{"id":298201,"date":"2025-11-21T20:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/298201\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:37:23","slug":"nascar-team-confirms-full-time-return-of-iconic-driver-for-2026-season-motorsport-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/298201\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR team confirms full-time return of iconic driver for 2026 season &#8211; Motorsport &#8211; Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The soon-to-be-renamed NASCAR O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Auto Parts Series will see the return of a Burton in 2026, with Jeb set to remain with Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport for a fourth consecutive season.<\/p>\n<p>The son of five-time <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/nascar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cup Series<\/a> race winner Ward and nephew of 21-time race winner Jeff, who was also named one of NASCAR\u2019s 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/sport\/motorsport\/187894\/nascar-jeb-burton-talladega-cup-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the 33-year-old<\/a> will return behind the wheel of the No. 27 Chevrolet, joining Blaine Perkins as the team\u2019s two full-time drivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to have Jeb back in the No. 27 for 2026,\u201d team president and owner Jordan Anderson said in a <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/speedwaydigest.com\/index.php\/news\/xfinity-series-news\/646818-jeb-burton-returns-to-jordan-anderson-racing-bommarito-autosport-for-fourth-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cJeb has become a cornerstone of our program, consistently delivering strong results and serving as an invaluable asset both on and off the track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis experience and dedication are exactly what we need as we continue to elevate our program to new heights, and we\u2019re grateful for the continued support from Team Chevy. We\u2019re eager to build on the momentum from his successful 2025 season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Jeb, he added that it meant a great deal to be given the opportunity to return to the team, commenting, \u201cWe\u2019ve built a strong foundation and I\u2019m proud of what we accomplished in 2025. I\u2019m incredibly grateful for the continued support from Jordan, John Bommarito and all our dedicated partners. My focus is to contend for wins and compete for a championship in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=9761f86a-69c1-4771-b7da-6a7feddacc61&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up to our NASCAR newsletter here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In three seasons with Jordan Anderson, Jeb has won one race, the 2023 Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway. However, this past season, he came close to a second win at the storied track, finishing second to Richard Childress Racing\u2019s Austin Hill in what was his best finish of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Jeb finished with a further seven top 10s and 16 top 20s en route to a 14th-place finish in the driver standings.<\/p>\n<p>To date, his only other career series win also came at Talladega back in 2021 while with Kaulig Racing.<\/p>\n<p>But while both Jeb and Perkins will be back for 2026, things will look a little different for Jordan Anderson, which is set to field a third full-time \u201cAll-Star\u201d car, Anderson revealed on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, via <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jayski.com\/2025\/11\/20\/jordan-anderson-racing-forms-technical-alliance-with-richard-childress-racing-running-three-full-time-cars-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jayski<\/a>. \u201cWe were able to get our feet in the water this year with running that third car more than half the year and felt like the timing was right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween everything else that we\u2019ve been building behind the scenes, we were able to sign a technical alliance with RCR to officially have one moving forward with them starting this next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t quite announced all of our parts and pieces for the 32 car, but it is going to be an All-Star car with a handful of different drivers in that car throughout the year, and looking forward to having it as an All-Star car to go chase some wins.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The soon-to-be-renamed NASCAR O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Auto Parts Series will see the return of a Burton in 2026, with Jeb&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,7574,7575,113643,634,134098,134099,82],"class_list":["post-298201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chevrolet","tag-jeb-burton","tag-jordan-anderson-racing","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-2026-season","tag-no-27-chevrolet","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}