TWO OF SPENCER’S ALL-TIME WINNINGEST MODIFIED DRIVERS RETURN
by Gary M. Spaid – Spencer Speedway Media

WILLIAMSON, NY - Two of Spencer Speedway’s all-time winningest drivers are returning this Friday for the 75-lap Race of Champions Dart Asphalt Modified Tour Event. George Kent, who sits fourth on the all-time Spencer Speedway Modified victory list, announced he would be returning for this Friday’s race. Kent has 39 Spencer Modified wins, sitting behind Maynard Troyer, Richie Evans and Dutch Hoag.

Spencer’s own Buck Catalano sits fifth on the all-time Modified feature win list with 37 victories, only two back from Kent. Kent last won at Spencer on June 29, 2001.

“George shares the ranks of winners at Spencer with some real all-time greats in the sport of short track racing,” stated promoter John White. “It will be a real thrill to have him back on the flat half mile oval.”

Also announcing his return to the speedway for the Race of Champions qualifier is George Kent’s son, J.R. Kent. J.R was active at Spencer in the Modifieds until 2004, when he stopped making the trek north from the southern tier. J.R. has a total of 12 Spencer Speedway Modified wins and sits twelfth on the all-time Spencer win list. J.R. last won at Spencer on July 11, 2003.

Expected to return is the Spencer 2008 RoC race winner Jan Leaty, leading a stellar field of Tour Type Modified drivers. Leaty sits just one win ahead of J.R. Kent on the all-time Spencer Modified feature win list.

This coming Friday will feature a regular Four Star program, plus the 75-lap RoC Tour Type Modified special. This will be the first of two Race of Champion appearances in 2009. The Tour Type Modifieds will return again in mid-August to run a 100-lapper. Friday will also feature the first appearance of the year by the NORA Supermodifieds. Race time is at 7:30 p.m. sharp.

Spencer Speedway is located just fifteen minutes east of Rochester, NY, along Route 104 in the Town of Williamson. Spencer Speedway can be contact at (315) 589-3018.