Burney Lamar

EM Motorsports announced that Lamar will be at the wheel of the No. 08 Rhino’s Energy Drink Dodge Charger in this weekend’s Sprint Cup Auto Club 500 at California Speedway, EM Motorsports PR reports.

Both of the Baker-Curb cars purchased from Brewco Motorsports finished in the top 35 in owner points in 2007 guaranteeing the new team a spot in the first five races of 2008. That will allow driver Brad Coleman in the No. 27 Kimberly Clark/Kleenex-sponsored Ford and either Brad Baker or Lamar in the yet to be fully-funded No. 37 ride to get situated and ready to race, the Florida Today reports.

E&M Motorsports plans on being at Daytona in February, with either Lamar or Carl Long behind the wheel of the No. 08 Dodge, NASCAR.com reports.

Lamar, former Kevin Harvick Inc. Busch driver, was at Martinsville. He revealed that he plans to attempt to make the Nextel Cup field at Atlanta next week with an independent team, racingmilestones.com reports.

Lamar is waiting for mid-summer's silly season, when owners make wholesale changes and start hiring new drivers. Two or three months from now, he expects some cars to come his way, the Sacramento Bee reports.