SPENCER HILL Life On and Off the Track Drivers only, What is your name? Spencer Hill How long have you been driving and why so long? This year completed my 14th year as a race car driver, and my 5th year racing Sprint Cars in some capacity whether it be with or without a wing. Who picked your number and why? I’ve had a few different numbers throughout my racing career. My preference would be the number 4, and as I got into Micro Sprint racing years ago, I added an “S” to the 4 so that I would never have to change my number when I traveled. (In case there were any other drivers using the number 4) The number 4s has been with me since 2011, and I still sport it on my family-owned micro sprint to this day. Oddly enough, the 4s is not the number that adorned the tail tank of my car for most of 2020. I have been racing a non-winged sprint car the last few years for SEH Motorsports and have run under their longtime number 11W. What’s your favorite track you’ve ever run at? I feel like when I am asked to pick a favorite racetrack,
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that might just be the most difficult question that people ask me. I am a little unique as I have run quite a bit on both dirt and asphalt tracks, so I usually answer with my favorite on each surface. On asphalt my favorite track that I competed on was New Stockton 99 Speedway in Stockton, CA. This was a fun bullring that acted a lot like dirt, with the dominant line being up high in turns 3&4. I think this helped with my comfortability on asphalt right away. On dirt, my favorite track is one that is non-permanent. It is the only track that operates the first week of January every year because it is within the confines of the largest freestanding building in North America. Located in Tulsa, OK the Tulsa Expo Raceway hosts the largest Micro Sprint race in the world and I am happy to say that we will be going back in a few months to fight for one of their prestigious golden driller trophies. At what age did you first wheel any automobile by yourself? I was 8 years old when I first got behind the wheel of a dirt oval speedway kart. Although that might seem like an early age to begin a career, I felt like I was
