Team Burr

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Team Burr
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Owner John Burr
Series Competed In FARC Lowe Dollar Series
Manufacturer(s) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Race Wins 1
Championships 0
Current Drivers #54- John Burr
Gary Miles
#69- David Bloom
#72- Bobby Dwyer
Notable Former Drivers AJ Young
Paul Lyons
Derek Dudding
Cletus McGuffie
Team

Team Burr is a FARC Lowe Dollar Series team, owned by veteran independent driver John Burr, who scored his lone victory at Talladega Superspeedway in 1996. While Team Burr has been notorious for starting-and-parking, running off the pace, and employing drivers of questionable ability, the team has also attracted a small following of dedicated fans in recent years, who have managed to vote notorious backmarkers AJ Young and Derek Dudding into FARC's all-star races.

The team currently fields the #54 car, shared by Burr and former ARLA road course winner Gary Miles, the #69 driven by David Bloom, and the #72 car of Bobby Dwyer, nephew of TM Master Cup legend Benny Dwyer.

History[edit | edit source]

2010[edit | edit source]

Team Burr notoriously start-and-parked for most of the 2010 season despite having former TM Master Cup race winner Paul Lyons in its flagship No. 54 car. The team was eventually discovered to have been tampering with its cars by using a large hammer on the more vital components, forcing the cars to retire early with mechanical problems. The team was promptly suspended as a result.

2011[edit | edit source]

Burr signed on A.J. Young, who had last raced in the Elite Series in 2001 in a disastrous five-race cup of coffee, to drive one of the team's cars. Young brought with him sponsorship from his family's business, EY Wheelbarrows, allowing Team Burr to run the full schedule without having to start and park. Despite the infusion of sponsorship cash, the team still finished near the bottom of the standings race-to-race.

2012[edit | edit source]

Team Burr added a third driver, Derek Dudding, to its roster as Dudding also brought sponsorship from Evrsorb Tampons. Dudding's presence on the team did little for the team's fortunes, as it continued to be mired in the Elite Series' second division.

2013[edit | edit source]

The 2012 off-season saw a shake-up at Team Burr, as both Young and Lyons departed for greener pastures (Young inexplicably left for M&J Racing, while Lyons left for TM Lights). Cletus McGuffie, himself the center of controversy in 2011 after a well-documented six-race ban for driving under the influence of alcohol, filled the spot vacated by Lyons in the No. 54 car.