# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ward-burton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:04:59.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ward-burton"
name: "Ward Burton"
slug: "ward-burton"
description: "John Edward Burton III is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has five career wins in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, including the 2002 Daytona 500 and the 2001 Southern 500. A member of the Burton racing family, he is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver and NASCAR on NBC broadcaster Jeff Burton, the father of current NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series driver Jeb Burton, and the uncle of current O'Reilly Auto Parts Series driver Harrison Burton. He currently operates the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, a conservation and sportsmans' organization."
tagline: "American racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ward_Burton_in_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1961-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.32
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.751349333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Burton"
    title: "Ward Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "وارد بورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Burton"
    title: "Ward Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Burton"
    title: "Ward Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Burton"
    title: "Ward Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Burton"
    title: "Ward Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Burton"
    title: "Ward Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2464210"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump