Jack Baldwin (racing driver)

Jack Baldwin
Baldwin at a Pirelli World Challenge race at Road America in 2014
Born	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Awards	1972 Formula Ford Champion 1984–1985 Camel GTU Champion 1992 Trans-Am Series Champion 2009 HSR Endurance Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 3 years
Best finish	75th (1994)
First race	1994 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta)
Last race	1999 Lysol 200 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0

Jack Baldwin (born May 31, 1948 in Marietta, Georgia) is a race car driver. Jack Baldwin is a legend in road racing, with wins in every series that he has competed in, as well as victories at every major race track in the United States during his successful career that has spanned four decades. Jack has won 5 professional Championships and over 30 major pro races that include one Daytona 24 Hour win and two 12 hours of Sebring wins. Jack was invited twice to compete in the prestigious International Race of Champions (IROC) and has driven all types of race cars over the decades. 2013 was his 25th running of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Baldwin currently drives a Porsche Cayman S for GTSport Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge and is the most successful Porsche Cayman S driver in the world with seven wins, over a dozen pole positions and twenty-plus podium finishes.

Jack Baldwin has been invited to the International Race of Champions twice, in 1993 and 1994. During this time his best finish was two second-place finishes in a photo finish beating Dale Earnhardt at the Talladega Superspeedway and Darlington Speedway finishing between Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt.

Baldwin made his NASCAR debut in 1994 at a Busch Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Driving the #95 Royal Oak Charcoal Chevrolet for Buz McCall's American Equipment Racing, Baldwin qualified 26th and finished 23rd. He ran his next race two weeks later at Darlington Raceway, finishing 24th. In 1998, he returned to the Busch Series to run the Lysol 200 in the #59 Kingsford Chevy for ST Motorsports, and finished 20th. He ran the Lysol 200 the next year for Jimmy Spencer in the #12 Zippo car, and finished 4th.

Baldwin began his Trans-Am driving career in 1990 and achieved the Rookie of The Year Award. In 1992 Baldwin was the Champion of Trans Am Series, being the first driver of the modern era to complete every lap of every race of that season, which earned him the Chevy Proud Motorsports Achievement Award for outstanding performance. He drove the Mattel Hot Wheels #25 and #1 Chevy Camaro for American Equipment Racing.