Bob Albright Motors

11/14/2025

It didn’t need to be a 2 stroke to get Bob’s blood flowing… He loved the bark of a 410 sprint car

11/14/2025

Bob (my dad) and I went to the Charlotte World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series World Finals for nearly 10 years starting in 2007. It was an awesome father/ son tradition we started that we looked forward to every year. We would usually drive down on Wednesday and stay in Charlotte through Sunday. Our home for the week was the Hilton hotel near the track, which was a fancy thing for us, but the main reason we loved it was because it was home to many other top sprint car teams for the week. It was typical to see people like Donny Schatz in the morning at the breakfast buffet or to have a chat with Jason Meyers’ team owner in the elevator. For me, as a teenager who was a sprint car fan from birth, there wasn’t anything cooler.

Even though my dad isn’t around to join me, I wanted to get back there again and remember these awesome times we had. Last week on a little family trip to NC, I got out to the track on Thursday night and soaked in the action. Bob was surely a die-hard 2 stroke guy, but he couldn’t resist the bark of an alcohol-burning 410. I managed to capture a little bit of that on one of his favorite driver’s cars in recent years, Brent Marks. Facebook won’t allow me to add the video to this post, so I will share that separately as a reel!

10/13/2025

A few pieces that were sacrificed to satisfy Bob’s curious mind. He had a gift for “becoming one” with his engines and machines…

10/07/2025

Thanks Linda's Speedway for the awesome write up and naming this race after the guy we miss so much!

💣 𝘽𝘼𝙈 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚-𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙚
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 𝙎𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖’𝙨 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙮 💣
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Jonestown, Pa. — Linda’s Speedway will close its Time Trial Series with a special tribute to longtime supporter Bob Albright on October 10, honoring the man behind Bob Albright Motors or “BAM.”
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The finale will carry Albright’s company name and spirit, recognizing decades of quiet help he gave racers, crews, and the speedway community. Albright wasn’t just present, he was invested in us. Over the years he became one of Linda’s Speedway’s most faithful big race backers, sponsoring the National Open specialty awards, providing support for the speedway and drivers throughout the season, and lending his support in ways that often went unseen.
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But his impact went beyond decals and event sponsorships. Bob was known for his encouraging words, whether it was to a driver finding their way, a friend in the pits, or even to speedway officials. He always had a knack for knowing when to say something. When he felt something needed to be addressed, he approached it with tact, respect, and a genuine desire to make things better.
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Friday’s program will double as a celebration of that kind of nature. The night will feature the Time Trial Series finale for the 270 Micro Sprints, with qualifying on the clock setting the grid for heats and the A-Main.
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​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Why a time-trial night for Bob?
Because it’s the most honest way to showcase what he loved: cars prepared right, drivers getting everything out of a lap, and the little details that separate good from great. The stopwatch doesn’t play favorites but it rewards those that see precision.
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𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘿𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨
​ ​ • Venue: Linda’s Speedway (Jonestown, Pa.)
​ ​ • Card: Time Trial Series Finale (270 Micro Sprints) + Winged 600 Micro Sprints, Topless Modifieds, and Open 4 Cyl Race
​ ​ • Gates: 5:00 PM • Hot Laps: 7:00 PM
​ ​ • Grandstand Admission: Adults $5; Kids 6–12 $3; Kids 5 & under free
​ ​ • Pit Admission: $30
​ ​ • Streaming: The Cushion PPV packages available.
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​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ About Bob Albright
Owner of Bob Albright Motors, Bob was a steady hand and a steady presence at Linda’s Speedway. He came to the track to be with his friends, suppor teams when they needed it, helped get cars back on track, and made newcomers feel like they belonged. In the pit area, BAM came to mean more than a business, the logo meant you had someone in your corner.

