Burney Lamar
No. 77 Dollar General Stores Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Team Report
NASCAR Busch Series Race 26 of 35 — Michigan International Speedway
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY FACTS & STATS:
Burney Lamar will compete in the ARCA RE/MAX event on Friday, August 18 in preparation for Saturday’s NASCAR Busch Series race. Lamar will race the No. 31 entry in the Hantz Group 200. It will mark the third time that Lamar has competed in an ARCA car in 2006; previously at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway.
Lamar is currently 17th in NASCAR Busch Series driver points, gaining
two positions after racing at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Lamar
is 31 points back from 16th position and 1,488 points behind team
owner and Busch Series points leader, Kevin Harvick.
In the rookie class, Lamar holds the top finishing position, with his
second-place finish at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway this
February. Lamar trails first place in the standings by four points.
The No. 77 Dollar General Chevrolet stores team owner, DeLana
Harvick, is 19th in Owner points, 47 points back from 18th-place
and 1,397 points behind the leader.
APPEARANCE SCHEDULE:
Dollar General stores Merchandise Trailer autograph session — Saturday, August 19 from 1:00 p.m. until 1:30 p.m.
QUOTES:
How much does racing in the ARCA RE/MAX event help your
NASCAR Busch Series effort in the No. 77 Dollar General stores
Chevrolet?
“The biggest challenge, like I’ve said before, is never seeing some
of these tracks, and having a limited testing schedule. It makes it
difficult to learn the marks and characteristics of the track. Being able to run in an ARCA race helps me figure the track out and gives me seat time. I can also figure out the line to run, the places to pass and what not to do in my Dollar General stores Chevrolet.”
“Every time I’ve left a Busch Series race I always say I wish I could start over now and I know I could finish a lot better. The ARCA race seat time helps our Busch practice. It speeds the learning curve along from learning the track to adjusting my car. The results have shown we finish a lot better at tracks I’ve raced the previous night.”
“I’m looking forward to racing at Michigan. Lance Deiters at Kevin Harvick Inc. gave me the advice that the track will take everything you give it.”
OPERATION BIG CHANCE:
UPDATE: Dollar General Operation Big Chance…
Current points leader: Mark Day
[2006 Points Standings as of August 6, 2006]
NOTE: Dollar General, Nashville’s (Tenn.) Music City Motorplex and Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) will make a local racer’s dream come true. The driver who earns the most points in the Late Model or Super Truck divisions at the fairgrounds’ Music City Motorplex during the 2006 race season will earn the opportunity to test, and upon NASCAR’s approval a chance to compete in a NASCAR Truck Series event for KHI at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in April 2007.
BIRTHDAY BOY: Rookie driver, Burney Lamar, will be celebrating his 26th birthday on Monday, August 21 following the race weekend at Michigan International Speedway. Burney has been racing since he was five years old, when his Dad, Izzie, bought him a go-kart. Just two years later Burney had already earned two track championships and by the age of 16 he had already won 25 go-kart track championships, nine of them being International Karting Federation Regional Championships.
BEST RADIO CHATTER FROM WATKINS GLEN:
Words of encouragement from Dollar General stores team spotter, Eddie Thrap…
“It’s now officially elbows up time, buddy.”—Spotter Eddie Thrap “You’ll have 14 green ones buddy, drive it like the cops are chasing you.”
