Loss of WDCR Member Stephen Spector

We lost Steve Spector, a former Tech Chief and Driving Instructor. He was passed on Friday (9 February) at the Vally Health Hospital in Winchester, Virginia. Steve's history with the SCCA and Tech group dates back to the days of racing at Marlborough Raceway in Maryland. 

Steve has always been an active and involved sportsman. He spent a great deal of time working with Loudoun West and Fairfax Hunts, helping with foxhounds, horses, and hunting. He was known and respected in the hunting field as an excellent rider. 

Steve became active again with the SCCA around 2011 when he stepped in to help out with the Road Racing Tech program. He also became involved with our Track Events PDX/HPDE events as a Tech and Instructor. 

In our sometimes-long conversations, Steve and I discovered we had served at the same base in Vietnam at the same time. We never met there and didn’t find out until one of us mentioned having been to Phu Cat. That conversation was nearly 20 years ago. Stevewas active with Mercedes Autocross at the time and helped me get involved. When we needed some help in the Tech shed and he agreed to help out, I found out he had worked as a SCCA Tech at Marlborough in the 60s.

One of his favorite activities was to instruct driving on track. He spent every moment he could on-track and volunteering for any driving adventure when Summit Point would bring in factory cars for filming or testing. He especially loved teaching students how to really drive.

Quick to help, good with advice, and a sharp observer, one of the good guys.

—Wayne Armbrust