Burt Myers is a race car driver on NASCAR's Whelen Southern Modified Tour

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour is a stock car racing series owned by NASCAR and operated in the Southeastern United States as part of its Modified Division...

. In 1999, at the age of 23, he became the youngest Bowman Gray Stadium

Bowman Gray Stadium

Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1/4-mile asphalt flat oval short track and football stadium located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track"...

 track champion in history. He has won more pole awards than any other driver in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour's history.
Myers has five career wins and finished second in the year-end point standings in 2005.

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. Five years later, in 1957, Bobby was killed in a crash at Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"...

 in Darlington, South Carolina

Darlington, South Carolina

Darlington is a city in and the county seat of Darlington County, in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is a center for tobacco farming. The population was 6,720 at the 2000 census and is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 while driving for Lee Petty

Lee Petty

Lee Arnold Petty was an American stock car driver in the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the pioneers of NASCAR, and one of its first superstars. He was born near Randleman, North Carolina.-Career:...

. In 1999 at the age of 23, Burt Myers broke his great uncle's record.

Burt's father, Gary Myers, is the second generation of Myers' to compete at Bowman Gray Stadium. 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.

Burt, along with his brother, Jason, represent the third generation of Myers racing. Burt quickly established himself as a serious competitor on the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.

Burt 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.

He was featured in Madhouse a History Channel television documentary series that followed the drivers at Bowman Gray Stadium for a racing season.
He is also a four-time champion at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Racing career

_______2004________________2005_______________2006_______________2007_______________2008_______________2009_______

TRACK	FINAL		TRACK	FINAL		TRACK	FINAL		TRACK	FINAL		TRACK	FINAL		TRACK	FINAL
Caraway Speedway	2nd		Caraway Speedway	14th		Caraway Speedway	3rd		Caraway Speedway	2nd		Caraway Speedway	25th		Caraway Speedway	RAIN
Friendship Motor Speedway	8th		Caraway Speedway	1st		Greenville-Pickins Speedway	4th		Music City Motoplex	8th		Southern National Raceway	RAIN		Concord Motorsports Park	4th
Caraway Speedway	4th		Caraway Speedway	2nd		Caraway Speedway	23rd		Greenville-Pickins Speedway	6th		Greenville-Pickins Speedway	RAIN		Ace Speedway	RAIN
Caraway Speedway	8th		Caraway Speedway	11th		Motor Mile Speedway	7th		Caraway Speedway	3rd		Ace Speedway	3rd		Caraway Speedway	RAIN
Friendship Motor Speedway	1st		Bowman Gray Stadium	1st		Caraway Speedway	N/A		Caraway Speedway	7th		Caraway Speedway	5th		South Boston Speedway	3rd
Friendship Motor Speedway	2nd		Martinsville Speedway	34th		Bowman Gray Stadium	17th		Bowman Gray Stadium	1st		Caraway Speedway	RAIN		Ace Speedway	RAIN
Caraway Speedway	10th		Martinsville Speedway	34th		Martinsville Speedway	13th		Martinsville Speedway	N/A		Bowman Gray Stadium	2nd		Caraway Speedway	10th
Myrtle Beach Speedway	10th		Ace Speedway	1st		Caraway Speedway	7th		Ace Speedway	4th		Caraway Speedway	2nd		Lanier Speedway	9th
Ace Speedway	RAIN		Caraway Speedway	3rd		Ace Speedway	3rd		Caraway Speedway	8th		Lanier Speedway	6th		Caraway Speedway
Caraway Speedway	RAIN		Caraway Speedway	3rd		Caraway Speedway	10th		Southern National Raceway	5th		Caraway Speedway	6th		Bowman Gray Speedway
Caraway Speedway	5th		Motor Mile Speedway	7th		Hickory Speedway	3rd		Caraway Speedway	12th		Southern National Raceway	1st		Bristol Motor Speedway
Motor Mile Speedway	5th		Ace Speedway	9th		Motor Mile Speedway	7th		Caraway Speedway	12th		Martinsville Speedway	1st		Caraway Speedway
Concord Motorsports Park	6th					Southern National Raceway	3rd					Caraway Speedway	12th		Myrtle Beach Speedway
Friendship Motor Speedway	24th											Caraway Speedway	N/A		Caraway Speedway
															Caraway Speedway
															Martinsville Speedway
															Ace Speedway
															Caraway Speedway

Ace Speedway

Races: 5 Wins: 1 Average Finish: 4

Bowman Gray Stadium

Races: 4 Wins: 2 Average Finish: 5.3

Caraway Speedway

Races: 27 Wins: 1 Average Finish: 7.8

Concord Motorsports Park

Races: 2 Wins: 0 Average Finish: 5

Friendship Motor Speedway

Races: 4 Wins: 1 Average Finish: 8.8

Greenville-Pickins Speedway

Races: 1 Wins: 0 Average Finish: 5

Hickory Speedway

Races: 1 Wins: 0 Average Finish: 3

Lanier Speedway

Races: 2 Wins: 0 Average Finish: 7.5

Martinsville Speedway

Races: 3 Wins: 1 Average Finish: 16

Motor Mile Speedway

Races: 4 Wins: 1 Average Finish: 6.5

Music City Motoplex

Races: 1 Wins: 0 Average Finish: 8

Myrtle Beach Speedway

Races: 1 Wins: 0 Average Finish: 10

South Boston Speedway

Races: 4 Wins: 1 Average Finish: 8.8

Southern National Raceway

Races: 3 Wins: 1 Average Finish: 3

Awards

NASCAR Modified Bowman Gray Stadium Champion:

1999

2001

2007

2010

2011

NASCAR Southern Modified Tour Champion:

2002
2010

ASA Friendship Motor Speedway Champion:

2004

ASA Modified Tour Champion:

2006

External links

• Burt Myers' official website