Pete Hylton is a legend in his own right in the world of motorsports. A competition driver for 25 years, Hylton has been active in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) since 1973. In January, 2007, he received the SCCA’s highest honor, the Woolf Barnato Award, for his service to the organization. Hylton, who served on the SCCA board of directors for nine years, remains the youngest-ever elected member of that body.
After retiring from his position on the board, he took on the responsibility of volunteer historian and archivist for the world’s largest active motorsports membership organization. Since 1996, he has collected and organized publications, photos, racing statistics, and artifacts that have accumulated for sixty-two years. In the course of his task, Hylton became a contributing writer to “SportsCar,” the magazine published by the SCCA. In 2005, he wrote and published the history of the SCCA in commemoration of the organization’s sixtieth anniversary. Pete’s newest book, “Ghost Tracks” is based on the series of the same name that he published in SportsCar magazine.
A former engineer for the aerospace industry, Pete turned his passion for motorsports into a new career in 2003 when he accepted a faculty position at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). As Associate Professor in IUPUI’s s School of Engineering & Technology, he directs the IUPUI Motorsports Program which offers students hands-on training and experience in competitve motorsports.
Pete and his wife Wendy have three daughters, two of whom have already tried their hand at racing. The family hobby is collecting and restoring old British sportscars. The Hyltons reside in Brownsburg, Indiana where they own and operate The Old MG Bed & Breakfast (www.theoldmg.com).
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