Randle Sweeney drove the Burr Motorsports Late Model to eleven feature wins in 2004.  He also had fivc seconds, and four more top five finishes.  Of features finished, the team had a winning percentage of 48%, a top two percentage of 70%,  and a top five percentage of 87%. Other highlights during the year included:

• Randle's second straight selection as Most Popular Driver in the Late Model division at Clarksville Speedway,

• a fourth place finish in the Summer Nationals event at Clarksville,

• two top ten finishes in three Battle of the Bluegrass events attended,

• a fifth place finish in a Northern Allstar event,

• setting fast time in qualifying 17 times during the year, and

• finishing fourth in the nation in Valvoline Cup points.

2003

Randle Sweeney drove for the Burr Motorsports team in 2003.  Together they had a successful season that included five feature wins.  They also had seven seconds, five thirds, and two fourths.  Of features finished, the team had a winning percentage of 23%, a top two percentage of 55%, a top three percentage of 77%, and a top four percentage of 86%. Other highlights during the year included:

• Randle's selection as Most Popular Driver in the Late Model division at Clarksville Speedway,

• a top ten finish in the World 50 at Paducah,

• a third place finish in the $5,000 to win special show at Western Kentucky Speedway, and

• qualifying third for the Summer Nationals event at Clarksville.

2002

Steve Ryan was the driver for the Burr Motorsports team in 2002.  Steve and the  team combined for two feature wins, four seconds, three thirds, three fourths, and five fifths in 30 feature starts.  Of features finished, Steve had a top two percentage of 25% and a top five percentage of 74%.  Steve finished second in points at Clarksville Speedway, second in UMP points in the state of Tennessee, and 46th in national UMP points despite running primarily one night a week.

2001

In 2001 Steve Ryan began driving for Burr Motorsports.  The  combination resulted in four feature wins, five seconds, four thirds, and two fourths in 25 feature starts.  Of features finished, Steve had a winning percentage of 21% and a top three percentage of 79%.  Steve qualified in the top five in all but four events.

Previous Years

Burr Motorsports began in 1948 when three brothers from Springfield, Tennessee, Aaron Burr, Leroy Burr, and Billy Burr prepared a 1935 Ford for racing on the dirt tracks of Tennessee and Kentucky.  Number 33 was off and running.  Intially it was a one car operation with Billy driving and Aaron and Leroy turning the wrenches.  The car was maintained in Holman Turner's garage.  Later a second car was added from the left over parts.  Aaron would be the driver of this 1937 Ford number 77.

The Burr boys would race at such tracks as the Legion Bowl and Cumberland Speedway in Nashville, TN, Davis County Fairgrounds and Owensboro Speedway in Owensboro, KY, Clarksville Speedway in Clarksville, TN, Fairgrounds Speedway in Russellville, KY, and tracks in Murfreesboro and Manchester, TN.  Don Payne, an uncle of the Burrs, also drove a car built and maintained by himself and Lawrence Hoge of Springfield.  Other popular drivers with which they competed in that era were Slim Watkins, Bullet Bob Ruether, G. C. Spencer, Jimmy Sawyers, Pete Page, Buddy Payne, Coo Coo Marlin, and Jack Marlin.   

A serious accident ended the driving career of Billy on June 18, 1950.  Billy's car crashed underneath the rear of a flat bed truck parked outside the first turn at Davis County Fairgrounds in Owensboro, KY.  They like to joke that he was never okay after the accident, but he was as good as he ever was.  Aaron continued the operation until 1951.  After that he drove for other owners including Bob Moore until 1953.  Click here for pictures from the early years.

In 1975 Burr Motorsports resumed operations when Ed Burr began driving a street stock prepared by Aaron Burr, Phil Burr,  Johnnie Guye, and himself.  They began on asphalt at Highland Rim Speedway in Ridgetop, Tennessee where Ed won his first race and was hooked.  They soon moved to "real racing" on the dirt at Clarksville.  After one year in street stocks they moved up to the "Hobby" division where there were two rules: 11 inch tires and no quick change .  They raced regularly at Clarksville from 1975 through the 1981 season.  They also competed occasionally at tracks in Hopkinsville and Trenton, KY and at Buffalo Valley and McMinnville, TN.  Popular competitors in the Hobby division included Eddie Pace, Gary Frost, Edwin Anthony, Freddy Bowles, Wendel Branton, Larry and Allen Stills, Larry Hagewood, and David Shacklett.

Ed and the team won quite a number of feature races in those days including some Season Championship and Mid-Season Championship races.  After the 1981 season, Burr Motorsports ran only a few Late Model races in the early 80's until being revived by Phil Burr in 1996.  Click here for pictures from the '70s and '80s.  That year Steve Grissom ran a few races in a late model for Phil.  The next two years Frank Ofria drove the car for a limited number of races each year.  The first feature win in a late model came at the end of 1998 when Randle Sweeney took the wheel of the #33 Ford for the first time at the Clarksville "Triples."  Randle would pilot the Burr Motorsports machine in 1999 and 2000, producing seven more feature wins.