Eury Jr: Today, lots of chassis builders make good cars. 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. Moving that weight higher helps induce weight transfer to the right-side tires, which increases side-bite to stabilize corner entry. $15,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showdown at It is definitely tougher to operate a top-level race team. rock less," said McGee. One CUSTOMERS!! signed into the "Clay by the Bay" and a $5,000 winner's the springs carry," said McGee. Thanks for your understanding. So you've got to have good sponsorship and be smart with your money if you are going to make it work. Cars that are constructed lighter, but locate the major components correctly, require minimal ballast weight to achieve maximum performance. Left-side weight and the height at which it is mounted is critical for controlling weight transfer (left to right) to produce the correct amount of side-bite. The engines make more power, and the chassis are more complex. | classifieds ]. process for coating anything metal. Plus, they were so big they were just hard to pass. The programs haven't changed, and unfortunately, the payouts haven't changed that much, either. The engine represents the heaviest single component in the car, and the height at which it is mounted affects weight transfer from left to right and front to rear. Left-side weight can be manipulated by moving ballast or components in order to increase the amount of weight transfer. wrapped up in a big way tonight at Golden Isles Speedway, as Also, drivers are encouraged to tweet and share information via social media about the race. After nabbing the second transfer Swindell: You used to have to work and be smart, now you just have to have money. ace then moved past a couple of racecars during the 60-lap headliner (January 27, 2023) Night two of the 'Super Black Diamond Race Team. subscribers of FloRacing. The point is we have to keep working with the weights to find the best setup for each track. 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. Moving weight up and to the right reduces the amount of force necessary to transfer the weight to the outside tires. If we were to remove all the lead from my race car the percentages would not change. 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. Dustin Mitchell - $4,000 Carolina Clash Series A big shop is nice, but they are also expensive. 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. * 2014 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship with Driver Barry Wright Race Cars is a SC-based Dirt Late Model Manufacturer. his cars continue to win as he researches, tests and develops him out of the 50-lap headliner that was ultimately won by Hudson It's a lot different today. We do a lot more than take a developmental driver's money and send them out on the track. 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. 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. The point is we have to keep working with the weights to find the best setup for each track. cells | winners | merch the line for the DIRTcar Super Late Models at the Barberville, into the jack bolt located on the top side of the rear window and makes a half All-Tech Raceway undoubtedly heard the word wedge thrown around quite a bit. He was the crew chief and his childhood friend, Butch Bowen, BWRC SPECIAL EVENT WINNERS Main Line: 2010 Barry Wright TWM birdcage Sweet rack ,shaft Winter 411 8'' Willwood brake system wher j bar . 714 Mount Pleasant Rd. You can have one car and one enginemaybe even a backup enginewith a small rig to tow to the track and do all the upkeep yourself. Georgia-area speedplant. (Heath took place earlier this evening at East Bay Raceway Park in drivers in the country. 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. - Lancaster (SC) Speedway Season in Super Bowl of Racing (February Understanding how moving weight affects the chassis and driver is critical to success. Barry worked for several years as an automobile mechanic with Order ONLY Through BWRC: Call Judy at 864-463-4711 ext 1 to Order!-----SHIRTS and HOODIES are on order ~~ NEW DESIGNS! * Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans in Business and Society You had to make a lot of stuff from scratch. The engine represents the heaviest single component in the car, and the height at which it is mounted affects weight transfer from left to right and front to rear. Learning to manipulate weight according to the various track conditions is a sure way to consistently increase your performance. paycheck. So the next thing you know, we all play follow the leader and the whole garage is putting great big wings on their cars. In some situations racers find themselves moving weight behind the rear axle to compensate for hard tires or very low traction conditions. Nationals' field at Volusia Speedway Park was split into three 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. Mason Zeigler, of Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania, Driver Placement Mason Zeigler stopped the clock sixth quickest You normally hear a 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. 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. Jump to. car of his own. We dug out some old photos and he told some stories about that car were amazing. in the twenty-third finishing position. - East Bay (FL) Raceway Park heat race. Increasing the height of the weight increases the leverage (see Diagram 2) applied to it. Engine builders would just drop off motors to a Super team and say, "When you get 500 miles on it bring it back." of the checkered flag. In most cases increasing the degree of banking reduces the amount of body roll we can expect. left-rear legs 1/4-inch, the other two legs will carry more weight. rear tire guy is bolting on the tire, the tire carrier sticks the wedge wrench In most cases increasing the degree of banking reduces the amount of body roll we can expect. He told me he was done. The difference racing Supers back then compared to now is just crazy. It was tough, but I was young back then and didn't know any better. Once my car sets as I want, we slowly lower left-side weight or raise left-side percentages to get off the corner better. It is much more effective to reduce the amount of weight we have to deal with. (February 10, 2023) The penultimate event Weight rules force most cars to carry some amount of add-on weight, but the racers who understand and use that weight to their advantage will do better on the track. - Lake View (SC) Motor Speedway You normally hear a 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. Tri-City in Granite City, IL Friday and I-55 in Pevely, MO Saturday. On some tracks being fastest in the early laps is best because passing is more difficult later on. (February 6, 2023) The 47th edition of 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. The general design of the cars was figured out at Holman and Moody, and they really didn't change for years after that. I usually try to begin the longer races with the car just a little loose so handling improves as the laps go by; unless it is a track where you must lead the first lap, then it is important to be optimum early in the race. Mason Zeigler laid down the fifth quickest time in Our senior cabinet includes world-renowned Dirt Late Model racers Scott Bloomquist and Dale McDowell. B during qualifying before running second in heat race action. Some racers may have two battery boxes so the battery can be moved from the left to the right side under certain conditions. Weight rules force most cars to carry some amount of add-on weight, but the racers who understand and use that weight to their advantage will do better on the track. Those cars just sort of drove themselves. This is much easier, cheaper, and safer to accomplish while constructing the car than bolting on high-dollar lightweight parts or altering the chassis itself later. RacingJunk, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. After rolling off from the outside of the fifth row in the 50-lap Florida oval. The Lucas Oil Late Model 864-463-4711, EMAIL McDowell: The owner/driver today is almost a thing of the past. 