Jipp Ortiz has been closely associated with the DIRT Pro Stock division. As a championship driver, car owner and builder, he and the DIRT Pro Stock class have been inseparable. All that has changed when Ortiz moved from the full-fendered DIRT Pro Stock wars to the open-wheel DIRT Sportsman ranks. Ortiz, of Ransomville is a three time Mr. DIRT Pro Stock champion and now enjoys the challenge of trying to become a winner in his the new class.

            Ortiz races each week here at Ransomville in his #0 Original Pizza Logs machine as well as selected other tracks. He also competes in the Lucas Oil DIRT Sportsman Series events as well as selected Mr. DIRT Sportsman Tour races. Many will recall Ortiz as the chief starter that stood atop the front stretch flag stand for many years here at Ransomville.

            Success came often for Ortiz in the DIRT Pro Stocks. He first competed in the class in 1994 and 1995 but when business and family matters took him away from behind the wheel he did not return to the division until 1999. Since then he has won the overall Mr. DIRT Pro Stock championship three times including last season and twice won the DIRT Pro Stock Super DIRT Week event at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. He has over 40 wins at the Canandaigua Speedway. Ortiz has also won Ransomville’s most prestigious DIRT Pro Stock event, the King of The Hill 100, twice.