Burney Lamar

Burney Lamar (born August 21, 1980)[1] is an American stock car racing driver. He has driven in both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series.

Burney Lamar
Lamar in 2009
Born (1980-08-21) August 21, 1980
West Sacramento, California
Achievements3-time International Kart Federation Champion
Awards2001 NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
59 races run over 4 years
Best finish22nd (2006)
First race2005 United Way 300 (Kansas)
Last race2009 NorthernTool.com 250 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish65th (2005)
First race2005 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Last race2005 EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 20, 2011.

Racing career

Lamar 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.[2]

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 No. 92 Chevrolet Silverado twice with a best finish of 21st. He qualified 8th in his Busch Series debut in the No. 33 Chevrolet, but wrecked early in that race and finished 41st. He would begin racing in the Busch Series full-time in 2006 in the No. 77 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 Carter Simo Racing No. 08 Dodge, 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 No. 37 Ford Fusion for Gary Baker. Later in the season, he signed to drive the No. 05 Ford for Day Enterprises.

Lamar's No. 32 Nationwide car in 2009

On October 10, 2008, it was announced that Lamar would share the Braun Racing No. 32 Toyota in 2009 with Brian Vickers. He was again released after one top 10 in his first few races of 2009.

Personal life

In the fall of 2006, he was engaged to model Niki Taylor after just three dates.[3] Taylor is five years older. They wed on December 27, 2006 at the Grande Colonial Hotel in La Jolla, California. Instead of gifts, the couple asked for donations to be sent to Victory Junction Gang Camp, a camp for terminally ill children in North Carolina.[4]

His first child, daughter was born on March 4, 2009, one day before his wife's 34th birthday.[5] On November 16, 2011, Taylor gave birth to her second child with Lamar, a son.[6] He appeared in a March 2009 magazine advertisement for Skechers Footwear with his pregnant wife and her twin sons from her marriage to Miami Hooters linebacker Matt Martinez.

Until recently, Lamar worked as a flight instructor for Airline Transport Professionals in Nashville, Tennessee. He was hired by Mesa Airlines in November 2013 (Mesa contractually flies as US Airways Express as well as United Express). During his time at ATP he was known by the nickname "Blue Falcon."

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref
2007 E&M Motorsports 08 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL
DNQ		 TEX
DNQ		 PHO HOM
DNQ		 N/A 0 [7]
2008 DAY CAL
DNQ		 LVS ATL
DNQ		 BRI MAR TEX
DNQ		 PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN< MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A 0 [8]

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2005 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 83 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH
DNQ		 KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV 110th 101 [9]
33 KAN
41		 CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
34
2006 77 DAY
2		 CAL
21		 MXC
18		 LVS
26		 ATL
8		 BRI
20		 TEX
39		 NSH
7		 PHO
19		 TAL
20		 RCH
27		 DAR
21		 CLT
26		 DOV
32		 NSH
12		 KEN
19		 MLW
35		 DAY
22		 CHI
23		 NHA MAR
23		 GTY
12		 IRP
16		 GLN
20		 MCH
38		 BRI
24		 CAL
14		 RCH
33		 DOV
39		 KAN CLT MEM
38		 TEX PHO HOM 22nd 2710 [10]
2008 Baker-Curb Racing 37 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX
40		 PHO MXC TAL RCH
39		 DAR
34		 CLT
DNQ		 DOV
42		 NSH
18		 KEN
32		 MLW
36		 NHA
36		 DAY 44th 1114 [11]
Day Enterprises 05 Ford CHI
36		 GTY IRP CGV
35		 GLN
DNQ		 MCH
38		 CAL
35		 RCH
39		 DOV
35		 KAN
32		 CLT
38		 MEM
38		 TEX
DNQ		 PHO
37		 HOM
Baker-Curb Racing 27 Ford BRI
27
2009 Braun Racing 32 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI
15		 TEX
35		 NSH
13		 PHO
13		 TAL RCH
28		 DAR NSH
15		 KEN
8		 MLW
22		 NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 49th 957 [12]
10 CLT
22		 DOV

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2005 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 92 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS
21		 MAR ATL
28		 TEX PHO HOM 65th 179 [13]

West Series
NASCAR West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NWSC Pts Ref
2005 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 33 Chevy PHO MMR
6*		 PHO
1*		 S99 IRW EVG S99 PPR CAL
1		 DCS CTS MMR
10		 18th 664 [14]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARMC Pts Ref
2005 Gosselin Racing 12 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
6		 105th 200 [15]
2006 Richard Childress Racing 31 Chevy DAY
4		 NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW
28		 NSH MCH
29		 ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 78th 395 [16]

References
  1. Burney Lamar Career Statistics
  2. "About Burney". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  3. "Niki Taylor Engaged". US magazine. 2006-10-10. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  4. "Model Niki Taylor Weds NASCAR Driver". People magazine. 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  5. People, March 4, 2009
  6. Dennis, Alicia (4 March 2009). "It's a Girl for Supermodel Niki Taylor!". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. "Burney Lamar – 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  8. "Burney Lamar – 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  9. "Burney Lamar – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  10. "Burney Lamar – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  11. "Burney Lamar – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  12. "Burney Lamar – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  13. "Burney Lamar – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  14. "Burney Lamar – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  15. "Burney Lamar – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  16. "Burney Lamar – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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