Burney
Lamar
was
born
August
21,
1980,
in
West
Sacramento,
California.
At
the
age
of
five,
Burney
begin
racing
go-carts
and
went
on to
win
twenty-five
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.
In
2000,
Lamar
began
racing
in
the
United
States
Auto
Club
(USAC)
Western
States
Sorint
Car
Series.
Lamar
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
as
well.
Lamar
signed
with
Kevin
Harvick
Incorporated
in
2005,
and
competed
in a
limited
number
of
NASCAR
Nationwide
Series,
Craftsman
Truck
Series,
and
NASCAR
Grand
National
Division
West
Series
races.
In
addition
to
two
victories
in
the
West
Series,
Lamar
also
won
the
Copper
World
Classic
at
Phoenix
International
Raceway..
In
the
Craftsman
Truck
Series,
he
raced
the
#92
Chevrolet
Silverado
twice
with
a
best
finish
of
21st.
He
qualified
8th
in
his
Busch
Series
debut
in
the
#33
Yard-Man
Chevrolet,
but
wrecked
early
in
that
race
and
finished
41st.
He
would
begin
racing
in
the
Busch
Series
full-time
in
2006
in
the
#77
Dollar
General
Chevrolet,
and
began
the
season
with
a
second-place
finish
at
Daytona
International
Speedway.
