Barry Beggarly
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| Born: | unknown | |
| Birthplace: | Danville, Virginia | |
| Achievements: | — | |
| Awards: | 1993 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series (NDWS) National Champion | |
Barry Beggarly was an American race car driver that competed on the short-tracks of Virginia and North Carolina mainly during the 1980s and 1990s.
Beggarly, who resides in the small town of Pelham, North Carolina, earned notoriety in the NASCAR Late Model Stock division. His greatest accomplishment was winning the Winston Racing Series National Championship in 1993,[1] when he was credited with 27 victories on the season in NASCAR Winston Racing Series action and 32 overall.[2] This championship battle was determined by a tiebreaker after Beggarly took a win and two second-place finishes to defeat Dennis Setzer.[3] He won the NASCAR Winston Racing Series Mid-Atlantic Region Championship in 1993 and 1994 and finished in the Mid-Atlantic Region Top 10 in several other years.[4] Among his other accomplishments were winning track titles at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC, South Boston Speedway, and Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, NC. Beggarly also won special events for Late Model Stock Cars at Martinsville Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway, and various other local tracks, including New River Valley Speedway in Radford, VA, Myrtle Beach Speedway, and Volusia County Speedway. He also competed in a number of televised races from North Wilkesboro Speedway and Martinsville Speedway.
In 2006 Beggarly was named to the Top 25 Drivers of All Time of the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series.[1] In 2007 he was named one of the Top 50 Drivers All Time at South Boston (VA) Speedway.[5]
Beggarly always used number 82 on his cars. In a Golden Age of short track motor racing in his region, he is considered by many to be one of the best drivers of his era.
[edit] Honors
- As part of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Weekly Series in 2006, Beggarly was named one of the series' All Time Top 25 drivers.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b NEWS-The Speedway Line Report
- ^ News and Record
- ^ Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 89-95.
- ^ NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Mid Atlantic Region Champions
- ^ Danville Register Bee | South Boston Speedway's Top 50 driver bios and video links
- ^ Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 163-170.
