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Burney Lamar Texas Motor Speedway Preview
Press Release
Texas Motor Speedway
O’Reilly 300
April 4, 2009
· Lamar has made two previous starts at Texas Motor Speedway. His highest start was 15th (March, 2006); however, a crash ended his day early and in the 39th position. In March 2008, qualifying was rained out and Lamar was forced to start 30th
· After the first four NNS events, the No. 32 Dollar General team is third in Nationwide Series Owners Points, trailing the No. 60 team by only 105 points!
· Lamar has 51 career NASCAR Nationwide starts.
· Tire Specialist, Mason Jennings, hails from Edmond, Okla. and is a huge Oklahoma State University fan!
“I am really looking forward to racing at Texas this weekend—especially with our Toyota power! Texas is a fast track with a wide groove. It is a lot of fun to race on! I think we have a great team working on this No. 32 Dollar General Camry and I am just so happy to be a part of it. I had a lot of fun in Bristol and look forward to building on the foundation we’ve laid. I am personally gunning for a top-10 or better finish at Texas Motor Speedway. I would like nothing more than to be battling there at the end for the right to wear the cowboy hats with my Dollar General teammates in Victory Lane.”
Equipment Information
The No. 32 Dollar General team will compete with chassis #BR024 in this weekend’s O’Reilly 300. Chassis #22 was last seen at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (February 2009). With Brian Vickers behind the wheel, the No. 32 team started 10th and finished third. Also, this car did not place outside of the top-15 in 2008: Michigan (August 2008) – Finished 2nd; California (Sept. 2008) – Finished 3rd and Texas (November 2008) – Finished 14th.
Did You Know…?
- Burney Lamar is a West Sacramento, California native and now resides in Brentwood, Tennessee (a suburb of Nashville). Some of his off-track hobbies include mountain biking, working out, cooking, and flying (airplanes, that is!)
- Burney got his pilot’s license in 2007.
- What some of the Dollar General team did on their off weekend…Driver Burney Lamar spent quality time at home in Tennessee with new daughter Ciel and enjoyed a visit from his sister who came to meet her new niece!
- Crew Chief, Trent Owens, had planned to spend the weekend with his family at Dillon Motor Speedway (near hometown of Darlington, S.C.) working with step dad, Bobby June, but unfortunately all racing was postponed due to rain.
- Braun Racing Press Release
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