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Get to Know Rich Dewitt, Jr

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Rich Dewitt, Jr. picked up the 2024 Sandusky Speedway Pure Stock Championship and was the 2024 Hy-Miler Nationals Pure Stock Feature Winner. The 29 year old from South Amherst, Ohio has a new challenge ahead for 2025 as he will join the 350 Outlaw Supermodified Sprint Series.

Dewitt, Jr. in Victory Lane at Sandusky Speedway’s Hy-Miler Nationals

How did you get involved in racing?

Long family history (Rich Dewitt, Sr. was a longtime racer at Sandusky and Lorain County Speedway)

How long have you been racing?  Why did you choose the number you race?

A total 9 years. Karts as a kid and now cars for going on 5 years. I stole the family 16

What’s your favorite race track you’ve raced on?

Sandusky

The same car with a Monte Carlo body after crashing in June at Lorain Raceway Park

What kind of hobbies outside of the racecar do you have?

Working on racecar and cooking with friends and family

Do you have a workout plan that you follow to keep yourself in top shape for race day?

Ha jokes huh 🤣

Did you have any racing heroes growing up?

My dad

Rich Dewitt, Sr. at Lorain County Speedway (BJ’s Photo via Michael Pirro)

Do you have any racers that you are close friends with?

Will Yuravak, Bobby Justice, Jesse Carrillo most all the guys we race with and then some unless they give us reasons not to be

The crash at Lorain Raceway Park that demolished the black Impala body

What is your greatest accomplishment in racing?

Making my name for myself and not living off my family name

What are your plans for 2025?

Going to try 350 Outlaw Supermodified Sprint Series and field my car (Grand National) with a driver

Do you have a regular job, and if so what do you do?

Union laborer

What are your long term goals in racing?

See how far we can make it!

What’s your favorite racing memory?

Hy-Miler 2024 and the 2024 Sandusky Speedway Championship

Dewitt racing into the sunset at Sandusky Speedway’s Cavalcade

Speedway Action Magazine is excited to watch Rich Dewitt, Jr. move up the ranks into the 350 Outlaw Supermodified Sprint Series in 2025, we are happy to have a little logo placement on the car in 2024 beginning with the Hy-Miler where Rich, Jr. was the first driver to take a Speedway Action Images decal to Victory Lane in 2024!


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