May 12th, 2012
Test And Tune Sees Records Broken
  by Gary M. Spaid

  The annual Test & Tune Session yearly opens up the racing season at Spencer Speedway. This year was no exception, as a record 57 cars, and a good size crowd turned out last Friday night. Three complete test rounds were run, each featuring seven different classes of cars. The fourth session of 4-cylinder cars was on the track when dusk was fast approaching. With darkness falling, the remainder of the fourth session was scrapped.

  A fine field of 17 NASCAR Sunoco Modifieds was on hand with Tony Hanbury claiming fast time, with a 20.74 second lap, for an average speed of 87.934 mph. Hanbury becomes the first driver to break the 21 second barrier in a Sunoco Modified during the annual Test & Tune session. Hanbury’s lap is just .15 seconds short of the fastest time ever turned in during a Test & Tune session by an RoC Modified...... Click Here For the Full Story

  May 3rd, 2012
Spencer Speedway To Open For 58th Season With Test And Tune
  by Gary M. Spaid

  Spencer Speedway will open their gates for the 58th year. On tap is a test and tune session scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. and close at dusk.

  The season opener is set to take place the following Friday, May 18 featuring the Sunoco (Pro) Modifieds, along with a full program of Super Stock, Super Six and Auto Value 4-Cylinder Scorpion racing. The Empire Trucks will also be on hand for their first of two appearances in 2012 at Spencer. The modified race is the first event in a series of races in the Spencer/Chemung/ Holland Upstate NY Pro-Modified Challenge Series.

  Pit gates will open at 3 p.m. , to allow competitors the opportunity to buy their NASCAR Licenses. Grandstand admission on the 11th will be free..... Click Here For the Full Story

  April 14th, 2012
Spencer Speedway RoC Special Continues To Grow
  by John Flock

  The Race of Champions Modified Tour 75 lap feature event will headline the show at Spencer Speedway on Friday, June 8th at 7:00 p.m. Even more racing excitement is promised by the Super Six and the Auto Value 4-Cylinder classes. As a special addition to RoC night, Super Stock Series competitors will run a 25 lap championship event. With the full field expected, $500 will go to the winner, with $100 to start. On September 7th, the Super Stocks will close out
their season at Spencer with a special 50 lap event.

  The following twenty-six teams have showed interest and/or are members of the Super Stock Series. Some won’t make the event, and all others are more than welcome to join the party..... Click Here For the Full Story

  April 10th, 2012
Lee Bliss, Spencer Speedway's first Sportsman Champion, passes on
  by Gary M. Spaid

  The checkered flag has waved on the life Lee Bliss, April 7, 2012. He will always be fondly remembered in his glory days as a champion race driver. Lee was a pioneer in the open wheel sportsman class in upstate New York. He won the sportsman championship title at Spencer Speedway in that track’s inaugural year 1955 and then defended that title in 1956 by winning the first three feature races of the year.

  While records are slim back in the fifties, Bliss is known to have recorded twice as many feature wins at Spencer during the track’s first couple of years, then the infamous Donald “Dutch” Hoag.

  Also in 1956 he captured the NASCAR Championship at Monroe County Fairgrounds. He edged Elmer Musclow by a mere 16 points to earn that title. He also sat 19th overall nationally that year in NASCAR Sportsman points. Bliss sits second on the all-time win list at Monroe County Fairgrounds Speedway with 16 feature wins. His first came on September 3, 1951 and his last on September 30, 1956..... Click Here For the Full Story

  March 29th, 2012
Delbert Spencer – “A racing dynasty has finally come to an end”
  by Gary M. Spaid

  On March 29, at 2 p.m., Delbert Spencer, co-founder of Spencer Speedway passed away at age 86, following complications after heart surgery. Two years ago his brother Walter Spencer, 91, passed away following a short illness. Walter was the oldest of the three brothers who founded Spencer Speedway in 1955. Finally on March 4, 2010 brother Merle Spencer, the youngest brother, passed away at age 80. There was only seven months between the passing of Merle and Walter. Delbert was also predeceased by his son Gary.

