Jack Hewitt

Jack Hewitt
Hewitt in 2007 at the Hewitt Classic
Born	Jack Hewitt (1951-07-08) July 8, 1951 (age 73) Troy, Ohio
Achievements	1986, 1987 USAC Silver Crown Series Champion 1985 All Star Circuit of Champions Champion 1985 Ohio Sprint Speedweek Champion 1983, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998 4-Crown Nationals Wingless Sprint Winner 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 4-Crown Nationals Silver Crown Winner 1987, 1993, 1998 4-Crown Nationals Midget Winner 1996, 1997, 1998 4-Crown Nationals Modified Winner 1983, 1995 Tony Hulman Classic Winner 1986, 1988, 1989 Hoosier Hundred Winner 1990 Brad Doty Classic Winner 1991 Belleville Midget Nationals Winner
Awards	National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee (2002)
IndyCar Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2014 position	34th
Best finish	34th (1998)
First race	1998 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race	1998 New England 200 (Loudon)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 14, 2023.

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

He 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 4th 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 5 all-time. ^[1]

Personal life

Hewitt is the son of Sprint Car legend Don Hewitt.

Racing career

Jack Hewitt in 1986

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

He raced in the 1998 Indianapolis 500, placing 12th. 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, Jack 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. ^[2]

Jack 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.
• He 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 12	TXS	NHA 25	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TX2	LVS	34th	23	[3]

References

1. "All Star Circuit of Champions | 410 Outlaw Sprint Car Series ASCoC - All Star Sprint Series".
2. "Jack Hewitt". Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
3. "Jack Hewitt – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 18, 2017.