Bridget Burgess
Bridget Burgess (born December 26, 2001) is an Australian stock car racing driver. She last competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for her family-owned team, BMI Racing.
| Bridget Burgess | |||||||
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Burgess at Portland International Raceway in 2021 | |||||||
| Born | December 26, 2001 Brisbane, Australia | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 88 (BMI Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 107th (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 31 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 88 (BMI Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 9th (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2019 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 (Meridian) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Irwindale) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 19, 2022. | |||||||
Born in Australia, Burgess and her family moved to the United States in 2008. After beginning her racing career in short course off-road racing, she transitioned to competing on asphalt in 2019 to pursue a career in NASCAR.
Racing career Edit
Burgess ran her first off road race at age 15.[1] In 2017, she competed in the Open V8 class of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, scoring a podium finish in her debut race. She later competed in the series' Pro Lite class as well.[2] Burgess began her stock car career in 2019 with a pair of races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, where she finished 12th and 11th at Meridian Speedway and All American Speedway respectively.[3]
At the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West series opener at the Las Vegas Bullring, Burgess' car suffered a gear failure,[1] leaving her with a 17th-place finish.[4] After skipping the series' doubleheader at her home track in Utah,[1] Burgess' family team received a 2007 Toyota chassis on loan from Bill McAnally Racing.[2] She drove the car in the remaining eight races of the season, leading to a streak of three consecutive top-ten finishes,[2] including a career-best of seventh in her return to Las Vegas.[5]
Burgess began the 2021 season with sponsorship from GearWrench tools and HMH Construction.[6][7] In March, she made her ARCA Menards Series debut through a combination race with the West Series at Phoenix Raceway, where she finished 22nd.[8] Her season-best was an eighth-place finish at Sonoma Raceway. Burgess ran as high as fifth in the race, which was her first in the series on a road course.[9]
On March 8, 2022, Burgess announced that she would return full-time to the ARCA Menards Series West.[10] Burgess tied her career-best finish at Portland International Raceway, finishing seventh.[11] The next week, she followed up with another top-ten run by finishing tenth at Sonoma.[12] At the Las Vegas Bullring, Burgess competed against her mother, Sarah Burgess, as the pair became the first mother and daughter to compete against each other in a NASCAR-sanctioned race.[13] Bridget finished in 12th place ahead of Sarah in 17th.[14]
Personal life Edit
Originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Burgess' family moved to the United States in 2008 to pursue opportunities in motorsports.[2] She currently lives in Tooele, Utah, near Utah Motorsports Campus.[2] Her father, Adam, serves as her spotter.[15] Her mother, Sarah, is a former off-road racing competitor and serves as Burgess' crew chief and owner.[2] With a lack of funding compared to bigger teams in the series, Sarah is often tasked with completing the jobs of an entire pit crew, such as changing all four tires during a pit stop by herself.[2]
Burgess frequently helps with mechanical work on her equipment;[1] during the 2020 ARCA West season, she replaced the gear differential on her car between races on back-to-back days.[2]
Motorsports career results Edit
ARCA Menards Series Edit
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | BMI Racing | 88 | Chevy | DAY | PHO 22 | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 107th | 22 | [16] |
| 2022 | DAY | PHO 23 | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 111th | 21 | [17] | |||
ARCA Menards Series West Edit
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2019 | Tim Spurgeon | 86 | Toyota | LVS | IRW | TUS | TUS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | MER 12 | 31st | 65 | [3] | |||
| Stafford Smith | 34 | Toyota | AAS 11 | KCR | PHO | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | BMI Racing | 88 | Chevy | LVS 17 | MMP | MMP | 10th | 283 | [18] | |||||||||||
| Toyota | IRW 12 | EVG 11 | DCS 9 | CNS 10 | LVS 7 | AAS 11 | KCR 14 | PHO 22 | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Chevy | PHO 22 | SON 8 | IRW 13 | CNS 9 | IRW 14 | PIR 16 | LVS 20 | AAS 11 | PHO 24 | 9th | 359 | [19] | |||||||
| 2022 | PHO 23 | IRW 12 | KCR 12 | PIR 7 | SON 10 | IRW 19 | EVG 10 | PIR 10 | AAS 19 | LVS 12 | PHO 17 | 7th | 483 | [20] | ||||||
References Edit
- ^ a b c d Jag, Julie (June 29, 2020). "Bridget Burgess is trying to crack the code on an auto racing career — right in her backyard". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Haislop, Tadd (December 16, 2020). "Sarah And Bridget Burgess: The Mother-Daughter Duo Stepping On The Gas Pedal In ARCA". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ a b "Bridget Burgess – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Star Nursery 150". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "2020 General Tire 150". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "GearWrench Partners With Bridget Burgess, BMI Racing For ARCA Menards Series West Season". ARCARacing.com (Press release). February 17, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Bridget Burgess Teams Up with HMH Construction to Compete Full Time in the ARCA Menards West Series". SpeedwayMedia.com (Press release). March 11, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "2021 General Tire 150". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Haislop, Tadd (June 8, 2021). "ARCA Menards Rewind: What We Learned At Mid-Ohio And Sonoma". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Bridget Burgess Geared Up for another Full Season of NASCAR's ARCA Menards West Series with HMH Construction and Gearwrench". SpeedwayMedia.com (Press release). March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ Fenwick, Adam (June 6, 2022). "ARCA Menards rewind: Takeaways from Portland International Raceway". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ Haislop, Tadd (June 11, 2022). "Jake Drew doubles up on road course wins, takes checkered flag at Sonoma". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "eBay Motors to sponsor Sarah and Bridget Burgess in historic mother-daughter ARCA race". ARCA Menards Series (Press release). eBay Motors. September 28, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Haislop, Tadd (October 17, 2022). "Sarah and Bridget Burgess make history, share moment of a lifetime at Las Vegas Bullring". ARCA Menards Series. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Long, Dustin (May 9, 2021). "Every day is Mother's Day at the track for Burgess family". NBC Sports. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Bridget Burgess – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Bridget Burgess – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Bridget Burgess – 2020 ARCA Menards West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Bridget Burgess – 2021 ARCA Menards West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ "Bridget Burgess – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
External links Edit
- Official website
- Bridget Burgess driver statistics at Racing-Reference