After the announcement that Canadian star Mark Hitchcock has retired following the 2008 season, two more long-time supporters have announced their retirements.
Randy Kane reports that Bill Gensler has announced his retirement after he failed to qualify for the Freedom 76er. Gensler started his career in the 70s at the Reading Fairgrounds, and after it closed supported the Pennsylvania tracks, mostly Grandview Speedway. Gensler hasn't raced full time in a handful of years, but he remained a fan favorite as he ran part-time schedules. His #57 small block modified will be missed.
Also, Pete Reynolds, owner of Cracker Motorsports and the Orange County Fair Speedway Director of Marketing will retire following Eastern States Weekend. Reynolds currently owns the #73 big block modified driven by Rick Mill at Orange County and Accord. Crackers Motorsports has always had good runs since their beginning in the big block division in the 1990s. Their most recent accomplishment was with Rick Mill in 2006 as they sat on the pole for the Eastern States 200. Frank Cozze, Rick Mill, Butch Tittle, Mark Smith, Mike Ricci (who gave the team their first career win), Larry Brolsma, Tim Hindley, Jeff Heotzler, Allen Shiffler, and Allan Kellogg have all driven the #73 big block modified over the years. Check out RaceProWeekly.com in their feature's section for a good article on Pete.
We wish both Pete and Bill best of luck in the future!
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