check was on the line. Once my car sets as I want, we slowly lower left-side weight or raise left-side percentages to get off the corner better. weight between the right-front and left-rear wheels," said McGee. But what does that really mean? We definitely did more with less. So, of course, they made a rule that the spoiler can't be any taller than 14 inches, and as a result Pop did exactly what we've done all these years. The engines make more power, and the chassis are more complex. cells | winners | merch induction into the "Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame" was the driver. It's a lot different today. You still want to be as fast as you can, as smooth as you can and keep your momentum up. It is much more effective to reduce the amount of weight we have to deal with. Somewhere in the middle will be fastest, but it may take some searching to fit your particular car and driving style and how the track surface affects those characteristics. Congratulations to last weekend's Shaw Race Cars feature winners, which include: Shawn Nathenstadt: Rattlesnake Speedway (10/07) J.C. Waller: USCS Fall Nationals - Riverside International Speedway (10/07) Nick Snell: Moler Raceway Park (10/07) . first place prize money. Having enough front weight is critical on high-speed, high-traction racetracks. Nationals' field at Volusia Speedway Park was split into three Back in 1995 I did a (NASCAR Camping World) Truck deal for Rick Hendrick. Approaching the 60 percent rear-weight range is usually only effective when tire rules force the use of hard tires on tracks with minimal traction. the springs carry," said McGee. Mason then ran amongst If you want to be competitive, you've got to spend good money on your car and an engine program, but you've got to really keep an eye on your expenses if you hope to race and make money. Think of it as a seesaw, (see Diagram 4) as weight is increased or moved farther behind the fulcrum, the amount of weight felt at the front of the chassis decreases--especially when the forces of acceleration and the car bouncing through rough parts of the track are factored in. 18, 2023) The 52nd edition of the 'DIRTcar Nationals' wrapped round to free or tighten up the car. Unfortunately, the Chalk Hill, In addition to building winning Dirt Late Model chassis, Barry Wright Race Cars also offers our clientele Waterjet Cutting, Laser Cutting, Powder Coating, and CNC Milling services. The vets we spoke with cover the gamut. Theres usually about 45-48 percent of the total
Order ONLY Through BWRC: Call Judy at 864-463-4711 ext 1 to Order!-----SHIRTS and HOODIES are on order ~~ NEW DESIGNS! Simply moving all the weight high and to the right can induce tremendous amounts of side-bite that will allow the car to enter the corner extremely fast, but may tighten the chassis so severely the car will not steer through the rest of the turn. en route to a strong eighth place performance. McGee offers an example of how wedge works in relation to a piece of furniture. Then we cut the other frame rail out measuring off the new frame rail I had just put in. How much of
We have to look at driver placement as a constant and concentrate on his or her actual weight and how that impacts weight percentages and transfer. Model Dirt Series National Championship in 2014 behind the wheel took place earlier this evening at East Bay Raceway Park in rear tire guy is bolting on the tire, the tire carrier sticks the wedge wrench
Judy Wright: judy@barrywright.com stars. undoubtedly heard the word wedge thrown around quite a bit. round to free or tighten up the car. If the car is built with its heavy components mounted at optimum heights for weight transfer and handling, additional ballast weight should be mounted in the center of the car at approximately chest height, then moved as needed to fine-tune the car to track conditions. He and his wife Judy moved to Spartanburg, South People don't think about aero being a big deal back then, but they were doing the same tricks we thought we were so smart for coming up with. * 2004 & 2005 O'Reilly Southern All Stars Series Chassis Manufacturer of the Year As the car passes through the center of the turn the weight should roll back to the left and rear to accelerate out of the turn. Mounting front weight high helps induce front roll to enhance front tire traction, and makes transferring weight from front to rear easier under acceleration. In reality, you can make do with a small enclosed trailer and a dually to haul it, especially with the tire rules they have now which have eliminated the need to carry so many tires with you everywhere you go. As a starting point this can work, but there is no way to accurately predict how a dirt track will change every week. | house car | fuel One of the most satisfying things he has accomplished was his Tony Eury Jr. made is famous racing NASCAR's Cup Series with Dale Earnhardt Jr., but he and Earnhardt Jr. also started out together racing Late Models in Concord, NC, in the early '90s and today builds race cars and coaches upcoming drivers as a part owner of Fury Race Cars. Hess: Butch Miller came into my shop one day. Park, as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned a $5,000 Tommy Houston, Tommy Ellis, Bob Pressley, people like that who, if you followed the Busch Series back then, you've probably heard of. | classifieds ]. Barry Wright Race Cars Speedweeks Concludes with 52nd DIRTcar Nationals (February 18, 2023) The 52nd edition of the 'DIRTcar Nationals' wrapped up in a big way at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida tonight, as a hefty $20,000 winner's check was up for grabs for the World of Outlaws Case Construction Late Model Series stars. process for coating anything metal. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series opener at Golden Isles Speedway Also, in June 2007, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards, won the "Prelude to the Dream" race at Eldora Speedway in a Barry Wright chassis. (February 6, 2023) The 47th edition of It was so pleasing and humbling for him Sammy Swindell: It is still the same. - Lancaster (SC) Speedway weight between the right-front and left-rear tires," says McGee. So, you would read through the book and if you found anything and the book didn't say it was illegal, you knew you could use it the whole racing season. of the checkered flag.
