Drivers
- Series: Funny Car
- Car: Checker Schuck’s Kragen Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- Crew Chief: Chris Cunningham/Marc Denner
- Birth Date: May 15, 1968
- Hobbies: Snowmobiling
- Home Town: Yorkville, New York
Fast Facts:
- Career Wins: 3
- Career Final Rounds: 6
- Career-Best Elapsed Time: 4.734 seconds
- Career-Best Speed: 327.11 mph
CAREER
- Made professional debut at Atlanta in 1998, qualifying No. 15.
- Captured first professional Funny Car victory at Columbus in 1999.
- Former division event winner in Alcohol Funny Car.
- Recorded first-ever top-10 finished in 2004. Recorded first victory for Chevy Monte Carlo in NHRA Funny Car competition at Las Vegas 1 and a career-best 21 rounds during eliminations.
Burkart will climb back into a Chevy Monte Carlo this year with the goal of finding some of the red bowtie magic that propelled him to a career-best 10th-place finish, two national-event victories and 21 round wins in 2004.
TRACK STATS
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2005 Season
- Runner-up at Pomona. Ran career-best elapsed time.
- Runner-up at Denver.
- Qualified a season-best No. 2 at Houston
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2004 Season
- Earned first career national-event victory in Brainerd — the first of three season victories.
- Made a career-high eight final-round appearances.
- Recorded career-best performance numbers.
- Earned first No. 1 qualifying award (Memphis).
- One of only two drivers to beat champion Greg Anderson in a final-round match-up.
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2003 Season
- Qualified for 11 of 13 events in which he competed.
- Established career-best numbers for elapsed time and speed.
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2002 Season
- Earned NHRA Division 3 Super Gas championship.
