Ward Burton: Brickyard 400 preview

Ward Burton will make his 343rd NASCAR Nextel Cup Series start when the green flag drops for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Everybody looks forward to getting to Indianapolis. The history and tradition associated with this track is unbelievable. You want to go out and be able to win every week, but every team and every driver puts a little bit more emphasis on this race.

"Getting your name in the record books at this track is quite an accomplishment. NASCAR doesn't necessarily have its roots here like the open wheel cars do and a lot of our best drivers never had the chance to race there, but when people think of great racing, they think of Daytona and Indy.

"The masses of people that show up here to be a part of the excitement of the weekend are just amazing. We're hoping we can put together a race like we had last week, but with a better result. It would be big to run well here and I think we're on the right track to do that now.

"I'm looking forward to the results that we think we can accomplish with this NetZero race team for the rest of the season. We're working really hard to m! ake sure we've got a good future and we're making changes to some of our equipment that should really benefit us in the long run.

"We're going make sure we are using all of the resources available to us to make sure this NetZero racing team is the best that it can be. It would be nice to have a good run at Indianapolis, but we're looking for consistency as well. We need to be able to have solid runs at every track we go to, so it's important for us to look at the big picture too."