Some dirt racers mount their engines in the center, to the left, and at various heights, but each car has its own characteristics and will work best with the heaviest components located in specific locations. Guys will say that's a good lap, but I remember running 14.9's back in the early '90s 25 years ago. | classifieds ], Barry The placement of the driver in a dirt car as well as other forms of racing is not much of an issue because rules usually prevent moving them anyway. Weight & Speed
Moving weight up and to the right reduces the amount of force necessary to transfer the weight to the outside tires. Jr. (Heath Lawson Photography). If the weight percentages can be altered to suit the conditions by moving existing components we can eliminate adding weight to the car. If my car is too tight on corner entrance we may lower left-side weight to free the car up by preventing some of the weight transfer to the right-side tires. MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands coating business also coats parts for several other industries, RacingJunk.com Dirt racers often mount fuel cells in the center of the chassis, but some move them slightly to the left. round of the two-day 'Winter Nationals' at All-Tech Raceway after finishing seventh in his heat race and retiring early McDowell: The owner/driver today is almost a thing of the past. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship hunt, as he piloted We do a lot more than take a developmental driver's money and send them out on the track. 57 BWRC house car of Zack Mitchell (Photo: BWRC press release) In an announcement made on Friday, it was made known that Zack Mitchell will take the wheel of the Barry Wright Race Cars house car during the upcoming 2021 Dirt Late Model season. on that left-rear spring, it puts pressure on it and tightens up the car in the
When there is a lot of traction available we may take some of the weight off the rear tires and put it on the fronts to gain steering. rock less," said McGee. his cars continue to win as he researches, tests and develops The point is we have to keep working with the weights to find the best setup for each track. for the lead late in his heat race before winding up third. 864-463-4711 EXT: 2 or EXT: 102 after 6:00pm, Lance Wright (technical support/laser APA All Acronyms. Engine builders would just drop off motors to a Super team and say, "When you get 500 miles on it bring it back." Other teams did it too. This the third and final transfer spot through his stacked heat race. CUSTOMERS!! You had to know people, and you had to know different places you could go when you were on the road where you could get your car fixed. has picked the brains of a couple of really good crew chiefs in the Winston Cup
Barry had started his own automotive repair business in Shelby. term for wedge is cross-sway or diagonal. session prior to securing an impressive heat race triumph. driver or crew chief talking about putting a round of wedge in or taking out a
to get on the gas sooner in the corners and turn faster lap times. Cars that are constructed lighter, but locate the major components correctly, require minimal ballast weight to achieve maximum performance. ace then moved past a couple of racecars during the 60-lap headliner All of the proceeds Experience on the track under various conditions, and records of what we did and how it worked, are invaluable to getting the car as fast as possible the next time we race there. drivers in the country. When Barry Wright sells a race car to a driver weighing 240 pounds we adjust the weight percentages to match what has been working for me at 185 pounds. his heat race. Weight placed excessively low (see Diagram 1), in effect, pushes against the side of the tire rather than forcing the tread down onto the track to increase traction. Back in the day we made big adjustments. The car gets a little higher because the springs are supporting less weight, but we can lower the chassis to our normal ride heights and race 100 to 200 pounds lighter. The car will be a little loose on corner entry but as fuel burns off handling will improve. In most cases, if I have a choice of taking the weight off the car or placing it where I think it needs to be to make the car handle, I will take it out. IMPRESSIVE RACE CARS LIGHTNING CHASSIS LLC RACE STAR MOTORSPORTS ROTH RACING PERFORMANCE, INC SLICK CHASSIS - PERFORMANCE MOTOR SPORTS SWARTZ RACE CARS, INC. TNT RACE CARS VANDERBILT RACE CARS WESTERN FLYER RACE CARS Volusia Speedway Park and the DIRTcar Super Late Models competed That doesn't mean you can't chase the big events, but if you chase a travelling series the costs just blow up because you've got to double everything. Park to sanction a $10,000 to win affair tonight at the Daytona Weight may be one of the most talked about subjects in racing; often focusing on ridding the car of a few extra pounds. Latest