Jeff Burton to receive sportsmanship award
SCENEDAILY - 3:21PM ET MONDAY APRIL 9, 2007 -
The Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame will honor Jeff Burton with its Sportsmanship Award during its annual induction ceremony Wednesday.
"I am extremely honored that I have been chosen to receive this prestigious award," the Richard Childress Racing Nextel Cup driver said in a statement.
"To have my name associated with great racers who have been inducted into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame is truly an honor. Many of the inductees are men that I have admired over the years and have the utmost respect for."
Drag racer Eddie Hill will be inducted to the hall this year, joining A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Terry Labonte, Lee Shepherd, Kenny Bernstein and Jim Hall into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Longtime NASCAR team owner Roger Penske will receive the Bruton Smith Legends Award at the ceremony at Texas Motor Speedway's Grand Ballroom.
Proceeds from the event go to Happy Hill Farm in Granbury, Texas, an academy and home for disadvantaged children.
SCENEDAILY - 3:21PM ET MONDAY APRIL 9, 2007 -
The Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame will honor Jeff Burton with its Sportsmanship Award during its annual induction ceremony Wednesday.
"I am extremely honored that I have been chosen to receive this prestigious award," the Richard Childress Racing Nextel Cup driver said in a statement.
"To have my name associated with great racers who have been inducted into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame is truly an honor. Many of the inductees are men that I have admired over the years and have the utmost respect for."
Drag racer Eddie Hill will be inducted to the hall this year, joining A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Terry Labonte, Lee Shepherd, Kenny Bernstein and Jim Hall into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Longtime NASCAR team owner Roger Penske will receive the Bruton Smith Legends Award at the ceremony at Texas Motor Speedway's Grand Ballroom.
Proceeds from the event go to Happy Hill Farm in Granbury, Texas, an academy and home for disadvantaged children.