Mitchell deJong (born September 15, 1997) is an American racing driver and esports driver who last drove for Bak40 Motorsports in Nitrocross.
Early life Mitchell deJong was born on September 15, 1997 in Laguna Hills, California. He began racing ATVs and go-karts at the age of five and began racing off-road trucks at the age of ten.
Racing career
In 2012, deJong joined the Traxxas TORC Series and won the championship in the PRO Buggy class, winning six races.
DeJong won the silver medal for Rallycross Lites at X Games Los Angeles 2013. He won the gold medal a year later at X Games Austin 2014.
In 2014, deJong won seven of nine races en route to the GRC Lites championship.
Esports career DeJong won the iRacing Rallycross World Championship in 2018 and finished runner-up in the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series. In 2019, he finished second in the Rallycross championship.
In 2021, deJong qualified for the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. He won his first race at Circuit of the Americas and later at Road America to qualify for the playoffs. deJong reached the championship round and finished the season third overall.
DeJong won one race at Watkins Glen for the 2022 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season. He finished the season sixth overall.
Racing record Esports career summary Season Series Team Wins Top 5 Poles Laps Led Points Position 2014 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series Orion Race Team 0 2 0 3 69 30th 2015 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series Foracer Coanda Simsport 3 8 2 126 410 5th 2016 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series VRS Coanda Simsport 0 8 3 55 319 30th 2017 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series VRS Coanda Simsport 0 7 1 49 243 9th iRacing Blancpain GT Series VRS Coanda Simsport 0 3 0 250 3rd 2018 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series VRS Coanda Simsport 3 12 3 185 968 2nd iRacing Rallycross World Championship Series VRS Coanda Simsport 5 9 5 766 1st VRS GT iRacing World Championship 2018 VRS Coanda Simsport 1 7 0 534 3rd 2019 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup VRS Coanda Simsport 0 6 1 35 861 4th iRacing Rallycross World Championship Series VRS Coanda Simsport 5 7 4 80 561 2nd VRS GT iRacing World Championship VRS Coanda Simsport 0 6 1 440 2nd 2020 Subaru iRX All-Star Invitational VRS Coanda Simsport 229 1st Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup VRS Coanda Simsport 0 2 1 7 251 11th iRacing Rallycross World Championship Series Subaru Motorsports USA 1 5 2 41 150 4th 2021 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup VRS Coanda Simsport 1 4 1 33 478 2nd eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series 23XI Racing 2 7 6 348 3032 3rd 2022 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series 23XI Racing 1 4 1 84 2071 6th 2025 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Coanda Esports 0 2 0 0 275 9th Source:
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