Burney Lamar
Lamar in 2009
Born	(1980-08-21)August 21, 1980 (age 45) West Sacramento, California, U.S.
Achievements	1999Shell Tri-Track Challenge Champion 2005Copper World Classic Late Model Winner
Awards	2000USAC Western Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year 2001NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series Rookie of the Year
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
59 races run over 4 years
Best finish	22nd (2006)
First race	2005United Way 300 (Kansas)
Last race	2009NorthernTool.com 250 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish	65th (2005)
First race	2005Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2005EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of November 20, 2011.

Burney Lamar (born August 21, 1980)^[1] is an American former professionalstock car racing driver. He has previously driven in both theNASCARXfinity Series andCamping World Truck Series.

Lamar began racing go-karts at the age of five and won a total of 25 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.^[2]

In the year 2000, Lamar began racing in theUSAC 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 NASCARAutoZone 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 withKevin 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 No. 92Chevrolet 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 atDaytona 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 ofDollar General, who wanted NEXTEL Cup drivers in the car.

Lamar attempted to make his Nextel Cup Series debut at the October race atAtlanta Motor Speedway and at the November race atTexas Motor Speedway in theCarter 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. 37Ford Fusion forGary Baker. Later in the season, he signed to drive the No. 05 Ford forDay Enterprises.

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

In the fall of 2006, he was engaged to modelNiki Taylor after just three dates.^[3] Taylor is five years older. They wed on December 27, 2006 at the Grande Colonial Hotel inLa Jolla, California. Instead of gifts, the couple asked for donations to be sent to Victory Junction Gang Camp, a camp for terminally ill children inNorth 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 forSkechers Footwear with his pregnant wife and her twin sons from her marriage toMiami Hooters linebacker Matt Martinez.

Until recently,^[when?] 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".^{[citation needed]}

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

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

• Burney Lamar driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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