09/06/2025

We sure wish Bob was here last night to see several of his loyal customers and friends running in the front of the pack. He would have been amped up! At least he still saw it, just from a higher perspective 🏁

07/29/2025

One of the larger pieces Bob made - this was a front mounting plate for a small block Ford engine

07/20/2025

A few notable things from this piece of nostalgia:

1. Williamson Honda. The go-to place in PA for CR250 parts. It sold multiple times and was eventually absorbed by Dotterer Equipment in 2013.

2. The price of a CR250 kit motor. Imagine what one of these would sell for today…

3. The fact that you could even buy a complete kit motor!

07/06/2025

Another gem from the BAM parts showcase is this NASCAR drive plate made for G-Force Transmissions/ Long’s Machine, which supplied these for a number of different teams. When a local shop needed to outsource a job, they knew they could count on Bob to make them look good. Here’s a little background on this part and the role it plays in the rear end assembly, thanks to Leonard “Skeet” Long and a little research…

NASCAR Cup cars utilize a full floating rear end, similar to a Chevy or Ford truck rear end. As opposed to a “live” axle design - where the axle is not only the driving force but also carries the weight of the car (like in a micro/ sprint car) - a floating axle rear end transfers the weight of the car to the rear end housing and off of the drive axle. This design also allows the cars to run different toe and camber settings in the rear wheels, thanks to a unique crowned spline profile on the axle and this drive plate.

Broaching the splines in the center hole was the last machining op for this piece which was completed by Long’s. The corresponding splines on the axle are actually “crowned” so that the hub can rotate up to 3 degrees in any direction for toe/camber adjustment while still making full engagement with the drive splines. These crowned splines are distinct from straight splines, where the hub is limited to sliding on/off in a single direction.

The 5 large holes around the perimeter of the drive plate slide over the studs in the hub assembly. The plate then gets bolted to the hub, and a sealed cap is placed over the center hole to contain the rear end fluid.

If you’re as interested as I was in this design, this guy put together a great video which takes you through rear end specs and assembly:

https://youtu.be/I0GDujY81Kk?si=I3Eqs9igl3NzvgOg

06/29/2025

Winter of 2006 in the shop - Chip Geib and I building billet cranks. I was 11 years old here and Chip was… a lot younger than he is now 😂

I did whatever I could back then… mostly washing parts, but this was a bright moment where I got to be the “crank pin and bearing oiler” before Chip pressed the crank together. Wasn’t too long after this that my dad had me putting motors together on my own.

Love finding these old pics on his computer.

06/26/2025

BAM shop circa 2002. Notice the business sign is an old wing panel from a customer’s car. Pretty sure this was Phil & Kerry Griffith’s, great customers and fun crew back then.

Bob’s 90s Chevy truck parked there, which he got from his dad after his passing. Back in 2018, Bob finally traded in this old truck for a new 2018 Silverado. He kept the Dale Earnhardt Intimidator front license plate though.

Now I’m driving my dad’s 2018 Chevy… and I think I’ll hang on to that Intimidator plate for another generation

06/22/2025

Cleaning out old files in the shop yesterday. It’s hard to part with the hundreds of pages full of engine specs, squish clearances, jetting, gearing, etc. Many from the heydays of 07-09. Everyone has a a unique definition of “good old days” in their mind. For me, those were the good old days in micro sprint racing with my dad. Despite being only 12-13 years old at the time, he made me a part of the big boys club and I was hooked on racing like the best of them.

“Shep” on the cover of one notebook from that era was a reference to Rich Shepherd. A few of you on here may remember that scrappy guy from Massachusetts (with an accent to prove it), who moved down to PA and rented a tiny little motel apartment so he could work for my dad and drive the BAM “house” car for a few years.

My dad was testing some wild ideas with Shep back then.. a few designs stuck around, most didn’t. Double-float bowls, 44mm carbs, putting a Yamaha cylinder on a Honda bottom end, stuffer plates, long-rods from LT500s… The stuff Bob envisioned in his head, he would turn into metal and test it out in real life.

It was fun to be a part of it…