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A note on Morgan-McClure's Web site says it all: "MMM signs Ward Burton! Information coming soon."
Below that is a note saying the team is now taking orders for Ward Burton merchandise.
According to a report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, team owner Larry McClure signed Burton to a one-year deal Tuesday to drive the No. 4 Chevrolet in the 2007 Nextel Cup Series.
Terms were not disclosed.
Burton, who hasn't had a full-time Cup ride since 2004, made three starts for Morgan-McClure in 2006, finishing 26th at Martinsville, 25th at Texas and 28th at Phoenix.
That -- and a new sponsor in State Water Heaters -- was apparently enough to convince McClure to add Burton for the upcoming season.
"We've still got some things we all are going to be doing as a team that we have to do to [right] the ship," Burton told the Times-Dispatch. "But Larry and Tim [Morgan] and all the people here are really good, sound people, and the kind of people I've been wanting to be around."
Below that is a note saying the team is now taking orders for Ward Burton merchandise.
According to a report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, team owner Larry McClure signed Burton to a one-year deal Tuesday to drive the No. 4 Chevrolet in the 2007 Nextel Cup Series.
Terms were not disclosed.
Burton, who hasn't had a full-time Cup ride since 2004, made three starts for Morgan-McClure in 2006, finishing 26th at Martinsville, 25th at Texas and 28th at Phoenix.
That -- and a new sponsor in State Water Heaters -- was apparently enough to convince McClure to add Burton for the upcoming season.
"We've still got some things we all are going to be doing as a team that we have to do to [right] the ship," Burton told the Times-Dispatch. "But Larry and Tim [Morgan] and all the people here are really good, sound people, and the kind of people I've been wanting to be around."
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