Dennis Spencer

Dennis Spencer had a life-long passion for racing – anything from motorcycles to LMP cars; from go karts to Formula Mazda. He also had a passion for racing only Mazda rotaries, and quickly became one of the top three engine designers and builders in the country. Starting as a track hand for Jim Downing, he eventually bought the famed Kudzu DLM3, taking it to 2^nd and 3^rd place finishes at the 24 Hours of Daytona, two class wins at the 6 hours of Watkins Glen, even being the first to put a “Lights” car on the overall podium there. Dennis also left a legacy of his racing passion by founding a children and family dragster program, which continues today. The “Junior Dragster” program, since its inception in the late ‘90s, has seen hundreds of kids from age 8 to 17 receive an introduction to racing and an opportunity to learn life skills, then go on to successful lives, many in racing.