- Burney Lamar
Infobox_NASCAR_driver
Name = Burney Lamar
Birthdate = birth date and age|1980|8|21
Birthplace =West Sacramento, California
Busch_Car_Team = #05 -Day Enterprise Racing
First_Busch_Race = 2005United Way 300 (Kansas)
First_Truck_Race = 2005Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Last_Truck_Race = 2005EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta) | Achievements = 3-time IKF ChampionAwards = 2000 Stockton 99 Speedway Rookie of the Year
2001 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series
Previous_Year = 2006
Busch_Top_Tens = 3
Prev_Busch_Pos = 22nd
Best_Busch_Pos = 22nd - (2006 (Busch Series)
Previous_Year = 2005
Prev_Truck_Pos = 65th
Best_Truck_Pos = 65th - (2005 (Craftsman Truck Series|2005] )Updated_On =October 10 ,2008 Burney Lamar (born
August 21 ,1980 ,West Sacramento, California ) is aNASCAR driver. He began racing go-karts at the age of 5, and won a total of twenty-five track championships and threeInternational Karting Federation Regional titles. At the age of sixteen, Lamar started racing stock cars atStockton 99 Speedway and finished eleventh in points. Over the next three years, he raced on many West Coast short tracks, and won theShell Oil Tri-Track championship. [ [http://burneylamarfans.tripod.com/id3.html About Burney ] ]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 NASCARBusch Series ,Craftsman Truck Series , andNASCAR Grand National Division West Series races. In addition to two victories in the West Series, Lamar also won theCopper World Classic atPhoenix International Raceway that season. In the Truck Series, he raced the #92Chevrolet Silverado twice with a best finish of 21st. He qualified 8th in his Busch Series debut in the #33Yard-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 #77Dollar General Chevrolet, and began the season with a second-place finish atDaytona 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 atTexas Motor Speedway in theE&M Motorsports #08 Dodge sponsored byRhino'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 forGary Baker . Later in the season, he signed to drive the #05 forWade Day .On October 10th 2008 it was announced that Burney Lamar will share the Braun Racing #32 Dollar General Toyota in 2009. The car will be shared by two drivers who are both familiar faces in the yellow and black Dollar General firesuit. Sprint Cup Series driver Brian Vickers who will return to the seat of the #32 for 17 races in 2009 will be sharing the ride with Burney Lamar who drove a Dollar General-sponsored car in the 2006 season.
Personal life
On December 27, 2006, he married supermodel
Niki Taylor inLa Jolla, California , after a four-month engagement. [ [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20005541,00.html Model Niki Taylor Weds NASCAR Driver - Marriage, Weddings, Niki Taylor : People.com ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=lamarbu01 Stats at Racing-Reference.info]
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