To recall what happened over 10 years ago is not an easy thing.

It's easier to recall what happened a decade ago than it is to get people to understand how much work, fun, sweat, pain and laughter is involved in racing.

Some of the team will recall an old beater Malibu with a motor pulled from a boat.  The motor was spent to a point where it was 5 minute epoxy and JB Weld that was holding it together, but it still fired and the team still raced it.  This is when racing was fun.  Just a car and a track and a bunch of guys having a blast passing people and get passed a few times too!  Then things changed.

Randy got an offer to drive a Hobby Car. This is when it started to become work.  Now there were expectations besides just getting to the track and having fun.  But Randy and the folks around him were ready for the challange and had fun with it.

Enter Jeff Ezell.  Randy had been racing for a few years and Jeff saw what Randy could do and those two thought it best to build their own team.  They did.  For several years they raced in the Sportsman and the Limited classes.  This is when the work started to get a bit harder and the sweat would flow earlier and dry later.  This is when racing crossed the line from hobby to passion.

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A Close Second.

This passion for racing grew into a passion for winning.  It took them to the fourth year, the 2001 season, before Burrows / Ezell Motorsports was a major contender at nearly every track they went to.  So much work from so many people put them in a great "place" at this time.  Wives and children were involved in all of this too!  If they didn't support what Randy and the guys did with their regular jobs and what they did with the car during the evenings and weekends, it never would have happened.

So the package was together with family, friends, jobs, the car, the weekends at the track, everything... and at the end of the 2001 season they were ready to celebrate a championship only to find out that they came in second.  It was hard.  All that work.  "Well, we'll get 'em next year," was the common thread with everyone.

The next season started but there was something missing.  The passion had gone.  The way they ended up second last year hurt.   Then a motor blew.  Then before tempers blew everyone knew it was time to focus on the family.  So everyone took some time off.   It was a great time for everyone.  To regroup and remember that racing was / is a hobby.

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Today

Enter the 2004 season.  The team was now well rested and after looking at the racing business real hard during their "down time" they saw what they needed to do.  So now we enter the third year in a class where a lot of people race to make a living.  They are here with basically the same people, just more skilled and seasoned.  They are here with better equipment and vision.  They are here with more inner drive than their 2001 season. 

In this class are a lot of people that race to make their mortgage payment.  While Randy and the team aren't concerned about that they now have the same equipment as those folks.  With the addition of the GRT Chassis first raced in May of 2006, they now have cars that can race on any track.  They've learned enough about the tracks over the years and know enough about the chassis that they'll be able to determine which car will run better and where.  They have also purchased a trailer and RV earlier in 2006 and with this they now have the ability to be comfortable when on the road, and thanks to everyones organizational skills the trailer is set up perfectly for the team.  

With all that's been learned over the years they now have everything in place... The people, the tools, the cars, the support network, everything.  Randy might be the driver but the team is what made the 2001 season so great.  Now the team is even better than before so look out you front runners.  There's 95 happening and they are Alive.

You have entered Burrows / Ezell Motorsports at just the right time.  Now that you know a bit about where they've been you understand why they see the checkered flag at the end!  By the way...  Make sure you buckle up!  Just one of those racin' things.

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