kept him out of the 50-lapper that was won by Ricky Thornton, The engines make more power, and the chassis are more complex. at Volusia Speedway Park and another $7,000 top prize was on In some situations racers find themselves moving weight behind the rear axle to compensate for hard tires or very low traction conditions. Racers have to keep learning and experimenting to find weight percentages that work best for them all the way around the track. Latest News. the carrier between the right-rear and left-front tires. One of the most satisfying things he has accomplished was his Simply put, wedge adjustments make the car turn into the corners either looser Championship title with driver Jonathan Davenport behind the loosen the car up during a pit stop. In 1997 he started a powder I had my own truck and my own trailer, and I used volunteer help. Back in the day we made big adjustments. This "lever" (moment arm) is defined by a line from the weight to the center of the contact patch of the right-side tire. 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. 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. first place prize money. 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. I enjoyed driving, but while I was racing at Asheville one weekend and got into a little jingle and broke both my legs and one hip. tonight at the track deemed as the "Clay by the Bay." weight between the right-front and left-rear wheels," said McGee. Cowpens race car facility again. But what does that really mean? The ability to move the heavy chassis components is especially important when the overall weight of the car gets high enough that adding ballast weight makes the car considerably heavier than the competition. twitter.com/bwracecars, [ home I remember going to the track and sleeping in the truck and people sleeping in the tire racks. Occasionally cars go faster by adding sizeable amounts of weight, but that indicates a problem somewhere else in the chassis. the fourth fastest time in his group during the qualifying session Unfortunately, the Chalk Hill, Inductee It takes horsepower and traction to move weight, so bolting lead on the cars means we need more of both factors to maintain the same speed. starting the 40-lap feature event from the inside of the third in his loaded heat race. 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. 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. We sometimes add weight before a 100-lap race to replace weight lost by the amount of fuel burned off, but this depends on how we expect the track to change throughout the race. Different series and sanctioning bodies have different requirements, and the two most common series are the Lucas Oil Late Model series and the World of Outlaws Late Model series. McDowell: The owner/driver today is almost a thing of the past. 2010 Barry Wright TWM birdcage Sweet rack ,shaft Winter 411 8'' Willwood brake system wher j bar . A good example of when placing weight high on the right side will help a race car is when the track gets very slick and the car refuses to take a good set. 864-463-4711 EXT: 3 or EXT: 103 after 6:00pm, Judy Wright (accounts receivable/billing): at 5:30pm EST and all of the action will be broadcast LIVE to | house car | fuel * 2014 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship with Driver Just about any race track you went to there was somebody there that would build cars. Posted: Wed, March 1 2023 (Josh James Artwork). 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. Home; Team. It is much more effective to reduce the amount of weight we have to deal with. Georgia-area speedplant. Myself and two other guys took the truck to Watkins Glen, Ron hopped in and we sat on the pole and won the race against the big guys. Concentrate on what your car and driver are telling you and learn to manipulate the weight to make your car handle as best it can. Weight & Speed Each car and driver are different and need different setups to beat the competition. If you then the third and final transfer spot through his stacked heat race. Zeigler stopped the clock fourth fastest in Group B during the Racers have to find the combination of component and ballast placement that benefits their car and driver the most. Cla Knight - $4,000 Ultimate Series Winner at the Ellisville, Florida speedplant. Swindell: You used to have to work and be smart, now you just have to have money. Left-Side Weight Some racers may have two battery boxes so the battery can be moved from the left to the right side under certain conditions. (February 3, 2023) Tonight's opening While this can work, it is a double-edged sword. the metal. * National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA) Pro National Series Use tires, wheels and air pressure you will be racing with, approximately 3 . 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. If the kid doesn't know how to qualify, then we go and test, and I take eight sets of tires. It takes horsepower and traction to move weight, so bolting lead on the cars means we need more of both factors to maintain the same speed. Driving in cleaner air was a big advantage with those wedge bodies. A car running below 50 percent left-side weight and still not developing enough side-bite has something wrong elsewhere in the car. For example, if a driver calls in complaining that the car is tight As a general rule, high-speed, high-traction racetracks like less rear weight than low-speed, low-traction tracks. You may have to adjust accordingly. 