- Barry Beggarly
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Name = Barry BeggarlyBirthdate = unknown
Birthplace =Danville, Virginia
Car = #82 | Awards = 1993 NASCARDodge 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 theWinston Racing Series National Championship in 1993, [http://www.thespeedwaylinereport.com/Releases/MAY06/5-23-06WRS.htm NEWS-The Speedway Line Report ] ] when he was credited with 27 victories on the season in NASCAR Winston Racing Series action and 32 overall. [http://www.thenewsrecord.com/barrybeggarly.htm News and Record ] ] This championship battle was determined by a tiebreaker after Beggarly took a win and two second-place finishes to defeat Dennis Setzer.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.] 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. [http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/racing/nascar/weekly/midatlanticchamps.htm NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Mid Atlantic Region Champions ] ] Among his other accomplishments were winning track titles atOrange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC,South Boston Speedway , andAce Speedway in Altamahaw, NC. Beggarly also won special events for Late Model Stock Cars atMartinsville Speedway ,North Wilkesboro Speedway , and various other local tracks, includingNew River Valley Speedway in Radford, VA,Myrtle Beach Speedway , andVolusia County Speedway . He also competed in a number of televised races fromNorth Wilkesboro Speedway andMartinsville Speedway .In 2006 Beggarly was named to the Top 25 Drivers of All Time of the NASCAR
Dodge Weekly Racing Series . In 2007 he was named one of the Top 50 Drivers All Time at South Boston (VA) Speedway. [http://www.registerbee.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB%2FMGArticle%2FDRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352418752&path=!sports Danville Register Bee | South Boston Speedway's Top 50 driver bios and video links ] ]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.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.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.]
ee also
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Whelen All-American Series
*Stock car racing References
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