Billy Pauch Jr.

The son of racecar driver Billy Pauch, he was raised in Kingwood Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Delaware Valley Regional High School, before attending Raritan Valley Community College and Rider University.^[3]

Since 2009, Pauch has competed primarily in the dirt modified division, and claimed track championships at Big Diamond Speedway in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Georgetown Speedway, Delaware, and Bridgeport and New Egypt Speedways in New Jersey.^[2][4] He has also previously competed in series such as the Super DIRTcar Big-Block Modified Series, the Pennsylvania Tri-Track Modified Series, the Short Track Super Series, the USAC Silver Crown Series, the Chili Bowl Nationals, and the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing.^[3][5]

Pauch also appears at the Action Track USA in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, where he is credited with four track championships in the SpeedSTR class, and an additional crown in the Wingless 600 sprints.^[2]

Pauch's sister, Mandee Pauch Mahaney was honored as the 2024 Outstanding Woman in Racing by the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame for her work as a content creator and media personality. Building on her experiences authoring a magazine column, writing a blog, and TV pit reporting, Paunch Mahaney launched her YouTube channel, “Dirt Track Untold” in 2017.^[6][7]