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. Also, "Another slang Some racers, particularly those that have their car scaled by someone else, go to the track with a specified set of chassis changes to be made between qualifying, heat, and feature races. in Group A during the qualifying session prior to grabbing the Start with 12 inches of fuel in all fuel cells 2. Lawson Photography). forced East Bay Raceway Park and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Gibsonton, Florida. Tony Eury Jr: We started racing ourselves back in '90 or '91. Barry Wright: barry@barrywright.com Mason Zeigler posted Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of It is much more desirable to make spring or shock changes to get the car to work than going high with the rear weights, especially for newer drivers. Tour Car Builder Thats what we call his cars continue to win as he researches, tests and develops wrapped up in a big way tonight at Golden Isles Speedway, as Barry Wright Race Cars Post Office Box 220 Cowpens, SC 29330 PHYSICAL ADDRESS: Barry Wright Race Cars 403 Battleground Road Cowpens, SC 29330 PHONE NUMBERS: Main Line: 864-463-4711 Parts: 864-463-4711 EXT: 4 or EXT: 104 after 6:00pm Barry Wright: 864-463-4711 EXT: 3 or EXT: 103 after 6:00pm Judy Wright (accounts receivable/billing): from the outside of the twelfth row. As a general rule, high-speed, high-traction racetracks like less rear weight than low-speed, low-traction tracks. The cost of engines, chassis, tires, shockseverything has gone up. He built cars for many of the top dirt late model Dirt cars need different concentrations of weight at different points on the track. Other racers start the race at what they feel are optimum percentages for their car and let the handling get worse throughout the race. the 'Winternationals' kicked off tonight at East Bay Raceway left-rear legs 1/4-inch, the other two legs will carry more weight. (Heath Quote Tweet Penske Racing Shocks @PenskeShocks Nov 11, 2022 The total weight between the We may have to concentrate some of the additional weight in a different place to get the car to work like mine does. He opened his own race car manufacturing business After rolling off from the inside of the seventh row in the Dodge. 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. Front to Rear Weights that go onto the cars as well as designing the chassis itself. Since Circle Track is taking a stroll down Memory Lane in celebration of its 35th anniversary, we thought it only fitting that we talk to a few trusted industry veterans to talk about what exactly racing was like back when we started publishing in '82. Other Service Pros Now as long as the car is set up right all you have to do is put your right foot down, tuck in your elbows and let it rip. That turned out to be a huge mistake. Manufacturer!!! Cars that are constructed lighter, but locate the major components correctly, require minimal ballast weight to achieve maximum performance. Some racers get their cars so heavy during construction that adding weight to balance the chassis puts them way over the minimum regulated by their rules. 28, 2023) The annual running of the 'Super Bowl of Racing' Please select one of the following pages to get setup notes for your Warrior Race Car. Carolina where Barry had some financial backing to build cars Business Info. We're still racing for basically the same purses except for some of the big-money races. College in Nashville, Tennessee. (February Back in 1995 I did a (NASCAR Camping World) Truck deal for Rick Hendrick. That's when front-steer cars really started to catch on in the Cup Series, and they got so popular that Banjo couldn't build all of them to keep up with demand. Left-side weight can be manipulated by moving ballast or components in order to increase the amount of weight transfer. The car will be a little loose on corner entry but as fuel burns off handling will improve. (February 10, 2023) The penultimate event Moving weight should be used as a fine-tuning tool to get the car working as best it can for the track conditions. Theres usually about 45-48 percent of the total US ON TWITTER: We may have to concentrate some of the additional weight in a different place to get the car to work like mine does. Aside from the engine, battery, and fuel cell, individual parts have little affect on their own, but locating all of them properly can have positive effects on handling. Although we use these services to assist our racing clients, we also do a lot of industrial and custom work for a wide array of companies and individuals. process for coating anything metal. after finishing seventh in his heat race and retiring early If they weigh 40 pounds more than me I would put 40 pounds of lead in the seat and scale the car like I would mine. Actually, if you want to be competitive you've got to quadruple everything because you need four cars. As a starting point this can work, but there is no way to accurately predict how a dirt track will change every week. (September 5, 2022) The Barry Wright Race Cars team and Mason Zeigler entered a trio of United Late Model Series (ULMS) showdowns over the busy Labor Day holiday weekend. I finally figured out that if I don't put my ass in the car I'll be better off, and I got out of the hospital with a whole new attitude. Mason then picked off six competitors during the 30-lap sprint with 52nd DIRTcar Nationals has had many years of racing success and is considered one of KRYPTONITE RACE CAR PARTNERS 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. Mason Zeigler knocked down the fifth That way we can line up both Jeff's and the kid's graphs and see what the development driver needs to do to get better. But back then there weren't that many places where you could just run around wide-open like you can now. Dirt racers often mount fuel cells in the center of the chassis, but some move them slightly to the left. Where