Career
Five years later, in 1957, Bobby was killed in a crash at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina while driving for Lee Petty. Billy died at Bowman Gray Stadium. In 1999, at the age of 23, Burt Myers broke his great uncle"s record.
Burt"s father, Gary Myers, is the second generation of Myers" to compete at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Gary ranks seventh on the stadium"s all-time victory list with a total of thirty-eight (38) wins. Burt quickly established himself as a serious competitor on the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
The Myers Family (Billy, Bobby, Gary, Burt and Jason), is currently first on the Families All-Time Wins List with 150 wins. In 2009 Burt Made his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Camping World Truck Series debut At Martinsville Speedway in the Kroger 200.
Burt Drove the #07 Joint Radio Company Investments / Wyatt Winstead Foundation Chevrolet owned by Ken Smith.
Burt Would Start 17th and finish 19th one lap down. Burt Myers was put on probation by National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing for the 2009 racing season at Bowman Gray Stadium, along with fellow competitor Junior Miller, as result of his actions in 2008 final race. He was featured in Madhouse a Channel television documentary series that followed the drivers at Bowman Gray Stadium for a racing season.