• This Week’s AT&T Team USA Chevrolet at Pocono Raceway … Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 255 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Cup Series stable, a brand new Impala SS for the 2008 season.

• Salute to Team USA … To drive excitement for Team USA at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Burton will circle Pocono Raceway in a paint scheme featuring the AT&T USA five-ring logo and images of U.S. Olympic team hopefuls gymnast Nastia Liukin and swimmer Michael Phelps. Luikin is currently focused on qualifying for her first Olympic Games and has nine world medals (four gold and five silver), tying the mark held by Shannon Miller, who has earned more world and Olympic medals (16 total) than any other U.S. gymnast. Phelps is the most decorated swimmer in World Championships history and is a 20-time record holder. Most recently, he recorded two world records and has captured eight medals (six gold and two bronze) at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, becoming the first American to win eight medals in one Olympiad. AT&T is an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic team and provides significant financial support, products and services to the U.S. Olympic Committee.

• Helping a Cause … In addition to sporting new colors this weekend at Pocono, Burton will also wear a special AT&T Team USA firesuit and sport a custom designed American Flag helmet. Both the firesuit and helmet will be auctioned off following the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 with all the proceeds benefiting one of the Olympic charities.

• Stat Facts … In 29 starts at Pocono, Burton has posted six top-five and 14 top-10 finishes and has led for a total of 104 laps.

• RCR at Pocono … In 61 races at Pocono Raceway, RCR has notched two wins at Pocono, both of them coming with Dale Earnhardt. Earnhardt won the Summer 500, on July 19, 1987 and the Miller Genuine Draft 500 on July 18, 1993. Additionally, RCR-prepared race cars have earned one pole, 11 top-five and 39 top-10 finishes at the uniquely-shaped three-turn speedway. Richard Childress, a former driver in NASCAR’s top division, contributed two of those top 10s from 1976-1980.

• The Pocono Loop Report … According to NASCAR’s loop data statistics, Burton is the sport’s fifth-best Qualify Passer. Over the past seven events at the tricky triangular track, the 20-time Cup Series winner has completed 269 passes under green-flag conditions while running in the top 15. Additionally, Burton is the series’ ninth-best driver in the Average Running Position category with 13.58. Based on his performance the past three years at the 2.5-mile race track, the Chase contender has a 91.1 Driver Rating, placing him 10th overall.

• The Collective RCR … In 20 races this season, RCR-prepared Sprint Cup Series entries have notched two wins (Jeff Burton – Bristol, Bowyer – Richmond), 10 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.,-based race team has completed 17,669 laps in 2008 with four different drivers including Bowyer, Burton, Harvick and Ken Schrader. Meanwhile, RCR teams have logged 24,745 miles of competition this season and been on top of the leaderboard for 310 laps. Combined, all four RCR teams have earned just over $ 8.9 million in purse money this season.

• Don’t Miss A Beat … This weekend Burton’s AT&T Team USA Chevy will be one of four cars featured on DIRECTV’s HotPass Coverage. With a channel dedicated solely to the AT&T Racing team during the Coke Zero 400, fans will be able to watch all the action through DIRECTV’s multiple camera angles, real-time car telemetry and listen to in-car audio communication. NASCAR HotPass, only on DIRECTV, features four driver channels including dedicated announcers for each team. The service, combined with race day telecasts and nascar.com coverage, gives fans the most comprehensive and powerful NASCAR experience possible. Burton’s team will be showcased on DIRECTV channel 790 and DIRECTV’s HD channel 795.

• Testing 1-2-3, Testing … Burton and the AT&T Racing team tested at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week in preparation for the Centurion Boats at the Glen on August 10th.

• Going Home … One member from the AT&T Racing crew hails from the state of Pennsylvania. Car chief Darin Nestlerode grew up in Jersey Shore, Penn. In addition to his mechanic duties on the No. 31 AT&T Chevrolet, Nestlerode also holds the sign board in the pit box on race day.

• Keep in Touch … AT&T customers can receive weekly racing alerts, exclusively from Jayski.com, on their AT&T handsets, by texting RACE to 7215. Additionally, consumers can get involved with AT&T’s Fantasy Racing by texting the car number they think will win the race to 2258.

• Meet the Press … Burton will be available inside the Pocono Raceway infield media center Friday, August 1 at 11 a.m. to field questions from the gathered media.

• Catch the Action … The Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway will be televised live, Sunday, August 3 beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on ESPN and will broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 21st of 36 NASCAR Cup Series races is scheduled for Friday, August 1 and will be televised live on ESPN2 beginning at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

JEFF BURTON QUOTES:

What will it take to get your first victory at Pocono?

“Pocono is a place where I always feel like we run well at but we certainly have never run well enough to win. There was a couple of times early in my career I thought we had a good chance and then I broke parts real late in the race. This is a challenging race track. Obviously, everybody is going to come here and say the same things. The three corners are completely different from each other. It's a tremendous challenge to get your car to drive well in all three corners. The bumps are more of an issue with the Car of Tomorrow. We have a new grove in turn three because of some new pavement down there that's really changed the way that we run in turn three. That's really made it interesting. I think that's going to have a huge factor in the race because the fast grove is four or five lanes up from the bottom of the race track, which means the bottom is always going to be open. It's never been like that before. I think that's really going to have an impact on the race."

You finished fifth earlier this year at Pocono and it seemed like the handling on the AT&T Chevy got better as the race went on.

“I thought we ran real well at Pocono. We struggled a little bit during the first part of the race and got the car going in the second half. We were really good in practice. I think we learned a lot in the test. I’m really encouraged about returning to Pocono. I think we have a really good chance.”