Curt Van Pelt (December 31, 1957) is a retired American Dirt Modified racing driver credited with 135 career wins throughout the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.
[1][2] Curt Van Pelt started in the Late Models at New York's Woodhull Raceway in 1977 and was soon winning races and track titles by the handful.
By 1982, he and his car owner, father Jim Van Pelt, decided to advance to the modifieds, immediately winning the division championship at the Circle K Speedway in Whitesville, New York.
In 1987 Van Pelt was hired to drive the Sherwood #11JR, winning the Woodhull track championship and the regional 358 modified MR.
[3] He went on to drive for several car owners, eventually claiming eight track titles, including one at Dundee Speedway in New York and a second modified championship at Woodhull.