Early career

Burns began his car racing career in 2011 running in the Ginetta Challenge. He spent three seasons in the series finishing the 2013 season as the runner-up. Near the end of the 2013 season, he joined the BTCC supporting Ginetta GT Supercup running in the secondary G50 class for seven races with Academy Motorsport.

Burns moved up to the primary class in the Ginetta GT Supercup for 2014 remaining with Academy Motorsport, he completed his first full season 7th in points. The following season he moved to HHC Motorsport and finished 5th. In 2016 he moved to Douglas Motorsport where he finally took his first wins in the series and narrowly lost the championship to Tom Wrigley.

British Touring Car Championship

Burns, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship.

For the 2017 season, Burns was signed by Tony Gilham Racing to compete in the British Touring Car Championship.^[1] His teammates were Jake Hill and Michael Epps.

British GT Championship

For 2018, Burns signed for the Yorkshire based racing team HHC Motorsport, alongside Mike Newbould. They would be competing in a Ginetta G55 GT4.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Complete British GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)