He also travels the world as an Esports champion and competitor of invite-only events held by top manufacturers such as BMW [2] and Porsche.
deJong holds world records and championship titles in multiple disciplines, including X-Games.
In 2011 He captured the attention of Red Bull Energy Drink and became the youngest athlete in their arsenal.
In 2011, he attracted the attention of Red Bull Energy Drink and became their youngest 4-wheeled driver in the world.
At the end of 2013, deJong competed in his first full iRacing season, racing in the Grand Am Sports Car Series, he won the championship.
In 2014 while deJong was real-world racing in rallycross, he wanted to compete for (an iRacing) Pro License as well.
The win was all the more impressive given that Sebring was just deJong's sixth iRacing World Championship GP Series event.
For example, at the start of his rallycross season, it had been 6-7 months since deJong had been in a real race car; the only driving he had been doing was on iRacing.
2014 deJong became the first American to win the Global Rallycross Championship in the new supercar lite's class and the youngest to compete.
[44] 2021, he ranked third in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, behind the champion Keegan Leahy and runner-up Logan Clampitt.