BURT MYERS – Bowman Gray & S.M.A.R.T Modified Tour Driver

NewYork Sports Show

THE RACING TIMES GOES “ONE on ONE” WITH BURT MYERS

 

(TRT) YOU MASTERED BOWMAN GRAY, JUST HOW HARD IS IT TO DRIVE?

 

Burt Myers “The most challenging thing about BGS is the environment. The track is tough because of the close quarter racing” 




(TRT) AS A DRIVER, DO YOU HAVE A  BIG WIN AT BOWMAN GRAY?

 

Burt Meyers “All wins are great but if I have to pick one it would be the night I won the 150 lapper and my first championship in 1999”

2023 SMART Modified Series



(TRT) IS THERE A RACE YOU WISH YOU CAN HAVE BACK AND DO IT DIFFERENTLY?

 

Burt Myers All the races you don’t win you wish you could do over.”




(TRT) WHO IS BURT MYERS THE PERSON?  THE DRIVER?

 

Bury Myers “That’s a question for others to answer Lol”

2023 Bowman Gray Stadium
Hayes Jewlers 200 (Phil Cavali)
75th Season Opener



(TRT) YOU RAN MODIFIEDS IN NEW ENGLAND AND IN THE SOUTH, DOES THE NEW ENGLAND DRIVERS HAVE A DIFFERENT DRIVING STYLE?

 

Burt Myers”Racing in the north is usually more aggressive because most of the tracks have more grip “




(TRT) YOUR OVERALL  FAVORITE TRACK?

Burt Myers “Concord Motorsports Park” 




(TRTHOW DID THE NAME “DIRTY SOUTH” COME ABOUT? 

 

Burt Myers “The first year of the North South Shootout at Concord is when I put it on the car. In those days the north vs south seemed to be something that everyone talked about. Mostly the media. I thought it would be cool to play into that. It stuck! “




(TRT) YOUR FAVORITE TRACK IN NEW ENGLAND?

 

Bury Myers “Thompson”




(TRT) YOU AND JASON SHARE THE  SAME SHOP, DO YOU GUYS SHARE THE SAME NOTES?

 

Burt Myers “Actually yes. But rarely do we use the same set up. Our driving styles are so different”




(TRT). WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE FANS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU, THAT THEY WOULDN’T KNOW ?

 

Burt Meyers”Just because you know the racer on the track doesn’t mean you know the person”

 

  • Alan Piquette

    Covered local racing at tracks in the New England Region for Speedway Scene. Covered asphalt racing with his column "Class of Connecticut" then covered dirt track racing for over 10 years with his "Riding the Dirt" Column. Traveled up and down the East coast for over a decade for the now (closed) trade paper. He now shifts his focus to his new venture "The Racing Times" Online Magazine.

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