Haley Constance drove the Joes Racing Products late model chassis No. 1 to a P1 finish at Evergreen Speedway in Washington. Joes developed the new car by using technology they have applied to building its successful micro sprint chassis.
Joes drew up the car in CAD. Then they fed that design into a plasma cutter that precisely notches and bends the chromoly tubing.
“The smaller 4130 tubing maintains the same strength as the heavier tubing, but maintains that strength with less weight,” Haley’s father and company namesake Joe Constance said. “We are very experienced in 4130 tubing from our years of constructing micro sprints.”
CNC-machined fixtures ensure the tubing gets clamped in the same spot for welding.
“Our system is super consistent, every part is made exactly the same way,” said Joe. “With the tooling being very accurate, and our support system being what it is, the exact parts will be available around the country from our dealer network — and there will be more and more dealers out there. We’re hoping for nationwide sales.”
Joe saw an opening for another pavement late model chassis builder in the market.
“No one in the Northwest is building chassis,” said Joe. “Friends all over the country are asking about our cars. We are stirring up the industry, but there is definitely room for a good car with great parts availability.”
Joes Racing Products now has chassis No. 3 on the jig. Meanwhile, their first car’s driver expressed her enthusiasm for their product after last weekend’s win.
“I can’t thank my dad and everyone at the shop enough for building this bad fast car from the ground up,” Haley said. “It is such a privilege and I’m so grateful to have amazing people behind me and the opportunity to get to drive the first ever Joes chassis.”
Mike Adaskaveg has written hundreds of stories since the website’s inception. This year marks his 54th year of covering auto racing. Adaskaveg got his start working for track photographer Lloyd Burnham at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway in 1970. Since then, he’s been a columnist, writer, and photographer, in racing and in mainstream media, for several outlets, including the Journal Inquirer, Boston Herald, Stock Car Racing, and Speedway Illustrated. Among Adaskaveg’s many awards are the 1992 Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Ace Lane Photographer of the Year and the 2019 National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) George Cunningham Writer of the Year.
