Burt Myers

Burt Myers
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 race2009 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
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 9 more titles in 2001, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. 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.

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
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
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 85th 106 [10]

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 NWMTC Pts Ref
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 76th 121 [12]
2002 40 Chevy TMP STA WFD NZH RIV SEE RCH STA BEE NHA RIV TMP STA WFD TMP NHA STA MAR
21 		TMP 76th 100 [13]
2010 Phillip Smith 7 Ford TMP
!4 		STA STA NHA LIM MND RIV STA TMP BRI NHA STA TMP
14 		38th 397 [14]
Bill Frasco 1 MAR
5
2017 Kim Myers 1 MYR
10 		TMP STA LGY TMP RIV NHA STA TMP SEE OSW RIV NHA STA 41st 83 [15]
Chevy BRI
26
Eddie Harvey 11 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 		23rd 282 [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 28th 181 [17]
Judy Thilberg 36 Dodge TMP
4
Marty Edwards 4 Chevy NHA
19
2021 Tim Thilburg 63 Chevy MAR STA RIV JEN OSW RIV NHA NRP STA BEE OSW RCH
9 		RIV STA 50th 47 [18]
2023 Kim Myers 1 Chevy NSM RCH MON RIV LEE SEE RIV WAL NHA LMP THO LGY OSW MON RIV NWS
18 		THO MAR
29 		61st 41 [19]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

Year Rank Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Avg. Start Avg. Finish Winnings
2005 2 12 3 7 9 3 4.7 5.5
2006 4 13 0 7 11 4 4.4 7.4
2007 3 12 1 5 10 6 4.8 6.5
2008 9 9 1 5 7 3 4.6 6.9
2009 3 14 1 8 12 4 4.0 5.9
2010 1 10 2 7 9 2 5.3 4.9
2011 9 12 0 7 11 1 3.7 5.6
2012 10 10 0 2 7 1 5.9 8.9
2013 3 12 3 5 10 2 5.0 6.2
2014 3 13 4 9 12 2 7.3 5.5
2015 4 10 1 6 8 8 6.8 6.1
2016 1 11 3 9 11 2 3.1 3.5
Totals 139 19 77 117 30 4.9 6.1

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References

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  4. ^ a b 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.
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  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".