family coming to the race. I want to have a good day and raise a lot of funds for the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation.”

The entry list for the November 14 Krush 250 presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling benefitting The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation at South Boston Speedway is a stellar one. Among the drivers entered are Texan Kaden Honeycutt who is competing for the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series title and is looking for his third straight Krush 250 win and Carson Kvapil, who nearly won the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series title and is a two-time CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour champion. Kvapil will be piloting the No. 32 car for GoFAS racing.

Also entered are 2026 South Boston Speedway champion Trevor Ward, Bobby McCarty and Jared Fryar who will be driving for Nelson Motorsports, Tyler Reif who competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Niece Motorsports and drives for Matt Piercy Racing, and former CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour champion and four-time Southern National Motorsports Park champion Deac McCaskill.

Californian Chase Burgeson who drives for Lee Pulliam Performance, Brandon Pierce who holds the record for all-time career starts in the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour, Dylan Ward who won the 2026 Caraway Speedway championship, and two-time NASCAR regional champion and five-time Langley Speedway champion Mark Wertz are also entered.