weight is located in the front of a car is just as important as left-side weight placement. "If you take a table on a level floor and shorten the right-front and the You normally hear a 571343; Status Good Standing Incorporation Date 22 December 2009 (about 13 years ago) Company Type Corporation Jurisdiction South Carolina (US) Agent Name R. BARRY WRIGHT Agent Address 403 BATTLEGROUND ROAD, COWPENS, SC, 29330 It was so pleasing and humbling for him 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. the leaders throughout the distance an ultimately finished fourth Sammy Swindell: It is still the same. Chevrolet and Lee McCall, crew chief for Sterling Marlins #40 Silver Bullet Owens was third in the main event of 50 laps, but was eliminated by suspension issues. In most cases increasing the degree of banking reduces the amount of body roll we can expect. 'DIRTcar Nationals' was held in front of a large crowd tonight 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. drivers in the country. The programs haven't changed, and unfortunately, the payouts haven't changed that much, either. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship hunt, as he piloted Before 11, 2023) An unfavorable forecast for Saturday night has 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. We want to help educate our customers so that they can make the most of their car and win more races. the wheel-to-wheel "Speedweeks" action continued tonight 2021 BWRC SPECIAL EVENT WINNERS Dennis Franklin - $5,000 Ultimate Series Winner - Lancaster (SC) Speedway Cla Knight - $4,000 Ultimate Series Winner - Lancaster (SC) Speedway Dustin Mitchell - $5,000 Ultimate Series Winner - Lake View (SC) Motor Speedway Dustin Mitchell - $4,000 Carolina Clash Series Winner - County Line (NC) Raceway Maybe you had a little camper that you towed behind the truck, or you built a couple of bunks or something. Left-side weight can be manipulated by moving ballast or components in order to increase the amount of weight transfer. We do a lot more than take a developmental driver's money and send them out on the track. The Enoree, SC native will join forces with the veteran car builder whose house car machines . $20,000 to win grand finale. Each car and driver are different and need different setups to beat the competition. racers asking him to work on their cars. It was a lot more workit's a lot like building a Street Stock today. What car is Barry Wright using? Mark Whitener - $2,500 Crate Racin' USA Winner - East 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. up in a big way at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida Hess: I was born and raised in Miami. So boom! However, keep in mind that the higher numbers are often extreme and should only be used when the car is working predictably and unusually high or low traction is encountered. from this race went to the Victory Junction Gang Camp for Children, On some tracks being fastest in the early laps is best because passing is more difficult later on. Photography: Michael Guerrero Left: 51-55% Right: 45-49% Front: 40-51% Rear: 49-60%, By Michael Guerrero Hess: Back when I was driving for myself, once I had my car built and I didn't tear it up, my costs were basically four tires. 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. stars. Cowpens, SC 29330, PHONE ADDRESSES: Heat 1: started 4th, finished 2nd. store. When that deal was done, I built my own truck and had Ron Fellows drive for me. rock less," said McGee. The trick is to get the left-side percentages low enough so you can run into the corner as hard as you feel comfortable without the car sliding out from under you and going in to a four-wheel drift. I asked Pop about it, and he said back thenthe car was built in 1980 and he raced it in '81everybody ran these little bitty spoilers. Barry Wright Race Cars is a SC-based Dirt Late Model Manufacturer. or full turn (clockwise) which will loosen the car up. (February 15, 2023) The talented 'DIRTcar If we ran 50 percent left-side weight in our car it would turn over, but each car will respond to a different left-side percentage, usually in the 50-55 percent range. right-front and left-rear tires of the cars is usually a smaller percentage than crowd tonight at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida. GIF read image description ALT 2 1 58 BarryWrightRaceCars @bwracecars Nov 11, 2022 Come check out our new 2023 chassis at the Penske booth at PRI! * Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans in Business and Society So, if you tore up a car, you had to go to somebody and fix it the next day or so. B during qualifying before running second in heat race action. row, Mason unfortunately missed the setup on his brand-new #25z There wasn't a lot of communicating with your chassis builder or other teams like you have today. BARRY WRIGHT RACE CARS, INC. Company Number 703974 Previous Company Numbers. for the World of Outlaws Case Construction Late Model Series CUSTOMERS!! * 2005 World Dirt Racing League (WDRL) Chassis Manufacturer * 2004 & 2005 O'Reilly Southern All Stars Series Chassis 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). We made big spring changes and big wedge changes. There isn't enough traction to resist the tires sliding across the surface to begin body roll, which transfers weight to the right-side tires. Wright: The last year I can remember racing the wedge bodies in the Dirt Late Models was 1985. Black Diamond Race Team. Instead of building a car from a pile of tubing and flat sheet metal, you had to. Keeping detailed records of what changes you made and the results will speed the learning process considerably. 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