Burt Myers

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Burt Myers
Burt Myers Concord 2015.jpg
Myers at Concord Speedway in 2015
Born (1975-12-30) December 30, 1975 (age 48)
Walnut Cove, North Carolina
Achievements2010 & 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Champion
2002, 2021, 2023 SMART Modified Tour Champion
1999, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023Bowman Gray Stadium Modified Champion
2014, 2015 Koma Unwind Modified Madness Series Champion
2016 Southern Modified Racing Series Champion
2006 ASA Modified Tour Champion
2004 Friendship Motor Speedway Modified Champion
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish86th (2009)
First race 2009 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of August 22, 2014.

Burt Myers (born December 30, 1975) is a race car driver on the SMART Modified Tour. In 1999, at the age of 23, he became the youngest Bowman Gray Stadium track champion in history and would go on to win 10 more titles in 2001, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2024. He has won more pole awards than any other driver in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour's history. [1] [2] [3] Myers has 19 career wins and won the 2010 and 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Championship.

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History

In 1952 Bobby Myers, Burt's great uncle, set the record for the youngest driver ever to win a Stadium title at the age of 25. Bobby won 16 Races and 1 championship in 1952. Five years later, in 1957, Bobby was killed in a crash at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina while driving for Lee Petty. Billy Myers was Burt Myers grandpa and he ranks 20th with 22 victories on Bowman Gray Stadium's Modified All-Time Wins List, and he has won 3 championships ('51,'53,'55). Billy died at Bowman Gray Stadium. In 1999, at the age of 23, Burt Myers broke his great uncle's record. [4]

Burt's father, Gary Myers, is the second generation of Myers' to compete at Bowman Gray Stadium. [4] Gary ranks seventh on the stadium's all-time victory list with a total of thirty-eight (38) wins. In addition, he was the 1996 champion on the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.

In 2009 Myers made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway in the Kroger 200. He drove the No. 07 JRC Investments / Wyatt Winstead Foundation Chevrolet owned by Ken Smith. He would start 17th and finish 19th, one lap down.

Myers was put on probation by NASCAR for the 2009 racing season at Bowman Gray Stadium, along with fellow competitor Junior Miller, as result of his actions in 2008 final race. [5] [6]

He was featured in Madhouse , a History Channel television documentary series that followed the drivers at Bowman Gray Stadium for a racing season, as well as the Discovery Channel series Race Night at Bowman Gray. [7] [8] [9] He is also a ten-time champion at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCWTCPtsRef
2009 Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR
19		 TAL TEX PHO HOM 85th106 [10]

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
YearCar ownerNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021NWMTCPtsRef
1999 1 Chevy TMP RPS STA RCH STA RIV JEN NHA NZH HOL TMP NHA RIV GLN STA RPS TMP NHA STA MAR
29		 TMP -- [11]
2000 01 Chevy STA RCH STA RIV SEE NHA NZH TMP RIV GLN TMP STA WFD NHA STA MAR
14		 TMP 76th121 [12]
2002 40 Chevy TMP STA WFD NZH RIV SEE RCH STA BEE NHA RIV TMP STA WFD TMP NHA STA MAR
21		 TMP 76th100 [13]
2010 Phillip Smith7 Ford TMP
!4		 STA STA NHA LIM MND RIV STA TMP BRI NHA STA TMP
14		38th397 [14]
Bill Frasco1 MAR
5
2017 Kim Myers1 MYR
10		 TMP STA LGY TMP RIV NHA STA TMP SEE OSW RIV NHA STA 41st83 [15]
Chevy BRI
26
Eddie Harvey11 TMP
13
2018 1 MYR
16		 TMP
13		 STA SEE TMP
19		 LGY RIV
14		 NHA TMP BRI
9		 OSW RIV STA
10		 TMP
5		23rd282 [16]
Ford STA
26
11 Chevy NHA
3
2019 1 MYR
7		 SBO
5*		 TMP
6		 STA WAL SEE RIV NHA STA TMP OSW RIV STA TMP 28th181 [17]
Judy Thilberg36 Dodge TMP
4
Marty Edwards4 Chevy NHA
19
2021 Tim Thilburg63 Chevy MAR STA RIV JEN OSW RIV NHA NRP STA BEE OSW RCH
9		 RIV STA 50th47 [18]
2023 Kim Myers1 Chevy NSM RCH MON RIV LEE SEE RIV WAL NHA LMP THO LGY OSW MON RIV NWS
18		 THO MAR
29		61st41 [19]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

YearRankStartsWinsTop 5Top 10PolesAvg. StartAvg. FinishWinnings
200521237934.75.5
2006413071144.47.4
2007312151064.86.5
20089915734.66.9
2009314181244.05.9
201011027925.34.9
2011912071113.75.6
2012101002715.98.9
2013312351025.06.2
2014313491227.35.5
201541016886.86.1
2016111391123.13.5
Totals1391977117304.96.1

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References

  1. ↑ "Burt Myers | NASCAR Home Tracks". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  2. ↑ "Burt Myers Racing". Archived from the original on 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Capital Bank is your Southeastern community bank. Personal Checking, Business Checking, Loans, Planning, and more". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
  4. 1 2 Tommy Bowman (2000-04-28). "Myers, Bowman Gray Are Linked; Racing Family Is Working Toward Another Stadium Championship". Winston-Salem Journal.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Myers Hit With More Penalties". Winston-Salem Journal. 2008-09-27.
  6. ↑ "NASCAR levels fines for drivers at Bowman Gray". Greensboro News and Record. 2008-08-21.
  7. ↑ Race Night at Bowman Gray (TV Series 2018) - IMDb, 29 October 2018, retrieved 2021-02-19
  8. ↑ Mason Dunn (2010-01-12). "History Channel Strikes Gold with "Madhouse"". Bleacher Report.
  9. ↑ Jesse Kiser (2010-02-03). "Track Record". Yes! weekly. Archived from the original on 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  10. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Burt Myers – 1999 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2000 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2002 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Burt Myers – 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Driver".
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