Burney Lamar
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| Born: | August 21, 1980 | |
| Birthplace: | West Sacramento, California | |
| Achievements: | — | |
| Awards: | 3-time IKF Champion
2000 Stockton 99 Speedway Rookie of the Year 2001 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series |
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| NASCAR Nationwide Series Statistics | ||
| Car #, Team | #37 - Baker Curb Racing | |
| 2005 NNS Position: | 22nd | |
| Best NNS Position: | 22nd - (2006 (Busch Series) | |
| First Race: | 2005 United Way 300 (Kansas) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 3 | 0 |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Statistics | ||
| 2005 NCTS Position: | 65th | |
| Best NCTS Position: | 65th - (2005 (Craftsman Truck Series | |
| First Race: | 2005 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas) | |
| Last Race: | 2005 EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burney Lamar (born August 21, 1980, West Sacramento, California) is a NASCAR driver. He began racing go-karts at the age of 5, and won a total of twenty-five track championships and three International Karting Federation Regional titles. At the age of sixteen, Lamar started racing stock cars at Stockton 99 Speedway and finished eleventh in points. Over the next three years, he raced on many West Coast short tracks, and won the Shell Oil Tri-Track championship.[1]
In the year 2000, Lamar began racing in the USAC Western States Sprint Car Series. He posted seven top-fives and finished third in points, winning Rookie of the Year. The following year, he joined the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division Southwest Series, and would win Rookie of The Year that year as well. He would go on to win two races and finish second in points in 2002 as well.
Lamar signed with Kevin Harvick Incorporated in 2005, competing in a limited number of NASCAR Busch Series, Craftsman Truck Series, and NASCAR Grand National Division West Series races. In addition to two victories in the West Series, Lamar also won the Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway that season. In the Truck Series, he raced the #92 Chevrolet Silverado twice with a best finish of 21st. He qualified 8th in his Busch Series debut in the #33 Yard-Man Chevrolet, but wrecked early in that race and finished 41st. He would begin racing in the Busch Series full-time in 2006 in the #77 Dollar General Chevrolet, and began the season with a second-place finish at Daytona International Speedway. After two additional top-tens in the first third of the season, Lamar's results began to fall off, and was removed from the ride late in the season at the request of Dollar General, who wanted NEXTEL Cup drivers in the car.
Lamar attempted to make his Nextel Cup Series debut at the October race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and at the November race at Texas Motor Speedway in the E&M Motorsports #08 Dodge sponsored by Rhino's Energy Drink, but failed to qualify for both races. After failing to qualify for several attempts with E&M in the Cup Series, he returned to the Nationwide Series, to drive the #37 Ford Fusion for Gary Baker.
[edit] Personal life
On December 27, 2006, he married supermodel Niki Taylor in La Jolla, California, after a four-month engagement.[2]