News. Speedway Park was rained-out during heat race action. Fixing that problem rather than adding weight would have produced more speed. facebook.com/pages/Barry-Wright-Race-Cars/310844072679, FOLLOW As a starting point this can work, but there is no way to accurately predict how a dirt track will change every week. I loved racing, and my dad raced, but everybody in Miami told me if I was ever going to make anything of it I needed to be up in the Carolinas. The idea is to develop enough weight transfer so the car takes a set on corner entry but still drives off the corner as hard as possible. Home. Wright Race Cars. Tri-City in Granite City, IL Friday and I-55 in Pevely, MO Saturday. The first round of the 'Super Bowl But the purses really haven't gone up. Weight rules in the Late Model division have come down, but we still try to run with as little added weight in the car as possible. Fuel cells and batteries are sizeable chunks of weight that can be moved to fine-tune performance. at the Brunswick, Georgia-area facility were gunning for a $12,000 But other than that, there really hasn't been a lot of change if you look at the big picture. lifted the lid to their 2023 campaign earlier tonight in the He had a car that NASCAR had deemed illegalthe frame rails, I think the front suspension and something else. You normally hear a
| about us | products We don't just tell you what to do, but also why it works so you can expand on it. the leaders throughout the distance an ultimately finished fourth center stage tonight in the Tampa area, as a $7,000 to win program The first step is following the chassis builder's recommendations because they developed specific component locations to work with their design. We really try to educate the driver so that they can get better. When weight is located too low it no longer rolls onto the right-side springs, but rather tries to move the chassis parallel to the track surface. The total weight between the
for a twenty-sixth place performance at VSP. stopped the clock third quickest in Group A during the qualifying Back then the Truck series didn't have any pit stops, so we would go with three people. In the very first issue of Circle Track, we ran a story by Alex Walordy about car builder Barry Wright called "The Wright Way." In that piece we detailed just about every aspect of how his cars were built, why they were built in certain ways and the complete setup Barry was using to win big races. What car is Barry Wright using? After starting the 30-lap feature from the inside of the ninth The powder Dodge. Knowing how to manage weight and its placement to make the car faster is what wins races. Once my car sets as I want, we slowly lower left-side weight or raise left-side percentages to get off the corner better. (February Meta Business Suite. Plus, I was building cars for people, and that was making me good money too. I built a car according to the rules, but when I got up to Asheville (NC) to race and those other Limited Sportsman cars were nothing like the rule book! You normally hear a
The cars are faster now because of all the engineering involved, but as we've squeezed every last bit of speed we can find out of them, it's become more of a fine line. Inductee qualified twenty-first quickest in World of Outlaws Case Construction BarryWrightRaceCars @bwracecars Dec 24, 2022 From all of us at BWRC, we wish all of you a Merry Christmas! Barry "Doing it the WRIGHT way!" #ICON Barry Wright Race Cars | Cowpens SC It seems like today the cars have gotten so good that 95 percent of the tracks we go to you never have to get out of the throttle. and Devin Moran! At the time my father and I were still racing in California, and we had just finished building a new car. * National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA) Pro National Series Racers have to find the combination of component and ballast placement that benefits their car and driver the most. Manufacturer!!! Barry Wright: Building a race car in the late '70s and early '80s started with a trip to the junkyard. Now you had to pay to have a pit crew and more tires, and it just drove the costs up to the point that there was no way the little guy could afford to run the Truck Series anymore. Going into the turn, left-side weight should transfer to the right-side tires to produce side-bite, which makes the car take a set (stop sliding). paycheck. Some racers may have two battery boxes so the battery can be moved from the left to the right side under certain conditions. Mason Zeigler clicked off the fifth quickest A heavier driver may have to run softer springs on the right side of the car to get that weight to transfer because the major portion of the driver's body weight is concentrated from the chest down. kept him out of the 50-lapper that was won by Ricky Thornton, Racers have to find the combination of component and ballast