Burney Lamar (born August 21, 1980)[1] is an American stock car racing driver.

Lamar began racing go-karts at the age of 5 and won a total of 25 track championships and three International Karting Federation Regional titles.

At the age of 16, Lamar started racing stock cars at Stockton 99 Speedway and finished eleventh in points.

Over the next three years, he raced on many West Coast short tracks and won the Shell Oil Tri-Track championship.

[2] In the year 2000, Lamar began racing in the USAC Western States Sprint Car Series.

In addition to two victories in the West Series, Lamar also won the Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway that season.

[6] He appeared in a March 2009 magazine advertisement for Skechers Footwear with his pregnant wife and her twin sons from her marriage to Miami Hooters linebacker Matt Martinez.

Until recently, Lamar worked as a flight instructor for Airline Transport Professionals in Nashville, Tennessee.