But NASCAR fans don't have to worry about him switching careers after briefly acting on ABC's "General Hospital" that will air Wednesday. He said he "doesn't see being an actor in his future," but he would do it again.

"It was cool. It was a neat experience," Burton said in a recent phone interview. "I didn't have to play anybody else -- thank God. I had a hard time playing myself much less anybody else."

Burton appears in a scene as a patron of a bar, Jake's. He has lines with bartender, Coleman, played by Blake Gibbons, and Dr. Patrick Drake, played by Jason Thompson. The Dr. Drake character is an avid NASCAR fan, but doesn't recognize Burton and some comedy follows, according to ABC officials.

Burton, 41, a 21-time winner in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, admits he was "a little nervous" during taping last month and "didn't want to be an imposition."

"They are there working and I'm there kind of goofing off and I didn't want to mess their day up," Burton said. "They are professionals and I'm certainly not."

Fellow NASCAR drivers have also ribbed him about it.

To read more of Deborah Circelli's article that ran in Monday's Daytona Beach News Journal, click here.