RIP George T. "Blue" Burton, 83, of Mechanicsville,Va.,passed away Monday, June 10, 2013

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George T. "Blue" Burton, 83, of Mechanicsville,Va., passed away Monday, June 10, 2013, after a long battle with Alzheimer's.

He is survived by: his wife of 61 years, Doris Burton; three children, Doug Burton (M.K.), Gayle Trent (Todd Steigleder), and Mike Burton (Kim); seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; as well as several nieces; and nephews.

Blue, was a former late model stock car owner of car #33 for the better part of two decades, and was a retired electrician after over 30 years of service with IBEW Local Union #666.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Mechanicsville Chapel of the Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee Davis Road, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.

The family would like to thank the staff of both Heritage Green Assisted Living and Gentiva Hospice for their compassionate care.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association , 4600 Cox Road, Suite 130, Glen Allen, VA 23060.
Published in The Progress-Index on June 13, 2013

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Known as gentleman car owner that fielded great #33 race cars for Geoff Bodine, Mel Bradley, Melvin Creasy, Bill Dennis, Al Grinnan, Ray Hendrick, and Roy Hendrick.

Please list any other "Blue" Burton race cars # or race drivers.

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#33 Geoff Bodine-martinsville-10-30-78

http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/geoff-bodine-martinsville-10-30-78

#33 Bill Dennis Modified
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/bill-dennis-5

y#33 Modified Bill Dennis
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/bill-dennis-154

#33 Al Grinnan Martinsville 60s
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/1981311:Photo:79346

Blue Burton & Al Grinnan with Blue's modified coupe
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/blue-burton-al-grinnan-with
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The Blue Burton owned Al Grinnan driven #33 coupe
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/the-blue-burton-owned-al-grinnan-driven-33-coupe

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http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/roy-hendrick-3

Roy Hendrick-Martinsville Va
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/roy-hendrickmartinsville-va

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http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/roy-hendrick-1

Roy Hendrick
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/roy-hendrick

Thanks for any information or photos given.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA

Thanks for posting this sad information, Dennis.

Blue Burton fielded some of the most potent and competitive NASCAR Modifieds and Late Model Sportsman cars to ever grace a dirt track or asphalt speed plant.

Al Grinnan and Bill Dennis sure made names for themselves in his #33 modifieds.

Some of our Carolina readers like Bobby Williamson may remember seeing his #33 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman cars make a few trips down to the paved Cumberland International in Fayetteville, where a way past his prime Ray Hendrick cleaned house in Blue's #33 and later his son Roy also won there driving the #33.

Our longtime Track Superintendent at Richmond International Raceway, Linwood Burrows served on Blue Burton's crew. A pillar of NASCAR racing in the Commonwealth of Virginia has passed. I am so thankful you saw this Dennis.

By the way, I noted a post to Blue Burton's family from former Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, Denny Zimmerman who competed against Blue's cars when he'd bring his modified down from Connecticut to Richmond in the early 1960s.

The late Virginia driver Al Grinnan, originally from Fredericksburg, had his beautifully restored "Blue" Burton built #33 NASCAR Modified on display in 1991 at Richmond International Raceway. That's RR member and Virginia racing historian, Joe Kelly taking a peek at the famous ride. Photographer unknown.

A few quick old clips I found about races with Blue Burton's cars:

Any time your car beat Morgan Shepherd, Jack Ingram and Sonny Hutchins, you had a pretty good ride. Blue Burton fielded outstanding rides for many years for some of NASCAR's best.

sorry to hear about blue passing on i was fortunate to see the 33 car at fayetteville nc back in the seventies it was a very potent ride thanks for the memories blue rip

Dave,
Thanks for the Blue Burton information and photo of Joe Kelly looking at #33 Blue Burton modified.
Do you know if Joe Kelly have copy of this photo below??


Blue Burton death was reported this past Wednesday night on "Let's Talk Racing With Joe & Ruth Kelly" radio talk show, with co-hosts MaryAnne & Bob Wilcox.

Do you know if Blue Burton used any other race car numbers besides #33 as a race car number??

Do you know who is the #31 race car owner in the photo below??

#31 Roy Hendrick-Ray Hendricks-Flyin-11-Son
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/photo/roy-hendrickray

Thanks for any information or photos given.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA

Dennis, I'm not much help this morning. I don't know the answer to any of your questions. Sorry.