  The Spencer family remained at the helm of their namesake speedway until 1994, when they apparently sold the speedway. The family abruptly returned as the management of the track when the proposed purchase fell apart. It was not until 2007 when the track was finally sold to the current owner, John White.

  “This is a great lost to auto racing and our speedway,” stated John White, the promoter at both Spencer and Chemung Speedways. “Del was here when we repaved the track and made staying in touch with happenings at the track part of his life. He truly loved auto racing.”..... Click Here For the Full Story

  March 25th, 2012
Spencer Speedway Prepares For Their 58th Year Of Racing
  by Gary M. Spaid

  The wheels will begin to turn at the famed half mile Spencer Speedway oval for the 58th year in a row on Friday, May 11, when the cars and stars at the track run their annual “Test & Tune” session at the track.

  Gates will open that day at 3 p.m., allowing everyone to buy their pit passes and NASCAR Licenses for the season. For the third year in a row, Spencer will participate with Holland and Chemung Speedways running their annual Challenge series. The series dates for Holland are May 26th, June 23rd, July 14th, August 4th and August 25th. The dates at the Spencer Speedway are May 18th, July 6th, July 27th, August 17th and September 7th. The series will also head to the Chemung Speedrome on June 24th and July 29th.

  Weekly racing begins at Spencer on Friday, May 18 with a complete program of Sunoco Modifieds, Super Sixes, Super Stocks and Auto Value 4-Cylinder cars. Joining the program that night will be the Legend cars and Empire Trucks. Race time will remain be 7:30 p.m. again this season..... Click Here For the Full Story

  March 23rd, 2012
Spencer Speedway Schedule Set
by John Flock

  Spencer Speedway has released an exciting schedule for racing in the 2012 season. Many special events dot the calendar for the NASCAR sanctioned track. The Race of Champions Modified tour event, a drag racing exhibition, a National Qualifying event for the Legends cars, special extra distance events for the SUNOCO Modifieds, exciting Auto Value Scorpion action, an open championship event for the Super Stocks are featured on the schedule. Racing will run every Friday from May 18th through September 7th Championship night. Two dates, July 20th and August 10th will be vacation nights for the speedway.

  May 11th is test and tune day. Free grandstand admission will greet fans that want to get a preview of the action at Spencer. Gates will open at 3:00 p.m., and practice will start at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 18th, the gates to Spencer Speedway will welcome fans to opening night competition for all four NASCAR divisions. Sunoco Modifieds, Super Stocks, Super 6’s, and the Auto Value 4-cylinders will be joined by INEX Legends and the first appearance of the Empire..... Click Here For the Full Story

  March 22nd, 2012
Spencer Speedway And Chemung Speedrome At Motorsports Expo 2012
by John Flock

  Motorsports Expo 2012 proved to be good exposure for NASCAR’s upstate home tracks. Fans and competitors alike circulated the large arena in Syracuse to get a preview of new racing season. Among the shine of the race cars, Spencer Speedway, Holland Speedway and Chemung Speedrome joined dozens of tracks greeting the fans. Schedule cards and other information were shared with the attendees.

  Chemung Speedrome has moved their racing events to Sunday afternoons at 2:15. “That came as a pleasant surprise to many fans,” said John Flock, race director at Chemung. “The feedback was positive for this change. A popular comment was that now they could take the kids to the races and still get home at a reasonable hour. Others mentioned that Chemung is now in their plans for 2012. Many of the competitors stopped by and expressed their plans to race at Chemung in 2012. Fans from Oswego showed interest in the Spencer Speedway program. Some said that they haven’t been to Spencer in several years, and now plan a return visit to the Williamson, NY oval.”..... Click Here For the Full Story

  February 13th, 2012
2012 Schedule

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