Vaughn Gittin, Jr.

Hometown: Glen Burnie, MD
Competition Car: 2010 Ford Mustang GT
Engine Specs: 4.6L Aluminator supercharged V8
Sponsors: Falken Tire, Ford Racing, Bosch, K&N, Exedy, Wilwood, ASD, Sparco, HRE, Tein

Short Bio on Vaughn Gittin, Jr.

Some professional athletes are known for their dogged training regimen and resolute pursuit of their passion, while others seem to be born to it. Vaughn Gittin Jr. is an amalgam, a product of both. Known simply as “JR” by many, Gittin Jr. is a self-taught and dedicated professional drift driver who has been rockin’ & rollin’ his way through the sport virtually since its inception in the United States. However, this world-renowned extreme athlete did not simply arrive at the highest level of his sport; his journey featured combined elements of genetics, environment, determination and perseverance.
“Since I was born,” Gittin Jr. says, “I have done nothing but live and breathe cars.” When he was a baby, his father would drive him around the neighborhood in his loud hot rods to make him stop crying and go to sleep. “The loud engine soothed me I guess.”
As a toddler, at his mother’s wedding, Vaughn held a Matchbox car during the entire ceremony, gripping it like it was gold. His father, Vaughn Gittin Sr., had numerous impressive cars when he was younger. Gittin Jr. recalls asking his dad do “fishtails” and “burnouts”.
"I have always loved that feeling of the back end skating around, engine screaming, and seeing the tire smoke,” said Gittin Jr., who eventually turned that love into a thriving and successful professional driving career.