Career
He is best known for racing in the Universal Service Administrative Company Championship Carolina series, and for some New Englanders, even more so for his racing in the Supermodified winged cars now called ISMA. His first championship came in 1962 in the B-class at Hudson and the Pines. He raced in the 1970-1975 seasons, with 37 career starts, including the 1971 and 1975 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 14 times, with his best finish in 4th position in 1970 at Milwaukee.
After he stopped racing in the Industry cars, Warren"s career was revitalized at Oswego Speedway driving for Tom Heveron in a wingless supermodified.
While subbing for injured driver Doug Heveron, Bentley racked up 5 wins in his first 6 starts which led to a series of great rides including the Flying 5 and one of Paul Dunigan"s fleet. Other notable wins include the Little 500 twice, the Copper World Classic, the Star Classic, The Thompson World Series, and an East-West showdown between the best of the supermodified drivers.
In the early 2000s Bentley worked with film legend Paul Newman in a midget car and supermodified at Star Speedway in Epping, New Hampshire. In the late 1990s and in the 2000s, Bentley has dabbled back in the Universal Service Administrative Company open-wheel division, and continues to make appearances in supermodifieds. He was inducted in the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame in 2007.
Industry 500 results.