LIFE IS A DRAG by Dave Mance   

Can you believe we made it through two Saturday’s in row that were gorgeous? Let’s hope this past Saturday, with NHRA being there, was just as good. We still had a few bugs in the new computer system, but we worked them out early in the night and the rest of the evening went along without any problems. We had a National Champion guest driver, Dan Fletcher, run in the modified class. He had an open weekend and was home so he decided to come and race at the place where he started his racing career. He came to the track last year one time to race, as he did this year, and won both times. (Pretty good odds, huh?).

So, let’s get down to who the night’s winners were for the weekend of May 12th:

Super Pro - 1st place – Paul Kelsch, Ontario

2nd place – Joey Calabrese, Farmington

3rd place – Mark Talmadge, Williamson

4th place – Joe Ragusa, Rochester

Modified - 1st place – Dan Fletcher, Churchville

2nd place – Sam Capizzi Sr., Rochester

3rd place – Tim Vasallo, Webster

4th place – Bernie Sadowski, Clay

Street - 1st place – Sam Capizzi Jr., Rochester

2nd place – Sue Terrien, Penfield

3rd place – Peter D’Angelo, Rochester

4th place – Nick Tantalo, Rochester

Gamblers - 1st place – Mike Ragusa, Rochester

2nd place – Sam Capizzi Jr., Rochester

The Pro’s had the weekend off and when I went on NHRA.com, they postponed the race in Bristol for the weekend of May 19th because the new starting line was not ready. They re-scheduled it for July 6th. Therefore, I have no news to report on the Pro side of the ladder. I hope you all made it for the ESPN filming last Saturday as this was something pretty big for the track. At least now people will know that we exist, and maybe we can draw in some more local cars. The new owner can only make the track better and hopefully there will be many more years of racing at Spencer Speedway. Have a great week and I’ll see you next Saturday.