Jack Baruth

Jack Baruth
Born	(1971-11-07) November 7, 1971 (age 53) Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
Pirelli World Challenge career
Debut season	2018
Current team	RTF Racing
Car number	31
Best finish	30th in 2018
Previous series
2009	KONI Challenge
Awards
2018	Best Start, Hard Charger

Jack Baruth (born November 8, 1971) is an automotive journalist and race car driver. ^[1] He is a former professional BMX racer, cycling instructor, and cycling journalist, perhaps best known for writing the "One Racer's Perspective" and "BMX Basics" columns ^[2] for the National Bicycle League, for his regular (and sometimes controversial) ^[3] contributions to The Truth About Cars and for maintaining the now defunct BMX Basics ^[4] website under his pen name Jim Boswell. ^[5] As of 2013, Jack Baruth is now a contributor to Road and Track magazine. On July 12, 2013, he became the temporary editor-in-chief of The Truth About Cars.

As a car racer, he races in the Pirelli World Challenge, ^[6] NASA, KONI Challenge, and Skip Barber Mazdaspeed Series. ^[2]

Jack Baruth has been parodied on the satirical websites Autoblopnik and Sniff Petrol. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Pirelli World Challenge

In the first Pirelli World Challenge start of 2018, The GP of Watkins Glen at Watkins Glen International, Jack Baruth, in the No. 31 RTF Racing Honda Accord Coupe, rocketed up to finish 14th after starting 20th on the day. Baruth was awarded the Optima Batteries Best Start Award for gaining four positions, and the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining six positions in the race.

Motorsports Career Results

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Pirelli World Challenge results

Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
2018	RTF Racing	Honda	Accord Coupe	TC	STP1	STP2	COA1	COA2	LBH	VIR1	VIR2	MOS1	MOS2	LRP1	LRP2	ELK1	ELK2	POR1	POR2	UTA1	UTA2	WGI1 14	WGI2		30th*	7*

Notes and references

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
2. "Auto Reviews & News: About The Truth About Cars Team". The Truth About Cars.
3. Robert Farago. "Why I Posted Jack Baruth's Maximum Street Speed Editorials - The Truth About Cars". The Truth About Cars.
4. "Welcome to www.bmxbasics.org - Boswell's BMX Basics Page!". December 2, 2007. Archived from the original on April 24, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
5. Alan. "Singapore BMX - SGBMX: How to get started in BMX racing". osbmx.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
6. "GP of Watkins Glen Presented by TM Performance AUG 31 - SEP 02: Preview - Pirelli World Challenge". Pirelli World Challenge. August 28, 2018. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
7. "Full Disclosure: Neither Is Any Good". Riverside Green. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014.
8. "Bick Skruth - Autoblopnik". autoblopnik.com.
9. "colby dousche « Search Results « Sniff Petrol". sniffpetrol.com. July 3, 2014.