Doug Wright Racing

My dad, Rex Wright , back in the day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jim Gilmore's team, Art Pollard, driver. May, 1971 😁🏁🇺🇸
Thank you Jon Clauss for the great photo. 👍

Check out this great video of the Greater Lafayette Career Academy's (GLCA) Motorsports Program with their high mileage car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
I'm proud that Doug Wright Racing can play a (very) small role in GLCA's efforts through support and sponsorship. We enjoy employing interns from GLCA, as well as participating/supporting their various motorsports programs.
Keep up the good work, GLCA Motorsports! 🏁

Josef Newgarden and Shell Eco-marathon students talk innovation on the track Josef Newgarden, back-to-back winner of the Indianapolis 500, and Shell Eco-marathon student teams talk cars and energy innovations like renewable race fuel*...

It was GREAT to host members of Lafayette's SHINE ON UNIVERSITY at the shop today.
There are certainly LOTS of BIG RACING FANS at SHINE ON!
The group was very interested in Aiden Fox's winning Purdue Grand Prix kart - so we rolled it out - and took our picture with it! 😁
We also fired up a micro sprint - that got lots of BIG SMILES 🏁
Thanks for visiting us today, SHINE ON, let's do it again sometime soon!!!

Shine on University Day Services enriches the lives of adults with special needs by providing meaningful activities during the day. It offers daily programs that involve community outreach, volunteering, developing basic living skills, social encounters, cooperation, and interaction with others outside of their families.

Happy Heavenly Mother's Day, Mom. I miss you very much ❤️

Always a great day when my updated Bonneville Salt Flats - Southern California Timing Association rule book arrives 😁🏁

We had a great time hosting the Tri-County School Corporation Welding Students!
Great group!

Thanks to Doug Wright, a TC alumnus, for welcoming a group of welding students in to tour Wright Motorsports. The group was very impressed and excited reporting on the trip. We appreciate the opportunity!

My Dad, Rex Wright, on opening day at Bunker Hill Dragstrip in 1956. This was the first day of racing at the legendary drag strip.
Dads is in the right lane in his 40 Ford coupe, wtih a Cadillac engine. He's racing a 28 Ford Model A with a DeSoto Hemi. Cool stuff. My dad was a real racer 😁🏁🏁😁
Bunker Hill Dragstrip tells me this may be the oldes photo they have of racing at the legendary track.

This Throwback Thursday photo dates all the way back to 1956 on OPENING DAY of Bunker Hill Dragstrip. Submitted to us by Doug Wright, his dad Rex Wright in the right lane racing his ’40 Ford with a Cadillac mill.
According to Rex this photo was taken of him racing on opening day and was the 2nd or 3rd pass that cars ever made down our dragstrip. How cool is that?
Thank you Doug for sharing this piece of history with us!
If you have any throwback photos that you would like to share, please send to [email protected]!

Very proud of Purdue Freshman, AIDAN FOX, who drove his Kappa Sigma #97 kart to victory at the Purdue Grand Prix.
This was one of our Doug Wright Racing, 2024 model karts - and he was very, very fast.
--Fast Time Qualifying, Pole Position
--New Track Record in qualifying
--Led 158 of 160 Laps in the Purdue Grand Prix
--Set a New Track Record for Fastest Purdue Grand Prix (since moving to the new track location).
--Set the Fastest Lap of the Race!
--ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
To top it off, his teammate, Raif Shah, also in a Kart co-prepared with Doug Wright Racing, finished 2nd....FANTASTIC job by the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Racing Team!
Here are the details of Aidan's Kart:
--KOSMIK Chassis
--ROLL CAGE, by Doug Wright Racing (welded by Sara Conley)
--EXCHANGEABLE FUEL CELLS, by Doug Wright Racing
--ENGINE, Yamaha KT100 by John Copeland at Fox Valley Kart
--SHOCKS/DAMPENERS, by Brad Wilson at Lucky 7 Technologies
--TIRES, by Hoosier
Congratulations, AIDAN, RAIF, and the ENTIRE KAPPA SIGMA RACING TEAM on a job (very) well done!
**photos courtesy of the Purdue Exponent

A couple more 2024 Purdue Grand Prix kart builds leaving the shop (last week) for their new homes.

One of our 2024 Purdue Grand Prix karts just before it heads to it's new home. 🏁

The picks are in 🏀
Who will be the winner?
The staff at Doug Wright Racing has spoken with their NCAA Final 4 projections. 🤣

Trigger rockin' his Purdue Basketball bandana!
Purdue Athletics
It's a too! 🏁🤣

A 70-degree early Spring day and the furnaces are OFF and the doors are UP at the shop!
Today's featured album (albeit digital thru Spotify) at Doug Wright Racing 🏁😁🏁😁
REO in the late '70s and early '80s....

Christmas Eve service at City Of God. So blessed that Terri Smith-Wright and I found this church. Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄✝️

One of my favorite days of the year - our shop Christmas party!
A great day to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, as well as great DWR team members (and their families).
Terri and I are blessed to be surrounded by a great staff, outstanding vendors, and incredible customers.
We added some new (shop logo) ornaments to our tree this year thanks to the welding class students at Tri-County School Corporation.
Looking forward to an incredible year in 2024.
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏁

I always find this Spotify summary interesting....🎶🎶🎶

We're a proud supporter of US 24 Speedway 🏁

Great Christmas gift idea!
Tri-County High School welding class!
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So incredibly happy that my hometown of Wolcott (Indiana) continues to keep my mother's loving and giving spirit alive with the Wolcott Community Public Library Jan Wright Memorial Holiday Crafting Event.
My Mom would have absolutely loved this! ❤️

We are excited to announce our 5th Annual Jan Wright Memorial Program! Every year we love to see our community come together to create something wonderful in honor of Jan Wright. This year is no different. Clark's Garden & Floral Boutique is going to be leading a rustic floral arrangement in a super cute vintage truck planter!

🎫 To get your tickets come by the library before November 27th! 🎫

2023 marks my 28th SEMA Show - and I enjoy it more every year.
4.6 million square feet of exhibitor displays plus over 2 million square feet of outdoor exhibits - and two race/drifting tracks...There's no way to see it all in one week.
And...the new "Sphere" is pretty cool at night. 🏁