BAKERSFIELD, California -- After a little more than a month off, the NASCAR Elite Division Southwest Series returns to action Saturday night at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, CA.. As is the case with many drivers, the event marks the first time Burney Lamar will turn a wheel on the 3/8ths mile oval. The 25 year old was nine the last time the Series held a race there.
Lamar is entering the event, the twelfth on the Series schedule, in second place in the point standings with two races to go after Saturday night. With only 134 points separating the top three drivers, the race could have a big effect toward determining the Series championship.
"We've had an up and down season in the tour car," says the W. Sacramento driver, "but we're looking forward to going to Shasta and see if we can't get on the uphill side. We're still second in points but we've sort of struggled these last few races and we'd like to turn things around and get another win for my car owner, Les DenHerder, and of course, my crew and sponsors, HPS and Groeniger."
Although it has been a month since the last Series race, Lamar has gotten some seat
time in a race car. On September 2nd, he won his second NASCAR Grand National West race
on the two-mile California Speedway oval in only his third start for car owner DeLana Harvick.
Participating in a driver development program for Kevin Harvick, Inc., he not only will be entering
the final races in the Southwest Series, but is also scheduled to make his debut in the NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series on September 24th at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, followed by an
ARCA (Automobile Racing Club of America) race at Talladega Superspeedway on October 1st,
and a race in the NASCAR BUSCH Series at the Kansas Speedway on October 8th.