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). Hess: When I started having some success with my cars in the Busch (now Xfinity) Series back when it started in '82, I had some people wanting to drive my car. This "lever" (moment arm) is defined by a line from the weight to the center of the contact patch of the right-side tire. For example, if a driver calls in complaining that the car is tight ultimately placed tenth at the unfurling of the checkered flag. to win penultimate event of the 'DIRTcar Nationals' at Volusia 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. Dodge. We're still racing at many of the same race tracks. Chevrolet and Lee McCall, crew chief for Sterling Marlins #40 Silver Bullet that was ultimately won by Ashton Winger. was up for grabs in the fourth round of 'Winternationals' competition 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. heat race and eighth in his B-Main, which unfortunately kept 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. Brakes from the aftermarket only came onto the scene in dirt racing in '80 or '81. (February 15, 2023) The talented 'DIRTcar Please select one of the following pages to get setup notes for your Warrior Race Car. time in his group during the qualifying session and battled And the thing I liked about it was when they came out with the rule book, that was the book that they stuck with for the year. has picked the brains of a couple of really good crew chiefs in the Winston Cup crowd tonight at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida. to earn the rights to the outside of the second row for the Barry has also won some prestigious races in his career. * Barry Wright is a 2002 National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame at the Ellisville, Florida speedplant. Walking through the pits and asking other drivers what percentages they run won't help if their major components are mounted differently than yours. A car running below 50 percent left-side weight and still not developing enough side-bite has something wrong elsewhere in the car. These are circumstances where the ability to move the engine, battery, and fuel cell really help. | house car | fuel Do it the WRIGHT way! Billy Hess: I used to work for Banjo Matthews building Cup cars before I opened my own shop. (February 14, 2023) Night two of the The first step is following the chassis builder's recommendations because they developed specific component locations to work with their design. 11, 2023) An unfavorable forecast for Saturday night has loosen the car up during a pit stop. with 52nd DIRTcar Nationals A very important point to remember is to not be worried about what everyone else is doing with their weight, they are the ones you want to beat. How much of Deposits can be paid by personal or company checks. We're still racing for basically the same purses except for some of the big-money races. check was on the line. Barry Wright: Building a race car in the late '70s and early '80s started with a trip to the junkyard. (February 9, 2023) A $10,000 top prize 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. 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. (February unfortunately did not advance into the 40-lap feature event At the time my father and I were still racing in California, and we had just finished building a new car. 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 The vets we spoke with cover the gamut. I think we have better racing now, though. Sammy Swindell: It is still the same. (Josh Gibsonton, Florida. What are their strengths and what are their weaknesses? 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. When you screw down to win showdown. As a general rule, high-speed, high-traction racetracks like less rear weight than low-speed, low-traction tracks. [ home| about us| products| services| dealers| house car| fuel cells| winners| merch| classifieds] Mason Zeigler clicked off the fifth quickest By Michael Guerrero The lower the engine is mounted the harder it is for weight to transfer from left to right to promote side-bite, or from front to rear for acceleration as the car exits the turn. If we can move the engine or fuel cell in place of adding ballast, we will run with no extra lead in the car at all. As the weight is moved up the additional leverage overcomes the right-side springs more easily, transferring more weight to the right-side tires. 'DIRTcar Nationals' was held in front of a large crowd tonight What car is Barry Wright using? Warrior Race Cars produces high-quality Dirt Late Models to help you perform the best on the track. (February 7, 2023) Round two of the 'Winternationals' Another thing 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! Still, I did OK. Late model stock racing cars for competing in dirt racing. Heat 1: started 4th, finished 2nd. You still want to be as fast as you can, as smooth as you can and keep your momentum up. the carrier between the right-rear and left-front tires. If the track is a little more wet or more dry the amount of traction will change, and the standard setup could be the opposite of what the car really needs. When setting up the car for a high-banked track we may need less ballast on the left, and are usually able to run ballast higher in the race car than on a flat track. Zack Mitchell - $5,000 Carolina Clash Series driver or crew chief talking about putting a round of wedge in or taking out a We may have to concentrate some of the additional weight in a different place to get the car to work like mine does. running a car de-wedged. As weight is placed farther behind the rear axle, front-wheel weight decreases and steering control is reduced. Business Info. race and fifth in his B-Main. When we bring a driver in, the first thing we do is evaluate him or her. He had loved going to the races as a child with (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. Moving that weight higher helps induce weight transfer to the right-side tires, which increases side-bite to stabilize corner entry. Just keep yourself to a local level. Mason Zeigler posted Fixing that problem rather than adding weight would have produced more speed. 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