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{{Short description|American racing driver}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox NASCAR driver
[[File:JackHewittMay2007.jpg|thumb|right|Hewitt in 2007 at the Hewitt Classic]]
| name = Jack Hewitt
[[File:JackHewittUSACHagerstownMD.jpg|thumb|right|A Hewitt racecar]]
| image = file:JackHewittMay2007.jpg
'''Jack Hewitt''' (born July 8, 1951, [[Troy, Ohio]]), is a former racecar driver who was prolific in various open wheel and sprint car series. He was a two-time champion in the [[United States Automobile Club|USAC Silver Crown Series]] in 1986 and 1987 and leads the all-time Silver Crown wins list with 23 wins. 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.
| caption = Hewitt in 2007 at the Hewitt Classic
| birth_name = Jack Hewitt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|07|08}}
| birth_place = [[Troy, Ohio]]
| height =
| weight =
| achievements = 1986, 1987 [[USAC Silver Crown Series]] Champion<br>1985 [[All Star Circuit of Champions]] Champion<br>1985 [[All Star Circuit of Champions|Ohio Sprint Speedweek]] Champion<br>1983, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998 [[Eldora Speedway|4-Crown Nationals]] Wingless Sprint Winner<br>1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 [[Eldora Speedway|4-Crown Nationals]] Silver Crown Winner<br>1987, 1993, 1998 [[Eldora Speedway|4-Crown Nationals]] Midget Winner<br>1996, 1997, 1998 [[Eldora Speedway|4-Crown Nationals]] Modified Winner<br>1983, 1995 [[Terre Haute Action Track|Tony Hulman Classic]] Winner<br>1986, 1988, 1989 [[Hoosier Hundred]] Winner<br>1990 [[World of Outlaws|Brad Doty Classic]] Winner<br>1991 [[Belleville High Banks|Belleville Midget Nationals]] Winner
| awards = [[National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum|National Sprint Car Hall of Fame]] Inductee (2002)
{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes
| years = 2014
| Total_IRL_Races = 2
| Years_In_IRL = 1
| IRL_Car_Team =
| Previous_Year = 2014
| Prev_IRL_Pos = 34th
| Best_IRL_Pos = 34th ([[1998 IndyCar Series season|1998]])
| First_IRL_Race = [[1998 Indy Racing League|1998]] [[1998 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]] ([[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|Indianapolis]])
| Last_IRL_Race = [[1998 Indy Racing League|1998]] [[1998 New England 200|New England 200]] ([[New Hampshire Motor Speedway|Loudon]])
| First_IRL_Win =
| Last_IRL_Win =
| IRL_Wins = 0
| IRL_Podiums = 0
| IRL_Poles = 0
| updated = 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 [[United States Automobile Club|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allstarsprint.com/history/ | title=All Star Circuit of Champions &#124; 410 Outlaw Sprint Car Series ASCoC - All Star Sprint Series }}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Hewitt is the son of [[Sprint Car]] legend Don Hewitt.
 
== Racing career ==
[[File:Jack Hewitt 1986 Photo By Ted Van Pelt (2928363584).jpg|thumb|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.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/jackhewitt.html |title=Jack Hewitt |accessdate=2008-11-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709035437/http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/jackhewitt.html |archivedate=2008-07-09 }}</ref>
 
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 [[PermierPremier Speedway]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in 1991 where he defeated fellow American Danny Smith, and leading Australian driver [[Max DumesnyDumesney]].
 
== Current life ==
As of July 2008, Jack is a coach and mentor to Lee Stark, a sprint driver of Brownsburg, Indiana.
 
== 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==
([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]])
 
===USAC Silver Crown Series===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Wins
! Finish
! Points
|-
| 1978
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;|
|align=center|
|-
| 1980
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;|
|align=center|
|-
| 1981
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 3rd
|align=center|
|-
| 1982
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;|
|align=center|
|-
| 1983
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 14th
|align=center|
|-
| 1984
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;|
|align=center|
|-
| 1985
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 6th
|align=center|
|-
| 1986
|align=center| 6
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 1st
|align=center|
|-
| 1987
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 1st
|align=center|
|-
| 1988
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 2nd
|align=center|
|-
| 1989
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 4th
|align=center|
|-
| 1990
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;|
|align=center|
|-
| 1991
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;|
|align=center|
|-
| 1992
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 4th
|align=center|
|-
| 1993
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 5th
|align=center|
|-
| 1994
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 5th
|align=center|
|-
| 1995
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 3rd
|align=center|
|-
| 1996
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 7th
|align=center|
|-
| 1997
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 9th
|align=center|
|-
| 1998
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 7th
|align=center|
|-
| 1999
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 3rd
|align=center|
|-
| 2000
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 11th
|align=center|
|-
| 2001
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;|
|align=center|
|-
| 2002
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 49th
|align=center|
|-
| 2014
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 50th
|align=center|
|}
 
===All Star Circuit of Champions===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Wins
! Finish
! Points
|-
| 1980
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;| 2nd
|align=center| 2772
|-
| 1983
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#CFEAFF;| 9th
|align=center| 1014
|-
| 1984
|align=center| 5
|align=center style="background:#CFEAFF;| 8th
|align=center| 1036
|-
| 1985
|align=center| 12
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;| 1st
|align=center| 3654
|-
| 1986
|align=center| 8
|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;| 4th
|align=center| 3219
|-
| 1987
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#CFEAFF;| 6th
|align=center| 2682
|-
| 1988
|align=center| 7
|align=center style="background:#CFEAFF;| 6th
|align=center| 2845
|-
| 1989
|align=center| 10
|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;| 4th
|align=center| 2900
|}
 
===World of Outlaws===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Wins
! Finish
! Points
|-
| 1978
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;| 5th
|align=center| 2698
|-
| 1979
|align=center| 1
|align=center style="background:#CFEAFF;| 9th
|align=center| 4380
|-
| 1980
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;| 11th
|align=center| 2910
|-
| 1982
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;| 13th
|align=center| 2692
|-
| 1989
|align=center| 0
|align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;| 14th
|align=center| 3675
|}
 
===American open-wheel racing===
([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
 
====Indy Racing League====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
!colspan=45| [[Indy Racing League]] results
|-
! Year
! Team
! Chassis
! No.
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! Rank
! Points
! Ref
|-
! [[1998 Indy Racing League season|1998]]
! [[PDM Racing]]
! [[G-Force Technologies|G-Force]] GF01B
! 18
! [[Oldsmobile]]
| [[1998 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World|WDW]]
| [[1998 Dura Lube 200|PHX]]
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1998 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br>{{small|12}}
| [[1998 True Value 500|TXS]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1998 New England 200|NHA]]<br>{{small|25}}
| [[1998 Pep Boys 400K|DOV]]
| [[1998 VisionAire 500K|CLT]]
| [[1998 Radisson 200|PPIR]]
| ATL
| TX2
| LVS
! style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34th
! style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23
! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/hewitja01/1998/O|title=Jack Hewitt – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=July 18, 2017}}</ref>
|}
 
== References ==
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[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:20th-century American racing drivers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:IndyCar Series drivers]]
[[Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers]]
[[Category:National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:People from Miami CountyTroy, Ohio]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Miami County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Racing drivers from Ohio]]
[[Category:World of Outlaws drivers]]
 
[[Category:USAC Silver Crown Series drivers]]
 
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[[Category:PDM Racing drivers]]
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