Burney Lamar (born August 21, 1980) is an American

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driver. He has driven in both the

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Xfinity Series and

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Racing career

Lamar began racing go-karts at the age of 5 and won a total of 25 track championships and three

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Regional titles. At the age of 16, 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

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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

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, 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,

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and

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races. In addition to two victories in the West Series, Lamar also won the

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that season. In the Truck Series, he raced the No. 92

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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

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. 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

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, who wanted NEXTEL Cup drivers in the car. Lamar attempted to make his Nextel Cup Series debut at the October race at

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and at the November race at Texas Motor Speedway in the

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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

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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. Taylor is five years older. They wed on December 27, 2006 at the Grande Colonial Hotel in

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. Instead of gifts, the couple asked for donations to be sent to Victory Junction Gang Camp, a camp for terminally ill children in

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. His 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

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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

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

Sprint Cup Series

Nationwide Series

Craftsman Truck Series

West Series

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamar, Burney Living people 1980 births People from West Sacramento, California Racing drivers from Sacramento, California NASCAR drivers Richard Childress Racing drivers