Barry Beggarly

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. Barry carries the nickname of "The Southern Gentleman"

Coming out of retirement

• In 2010 Beggarly came out of retirement to once again race at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw NC. Only racing the last half of the 2010 season, Beggarly managed to captured several wins. Beggarly attempted to qualify for the 2010 'Viginia is for Race Lovers 300" at Martinsville Speedway, failing to qualify for the race and forced to run in one of four heat races to make the field. Beggarly fail to make the field in the heat race due to mechanical failure.

Beggarly has been running a full season in 2011 at Ace Speedway in the late model division. Currently Beggarly is the late model points leader both at at Ace Speedway and for the ASA national points

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]

See also

• Whelen All-American Series
• Stock car racing

References

1. ^ ^{a b} NEWS-The Speedway Line Report
2. ^ News and Record
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Mid Atlantic Region Champions
5. ^ Danville Register Bee | South Boston Speedway's Top 50 driver bios and video links
6. ^ 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.