Burney Lamar
No. 77 Dollar General Stores Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Team Report
NASCAR Busch Series Race 22 of 35—Gateway International Raceway
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY FACTS & STATS:
Burney Lamar will run the KHI No. 31 Chevrolet in the Shop ‘n Save 150 ARCA RE/MAX Series event at Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway on Friday, July 28.
Lamar is currently 19th in NASCAR Busch Series driver points. Lamar is 31 points back from 18th position and 1,337 points behind team owner and Busch Series points leader, Kevin Harvick.
Currently the top Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year, holding a two-point lead over second place entering the Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway event. In the rookie class, Lamar holds the top finishing position, with his second-place finish at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway this February.
The No. 77 Dollar General Chevrolet team owner, DeLana Harvick, is 22nd in Owner points, two points back from 21st-place and 1,246 points behind the leader.
QUOTES:
Burney Lamar will race in the ARCA RE/MAX Series event on Friday night and the NASCAR Busch Series race on Saturday night.
“I’m extremely excited about going to Gateway. [Jeff] Burton was in the car two weeks ago and I tried to apply what I learned this past weekend in Martinsville. Although the results didn’t show it we had a really good car. We unfortunately got caught up in an incident and lost track position, and everyone knows how important track position is at Martinsville.”
“I’m excited for the rest of the year especially for Gateway and running the ARCA race. The biggest challenge that I’ve faced this year in the Busch Series is going to tracks for the first time. Not only racing for the first time, but for the first time even setting foot on the property. We had planned to run three ARCA races this year in conjunction with a full Busch season. We ran the ARCA race at Daytona, we were supposed to run at Nashville and Gateway. Unfortunately, the team ran out of time to build a car for Nashville. Having the opportunity to run the ARCA race the night before will give me plenty of laps around Gateway.”
What advice has your crew chief, Gene Nead, given you about Gateway?
“Gene [Nead] said I won’t be happy this weekend at Gateway. He said that the car will be too tight in one corner and too loose in another. But I’m confident with the extra seat time this weekend and Gene’s track record the No. 77 Dollar General stores machine will fair pretty good.”
