Teen driver impresses with calm on race track

He didn’t miss a race following the flip, but his father, John Bent, is sure his own heart may have skipped a few beats when he was watching from the sidelines.

“When he rolled it over, I ran out on the track and said, ‘are you alright?’ He looked at me and said, ‘that was fun, Dad,’” Bent recalled.

ASHLEY THOMPSON South Berwick resident Kyle Bent, 14, has worked his way up to third place in the Valley Raceway standings after his first eight races as a stock car driver competing on the dirt track located off of the Vault Road extension in Melvern Square.