Career
He was nicknamed "The Tempe Tornado". Born in Gallup, New Mexico, McSpadden"s family moved to Tempe, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, in 1954. He began racing in 1968 with a supermodified bought from local racer Billy Shuman.
McSpadden"s 26-year career included nearly 200 feature wins, including 25 in five different divisions at Manzanita during the 1977 season.
As well as racing in the United States, McSpadden was a frequent visitor to Australia, where he made guest appearances at "Australia vs the United States of America" nights at Parramatta City Raceway. One particular race at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California, saw McSpadden crash out in his heat.
He retired from competitive racing in 1996 after winning the SCRA non-winged sprint car championship, having announced that he would be diverting his attention to the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing SuperTruck Series (which would later become the Craftsman Truck Series).
