Pete Widdis, the uncle of Widdis Racing driver Bret Widdis, has been racing for nearly a half century. He has raced just about everything that has a motor inside. Pete has unmatched wisdom that shines every weekend at the race track.

Pete started racing rally in 1954 three years before his younger brother Boyd would begin navigating. Pete finished an incredible 27th in the Lancia/Wonder Muffler Press on Regardless Rally in Marquette. He ran in the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) for 5 years and was a 25-year member. Pete would score a 6th place finish in a Missouri race out of a 55 car field. Only 8 cars finished the grueling race, and the Widdis car finished with no exhaust, broken springs, and broken shocks.

Pete built his first stock car in 1963. He raced it on the dirt in Escanaba and on the asphalt at Sands, Michigan. He raced a Plymouth Duster and a Dodge Demon in his early stock car career. After the Escanaba track switched to asphalt, Pete ended up winning 11 races and finished 2nd once.

Pete raced a sports car on a dirt track in Columbus, Ohio which was similar to a road course on dirt. He didn't stop there. Dirt couldn't stop Pete, so he decided to tackle ice! Pete raced for the best time on a half-mile ice track.

Pete also raced Motocross a few times, but didn't make it a usual occurrence. Pete started racing go karts in 1963. He was instrumental with brother Boyd in creating a track in Manistique, Michigan. Pete has raced on the streets of Curtis as well as the mean streets of Germfask. On a track near Escanaba, Pete flipped his kart 2 times and ended up flying out of the kart. Pete would decide to hang up his kart helmet in the early 70s. He would later grab it again in 1993, the first year of nephew Bret's racing career. Pete actually had planned on beginning racing in 1992, but health reasons wouldn't allow it. Pete quickly was the 1994 GLRKA (Great Lakes Race Kart Association) Runner-UP. He also became the GLRKA 1996 Driver of the Year. In 1997 when Pete took home the GLRKA Adult Championship his nephew would steal the GLRKA Jr. Championship. Ironically, Bret was the youngest driver to ever win a championship as Pete was the oldest driver to ever take home a title.