
Schedule Set
For 65th Season Of Racing At Spencer Speedway
by Gary Spaid
The 65th season of stock car racing action at Spencer
Speedway in Williamson, N.Y., is shaping up to be one of the
most exciting in the track’s rich history. Six events and
two practice nights will give teams from throughout the
region an opportunity to compete in several premier events
at the half-mile speed plant entertaining fans throughout
the area. The action at Spencer Speedway will be presented
by Wilbert’s U-Pull It this season. Wilbert’s U-Pull It will
also be the title sponsor for the Four Cylinder and Super
Six divisions. The Wilbert’s U-Pull It Four Cylinder
division will appear five times, while the Wilbert’s U-Pull
It Super Six division will make four appearances at the
track this season.....
Full Story
Leaty,
Catalano And Schoonmaker Take 2018 Spencer Point
Championships; Hawkins, Catalano And Schenk Win Final
Features
by Gary Spaid
It was double point night at John White’s Spencer
Speedway last Friday and with the regular season complete,
the track champions were determined for 2018. In the Sunoco
Modified division Eddie Hawkins picked up his first win of
the season, with Mike Leaty laying claim to his fifth Sunoco
Modified track title. In the Super Sixes, it was last year’s
champion, Barrett Schenk picking up the 20-lap feature win.....
Full Story
Tommy
Catalano Tops SUNOCO Mods At Spencer
by Gary Spaid
Tommy Catalano, from nearby Ontario, NY, picked up his
third feature win of the 2018 at the track. Catalano had to
hold off Andy Lewis for the entire 35-lap event to get that
victory. In the Super Sixes, Barrett Schenk returned to
victory lane. Schenk a two time track champion, in the Super
Sixes at Spencer, waited until nearly two thirds of the race
was complete to grab the lead from Josh Marchese. Jacob
Gustafson picked up the win in.....
Full Story
Amy And
Tommy Catalano Pick Up Wins In Twin 20's At Spencer
by Gary Spaid
It turned out to be mom’s turn at victory lane at Spencer
Speedway as Amy Catalano picked up her first feature win of
the year in the first of two 20-lap features for the Sunoco
Modifieds. For Amy, it would prove to be an early birthday
gift. In celebration her middle son, and fellow competitor,
Timmy greeted her with a tap on her rear bumper as she
entered victory lane. When asked what that was all about,
Amy replied,” he is just letting...".....
Full Story
Finocchario
Wins His 4th Sunoco New York Super Stocks Race at Spencer
Speedway
by Shylo Fuchs
After a rough start to the feature, including two
cautions before the completion of lap one, the field of 26
Sunoco New York Super Stocks by Insinger Performance was
able to settle in for an 8 lap green flag stretch. The #94
of Billy Coyle, who had rolled off from the pole, would lead
laps one through eight and lose the lead on the restart to
the #81 of Tommy Reese who had started in the 6th position.
All the while Chris Finocchario in his #8 ride.....
Full Story
Mike Leaty
Captures His First Of The Year At Spencer
by Gary Spaid
Mike Leaty seemed to have all of the luck on his side, as
he inched out Amy Catalano for the 35-lap win in the Sunoco
Modified division last Friday at Spencer Speedway. “Starting
on the outside on that final restart, I was able to pinch
her to the low side and use the momentum to take the lead,”
stated Leaty in victory lane. “These cars are really equal
so once I had made the pass I was pretty sure I could hold
on for the win.”.....
Full Story
Finocchario
Wins Aratari Auto Color & Detail Night #2 of the Sunoco New
York Super Stocks by Insinger Performance at Spencer
Speedway
by Shylo Fuchs
The evening started out with action packed heats from the
NYSS with lots of action in the first heat including side by
side racing for the 3rd and 4th positions being decided by
the yellow flag flying for several spun cars around the race
track. Chris Finocchario and his #8 ride would lead the heat
from wire to wire and secure himself a redraw spot that
would put him on the outside pole of the feature race later
in the evening. The second heat.....
Full Story
Timmy
Catalano Wins His First SUNOCO Modified Main at Spencer
by Gary Spaid
Timmy Catalano was looking forward to high school
graduation in a week or so, but now he can walk across the
high school stage as a modified feature winner, not your
normal high school sport. Catalano picked up his first
Sunoco Modified feature win last week at Spencer Speedway.
Other feature winners on the night reflect the youth
movement at local speedways; Travis Montgomery won the
Grandpa Dog 4-Cylinder event and Ashley.....
Full Story
Catalano
Tops Spencer Opener
by Gary Spaid
Tommy Catalano, from Ontario, NY, started off the 2018
racing season at Spencer Speedway with his 12th track
feature victory in the 35-lap Sunoco Modified division. It
is Spencer’s 64th year of auto racing. Other winners on the
evening were Tim Faro in the Super Sixes, Travis Montgomery
in the Grandpa Dog Four Cylinders, Chris Finocchario in the
NY Superstocks and Terry Wilson in the Classic Asphalt
Modified event.....
Full Story
Test and
Tune Starts Off 64th Season At Spencer
by Gary Spaid
The annual Test and Tune took to the fast flat half mile
Spencer Speedway oval last Friday. Thirty-eight race teams,
in five different classes, participate in this annual event.
Currently Spencer Speedway plans on running bi-weekly
throughout the summer months. Their first show is this
Friday, June 1, featuring a regular “Four Star” program of
Sunoco Modified, Super Sixes, New York Superstocks and
Grandpa Dog Four Cylinder cars. Also added to this week’s
program are the Classic Asphalt Modifieds in a 15 lap
feature event. Race time this Friday is at 7:15 pm sharp. As
for the Test and Tune many familiar names topped their
respective division carts. Timmy Catalano surprised the
fans.....
Full Story
Teams Ready
For Test & Tune And Remembering Maynard Troyer At Spencer
by Gary Spaid
Friday, May, 25, will mark the first on-track efforts at
the fast Spencer Speedway half mile oval. The annual Test &
Tune will take to the track for all divisions that will
compete this year at Spencer. This will be the 64th straight
season that Spencer Speedway will be open. A limited
schedule has been planned for this season, highlighted by
just eight race meets starting on Friday, June 1st. On May
25th, the gates will open at 3 pm allowing race teams to get
all of their paperwork.....
Full Story
Spencer
Speedway Readies For 2018 Season
by Gary Spaid
In 1991, Spencer Speedway started what then was a
secondary division known as Grand American Modifieds. Today
that division is the premier class at the flat half mile
oval and has since run 385 feature events. During that time
Buck Catalano has racked up 54 feature wins, almost 15
percent of all races run to date. The top ten feature
winners in the Sunoco Modifieds also include: Catalano at
54, Bill Hebing (45) Jon Burroughs (27), Kevin Timmerman
(23), Mike Leaty (22), Rick Zacharias (17), Daryl Lewis Jr.
(14), Roger Steurrys (12), Rusty Smith (12), Tommy Catalano
and Zach Shove at 11 wins each. Other divisions running at
Spencer on a regular basis are the Super Sixes, which
started in 2006.....
Full Story
 |


|