Burney Lamar

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

Racing career Lamar began racing go-karts at the age of five and won a total of 25 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.

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.

Lamar signed with Kevin Harvick Incorporated in 2005, competing in a limited number of NASCAR Busch Series, Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR 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 eighth 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 he 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.

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-ten in his first few races of 2009.

Personal life In the fall of 2006, Lamar was engaged to model Niki Taylor after just three dates. 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.

Lamar's first child, daughter was born on March 4, 2009, one day before his wife's 34th birthday. On November 16, 2011, Taylor gave birth to her second child with Lamar, a son. 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 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 ATLDNQ TEXDNQ PHO HOMDNQ N/A 0 2008 DAY CALDNQ LVS ATLDNQ BRI MAR TEXDNQ 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

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 Pts Ref 2005 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 83 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSHDNQ KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV 110th 101 33 KAN41 CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM34 2006 77 DAY2 CAL21 MXC18 LVS26 ATL8 BRI20 TEX39 NSH7 PHO19 TAL20 RCH27 DAR21 CLT26 DOV32 NSH12 KEN19 MLW35 DAY22 CHI23 NHA MAR23 GTY12 IRP16 GLN20 MCH38 BRI24 CAL14 RCH33 DOV39 KAN CLT MEM38 TEX PHO HOM 22nd 2710 2008 Baker-Curb Racing 37 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX40 PHO MXC TAL RCH39 DAR34 CLTDNQ DOV42 NSH18 KEN32 MLW36 NHA36 DAY 44th 1114 Day Enterprises 05 Ford CHI36 GTY IRP CGV35 GLNDNQ MCH38 CAL35 RCH39 DOV35 KAN32 CLT38 MEM38 TEXDNQ PHO37 HOM Baker-Curb Racing 27 Ford BRI27 2009 Braun Racing 32 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI15 TEX35 NSH13 PHO13 TAL RCH28 DAR NSH15 KEN8 MLW22 NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 49th 957 10 CLT22 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 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 LVS21 MAR ATL28 TEX PHO HOM 65th 179

West Series NASCAR West Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2005 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 33 Chevy PHO MMR6* PHO1* S99 IRW EVG S99 PPR CAL1 DCS CTS MMR10 18th 664

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 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 TAL6 105th 200 2006 Richard Childress Racing 31 Chevy DAY4 NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW28 NSH MCH29 ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 78th 395