Jack Hewitt

Jack Hewitt (born July 8, 1951), is an American former professional dirt track racing driver. He is a two-time USAC Silver Crown Series champion and an All Star Circuit of Champions champion.

Racing career Hewitt was a two-time champion in the USAC Silver Crown Series in 1986 and 1987 and is second all-time in Silver Crown wins list with 23. In the USAC National Sprint Car series, he is fourth in all-time wins with 46. He also won the All Star Circuit of Champions championship in 1985 and his 56 wins in that series place him in the top-five all-time.

Personal life Hewitt is the son of Sprint Car legend Don Hewitt.

Racing career

Hewitt began his sprint car racing career in 1975 at Eldora Speedway, taking three wins in his inaugural season.

Hewitt raced in the 1998 Indianapolis 500, placing twelfth. After his venture into IndyCars, he returned to sprint cars until he had a very serious crash in 2002 from which he was lucky to escape with his life.

On September 26, 1998, Hewitt won the USAC Sprint, USAC Midget, USAC Silver Crown, and UMP Modified features at Eldora Speedway. By doing so he became the first and only driver to win all four divisions of racing at the 4-Crown Nationals held at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

Hewitt also made several trips to Australia during his career. He first appeared as part of the four man USA sedan teams that raced mainly at the Liverpool Speedway and Newcastle Motordrome during the late 1970s and early 1980s (while sometimes also driving Sprintcars). He won he 1980 Marlboro Grand National 100 lap event at Liverpool and later in the decade returned to Australia as a Sprintcar driver, winning the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at the Premier Speedway in Victoria in 1991 where he defeated fellow American Danny Smith, and leading Australian driver Max Dumesney.

Honors and awards Hewitt was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2002. Hewitt is honored with an annual car race called the Jack Hewitt Classic at Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio. The Jack Hewitt Classic has been held in years past at the Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, Indiana, and also at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio

Motorsports Career Results (key)

USAC Silver Crown Series Year Wins Finish Points 1978 0 1980 0 1981 0 3rd 1982 0 1983 0 14th 1984 0 1985 0 6th 1986 6 1st 1987 2 1st 1988 2 2nd 1989 2 4th 1990 1 1991 1 1992 0 4th 1993 2 5th 1994 1 5th 1995 2 3rd 1996 1 7th 1997 0 9th 1998 1 7th 1999 1 3rd 2000 1 11th 2001 0 2002 0 49th 2014 0 50th

All Star Circuit of Champions Year Wins Finish Points 1980 2 2nd 2772 1983 1 9th 1014 1984 5 8th 1036 1985 12 1st 3654 1986 8 4th 3219 1987 2 6th 2682 1988 7 6th 2845 1989 10 4th 2900

World of Outlaws Year Wins Finish Points 1978 0 5th 2698 1979 1 9th 4380 1980 0 11th 2910 1982 2 13th 2692 1989 0 14th 3675

American open-wheel racing (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Racing League Indy Racing League results Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref 1998 PDM Racing G-Force GF01B 18 Oldsmobile WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPIR ATL TX2 LVS 34th 23