Mrs. Kim Browne This is Me

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   Published on: 4/9/2002   Last Visited: 4/9/2002

   Kim Browne was a doctor's daughter. She thought: This crazy kook -- who is that?
   
   She discovered a short while later, when Jeff telephoned her at home.
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   Before long, Kim was in love. That did not please Dr. and Mrs. Browne, parents of four girls, Kim the oldest.
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   Meanwhile, Jeff's girlfriend, Kim, enrolled as a premedical student at North Carolina State University, but on the eve of her sophomore year, she decided against medicine. She knew firsthand the personal sacrifices a good physician must make, and if she attended medical school and then completed an internship and residency while Jeff raced, she and the man she loved would rarely see each other. "We've always been best friends, and I think if you have that, plus the other attraction, you've got it made," Kim said. So she majored in math and science and became a teacher. If Burton's career stalled, she reasoned, they would need the income.
   
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   Jeff and Kim wed on Feb. 1, 1992, before heading to Daytona, where Jeff was racing in the NAPA Auto Parts 300, the Busch Series counterpart to the Daytona 500.
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   Burton had already chaired a $1-million fundraising campaign for Duke Children's Hospital, where Kim served on the board of directors.
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   Kim favored designer clothes and diamond rings, and she was well-versed in the social graces. But on race weekends, she claimed a seat next to Frank Stoddard on top of the No. 99's pit cart. Wearing a headset and monitoring a computer, she logged lap times and chronicled radio traffic, later adding her insights to the postrace review. At home, racing was often the topic of conversation.