| Spencer Clark | |||||||
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| Born | January 29, 1987 Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
| Died | May 21, 2006 (aged 19) Bernalillo County, New Mexico | ||||||
| Cause of death | Road accident | ||||||
| Achievements | 2001 Champion Semi Pro Legends Cars (National and at Las Vegas Speedway) 2001 Winner INEX Race of Champions | ||||||
| Awards | 2003 Rookie of the Year NASCAR Super Late Models at Las Vegas Motor Speedway | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2006 position | 132nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 132nd ( 2006) | ||||||
| First race | 2006 Sam's Town 300 ( Las Vegas) | ||||||
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Spencer Clark (January 29, 1987 – May 21, 2006) was an American stock car racing driver.
He raced in short tracks in his home state of Nevada and was named a Young Lions National in 2001. In 2003, he competed in four races in the Mechanix Wear SpeedTruck Series, grabbing three pole positions. He was also named Rookie of the Year in the late model series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The next season, he finished fifth in points, posting two wins.
In 2005, he made his debut in the NASCAR West Series, running five races. He would run three more the next season, where he also made his Busch Series debut at Las Vegas, where he finished 35th in the 2006 Sam's Town 300.
On May 21, 2006, Clark was on his way back from picking up a car in Charlotte, North Carolina, when the trailer hauling the car fishtailed from a sidewind and caused the driver to lose control and flip the truck outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was pronounced dead at the scene. [1]
He was the son of T. J. Clark who competed in the inaugural 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series tour in the No. 23 truck. GMS Racing, whose owner Maurice Gallagher Jr. and son Spencer Gallagher come from Las Vegas, fields the No. 23 in NASCAR and the ARCA Menards Series in Clark's honor. [2]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
| NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2006 | Chris Diederich Racing | 65 | Ford | DAY | CAL | MXC |
LVS 35 |
ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 132nd | 58 | [3] |
Autozone West Series
| NASCAR Autozone West Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NWSC | Pts | Ref | ||||
| 2005 | Chris Diederich Racing | 26 | Ford |
PHO 14 |
MMR |
PHO 5 |
S99 | 20th | 621 | [4] | ||||||||||||
| Pontiac |
IRW 28 |
EVG | S99 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rich's Motorsports | 23 | Chevy |
PPR 19* |
CAL 5 |
DCS | CTS | MMR | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Chris Diederich Racing | 26 | Ford |
PHO 4* |
PHO 9 |
25th | 423 | [5] | ||||||||||||||
| Clark Racing | 23 | Ford |
S99 16 |
IRW | SON | DCS | IRW | EVG | S99 | CAL | CTS | AMP | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "19-year-old NASCAR driver Clark killed in accident". ESPN. AP. May 22, 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ "Sam Mayer To Run Spencer Clark Tribute Car". ARCA Menards Series. February 19, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ "Spencer Clark – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ "Spencer Clark – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ "Spencer Clark – 2006 NASCAR Autozone West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Spencer Clark driver statistics at Racing-Reference