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Jack Hewitt Will Do It at The Copper on Dirt

Kevin Montgomery Tucson, AZ (February 13^th, 2010) – Jack Hewitt, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee and undoubtedly one of the greatest open wheel drivers of all time, will make his way to Tucson's USA Raceway were he will be honored as Grand Marshal for the 4^th running of The "Copper on Dirt".

Hewitt, the first and only driver to win the elusive 4-Crown at Eldora Speedway, will also be in action on the track! The famous two-seat sprint car will be on hand and attendee's of the event will have a rare opportunity to ride along with the legendary Jack Hewitt.

Two USAC Silver Crown Championships are just a few notables on a very renowned racing career. Known for his straight talking no-nonsense personality, Hewitt is one of the most respected drivers in the history of the sport with several hundred victories to his credit and sits at the top of the all time win list in USAC Silver Crown competition. Hewitt also ranks in the top spots for all time career USAC Sprint Car feats and ultimately achieved a life long quest when he finished 12^th in the 1998 Indianapolis 500.

"This is a once in a life time opportunity to have such a great racer come to USA Raceway and we are extremely excited for him to be part of the Copper on Dirt," said Benji Lyons of USA Raceway. "I can not wait to see the face's on the people that are brave enough to get in and take a ride in the back seat of a sprint car with Jack Hewitt at the wheel."

The 4^th Annual "Copper on Dirt" featuring USAC Silver Crown, USAC National/CRA Sprint Cars and USAC National/Western States Midgets all taking part in a sensational racing spectacle at Tucson's USA Raceway's for two nights on February 19^th and 20^th marking USA Raceway as one of only two dirt track venues to host USAC's Triple Crown all in one event.

As the 2010 racing season goes into to full swing, USAC championship hopefuls will make their way west to start the year off at one of the premier events of the season. More than a hundred of the nations top open wheel teams are anticipated to take part in the 4^th Annual "Copper on Dirt" making this a must see event of 2010.

Ticket pricing, seating charts and purchasing information can be found online at http://www.usaraceway.net/Uploads/CopperOnDirtTicketForm.pdf or by calling the USA Raceway office at 520-574-8515

Hotel Information can be found at www.usaraceway.net/lodging.php or by calling the Tucson Airport Courtyard by Marriott at 520-573-0000

USA Raceway is located east of Tucson off I-10 exit 265, then 1.6 miles south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information please, contact the track at 520-574-8515 or additional information regarding USA Raceway can be found at http://www.usaraceway.net

Mississippi's Ricky Stenhouse became the first and only driver to win multiple "Copper on Dirt" features in a single year. Stenhouse set the bar high at the inaugural "Copper on Dirt" by winning back to back races in the 40-lap sprint car feature and finishing off the night by capturing the 50-lap USAC Silver Crown Feature.

California native, Darren Hagen, is the only other driver to win in two divisions with a midget victory in 2008 and a sprint car win in 2009. Hagen will lead the USAC trio into Tucson as the defending "Copper on Dirt" Sprint Car Champion while Brad Sweet and Bud Kaeding will likely set out to defend the USAC Midget and Silver Crown titles respectively. Hagen also leads the "Copper on Dirt" stats with 8 of 9 feature starts (Did not participate in 2007 Silver Crown portion) and an average finish of 5^th in 8 total events.

Past Copper on Dirt Winners:
2007 USAC Midgets - Cory Kruseman
2007 USAC Sprint Cars - Ricky Stenhouse
2007 USAC Silver Crown - Ricky Stenhouse
2008 USAC Midgets – Darren Hagen
2008 USAC Sprint Cars – Shane Cottle
2008 USAC Silver Crown – Jerry Coons Jr.
2009 USAC Midgets – Brad Sweet
2009 USAC Sprint Cars – Darren Hagen
2009 USAC Silver Crown – Bud Kaeding

I think this is a huge announcement. i cant believe there are no comments on here.

Jack Hewitt can drive anything. I went to the World 100 at Eldora in 1994. For you open wheel guys, it is a Late Model race. There were 222 cars there and even being just a very part time Late Model racer, Jack set fast time. Unfortunetly, he blew 2 engines that weekend.

Does anyone have a picture of his stable of blue number 21 race cars sitting in the water fall? That is probably the most awesome Race car promtional picture I have ever seen.

Chris Kearns
www.ChrisKearnsPresents.com
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To be honest I really didn't read the PR message beyond the first sentence where it said he would be the Grand Marshall. *note - To the PR flacks that write stuff that ends up posted in here, make sure you spit it all out in the beginning and give details later - end note. The last time I saw him he wasn't in any shape to be driving a race car so it's good to hear that he is driving the 2-seater. I don't think anyone has ever been happier or more grateful to run the Indy 500 than Jack. Great man, great driver.

Right about now would be the perfect opportunity for BigFish (Kenny) to post the great Jack Hewitt interview.

"Ralphie, Senor, muchas gracias por una mas cerveza"  -
Scott Daloisio @ the PAS

I dont think you can legally post the interview I am thinking of!

Chris Kearns
www.ChrisKearnsPresents.com
805-714-8538
[email protected] 

It's on youtube. Kids? Earmuffs!

Yes it is there fer sure. Jack Hewitt Raw. Best interview of a sprint car driver ever - even though it is x rated. Best of luck to Kevin Montgomery and all of the race teams this weekend.

"Ralphie, Senor, muchas gracias por una mas cerveza"  -
Scott Daloisio @ the PAS