Bridget Burgess
Bridget Burgess | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Brisbane, Australia | December 26, 2001
ARCA Menards Series West career | |
Debut season | 2019 |
Current team | BMI Racing |
Car number | 88 |
Engine | Chevrolet |
Crew chief | Sarah Burgess |
Starts | 20 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Best finish | 9th in 2021 |
Finished last season | 9th (2021) |
Last updated on: November 6, 2021. |
Bridget Burgess (born December 26, 2001) is an Australian stock car racing driver. She competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for her family-owned team, BMI Racing.
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[]
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 has been highlighted by 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]
Personal life[]
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.[10] 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[]
ARCA Menards Series[]
(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 | [11] |
ARCA Menards Series West[]
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 |
UMC | UMC | 10th | 283 | [12] | |||||||||||
Toyota | IRW 12 |
EVG 11 |
DCS 9 |
CNS 10 |
LVS 7 |
AAS 11 |
KCR 14 |
PHO 22 |
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2021 | Chevy | PHO 22 |
SON 8 |
IRW 13 |
CNS 9 |
IRW 14 |
PIR 16 |
LVS 20 |
AAS 11 |
PHO 24 |
9th | 359 | [13] |
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 – 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.
External links[]
- Official website
- Bridget Burgess driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Living people
- 2001 births
- Racing drivers from Utah
- Racing drivers from Brisbane
- NASCAR drivers
- ARCA Menards Series drivers
- American female racing drivers
- Australian female racing drivers
- Off-road racing drivers
- 21st-century American women