Spencer Clark

Spencer Clark (January 29, 1987 – May 21, 2006) was an American stock car racing driver.

Clark 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, Clark 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.

Clark 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, fielded the No. 23 in NASCAR and the ARCA Menards Series in Clark's honor.

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 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 Pts Ref 2006 Chris Diederich Racing 65 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS35 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

Autozone West Series NASCAR Autozone West Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2005 Chris Diederich Racing 26 Ford PHO14 MMR PHO5 S99 20th 621 Pontiac IRW28 EVG S99 Rich's Motorsports 23 Chevy PPR19* CAL5 DCS CTS MMR 2006 Chris Diederich Racing 26 Ford PHO4* PHO9 25th 423 Clark Racing 23 Ford S9916 IRW SON DCS IRW EVG S99 CAL CTS AMP