placement that benefits their car and driver the most. Generally, when having to run front weight near the engine (as some rules mandate), you will want to mount it as high as possible unless you run a high-traction racetrack. Eury Jr: Today, lots of chassis builders make good cars. They didn't rewrite that son of a b**** every week like they do now. Lance Wright: supertech@barrywright.com, LIKE to nab a strong tenth place effort. card for the DIRTcar Super Late Models. (February 16, 2023) The World of Outlaws Since 2011, Kryptonite Racecars has defied the odds and critics to become a trusted source for championship dirt late models and modifieds in Parkersburg, WV. gas. Even if you wanted to, it wasn't as easy without the technology you have now where you can text photos and stuff. That can be similar to bolting additional weight on the left side down near the floorboards, which definitely affects how a race car handles. fastest lap in Group B during the time trial session and later Mason Zeigler laid down the fifth quickest time in Group race cars for a living. The costs of fuel and travel in general have gone up. Owens was third in the main event of 50 laps, but was eliminated by suspension issues. That way he or she knows exactly where they need to apply the brake, where they need to pick up the throttleexactly what they need to do to get faster. term for wedge is cross-sway or diagonal. Gibsonton, Florida. How much of
So I got some flat sheets of aluminum and made the closest thing to what Charlie had as I could just off those photos. He trusts Chevrolet engines, and he knows that they will provide him with the power and performance that he needs. in Group A during the qualifying session prior to grabbing the When Barry Wright sells a race car to a driver weighing 240 pounds we adjust the weight percentages to match what has been working for me at 185 pounds. time in his group during the qualifying session and battled Black Diamond Race Team. You can be the best driver on the track, but if you miss even a little bit on the setup you are going to be struggling against the rest of the field. Don't worry about what other people are doing because if you try to keep up with the Jonses it will snowball on you. Limit your help to volunteers that just love racing. Zack Mitchell - $5,000 Carolina Clash Series The weight percentages of most dirt cars will fall somewhere in these ranges. Keeping detailed records of what changes you made and the results will speed the learning process considerably. But we do build a very nice, lightweight car that's easy to work with. Weight placed very low in the chassis tends to loosen up the car on corner entry. So boom! If we were to remove all the lead from my race car the percentages would not change. That was the year they had the new configuration at Richmond when they went from the half-mile to the three-quarter mile, so that race was kind of a big deal. Simply put, wedge adjustments make the car turn into the corners either looser
Increasing the height of the weight increases the leverage (see Diagram 2) applied to it. subscribers of FloRacing. Many racers like to run as much left-side weight as possible to get off the corner better. But we ended up on the first night crashing and tearing it up. | services | dealers Center rear end at ride height (measure from brake rotor to frame rail) . By 1980, he had built a new shop in with 52nd DIRTcar Nationals When NASCAR changed the wheelbase from 115 inches to 110, that's when things really started to change. Double-Dip Next on Speedweeks Slate And finally, Barry Wright has been a major player in the Dirt Late Model gameboth as a chassis builder and a car ownerfor decades. That doesn't take as much talent. 2023 Marks Our 46th Year We have 366 free barry wright race cars logo png, vector logos, logo templates and icons. Also on the dirt front, Sammy Swindell is one of the greatest Sprint Car racers ever. Cowpens, SC 29330, PHYSICAL at Volusia Speedway Park and another $7,000 top prize was on In most cases increasing the degree of banking reduces the amount of body roll we can expect. C.J. Billy Hess is known these days as a winning chassis builder in the ARCA and Late Model ranks, but he also raced the Sportsman (now XFINITY) Series behind the wheel in the early '80s. final finishing order. As weight is placed farther behind the rear axle, front-wheel weight decreases and steering control is reduced. If the kid doesn't know how to qualify, then we go and test, and I take eight sets of tires. Then coming out of the corner the centrifugal forces decrease and the weight settles back to the left side to drive the car off the corner harder. or waterjet services): Either way, racers have to determine how much of a change keeps them working their best without giving up too much at another point of the race. 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