Forged out of common passion for motorsport. Steadfast Racing is the partnership between Mac Lewis and Jesse Gröse.
What started as a small idea to create a racing team with the goal of sustainable racing, has blossomed into a full service race shop. With capabilities like bespoke component manufacturing, composites fabrication, arrive-and-drive rentals, driver development, and more.
Steadfast Racing aims to provide quality racing and manufacturing services for Central Florida and beyond.
Mac lewis
Co-Owner - Team Principal - Chief financial officer
Mac Lewis has been around racing for most of his life. He worked with several drag racing teams from amateur drag racing up to Top Fuel prior to working with and racing for some local teams in Illinois within the dirt track community. Focusing primarily on modifieds and late models. He then joined the United States Navy and volunteered for the Submarine service. A very grueling and intense program that very few successfully finish and graduate. After many years in the Submarine service and a medical retirement out of the Navy in the early 2010s, Mac went on to work as a defense contractor for several years. Not too long after this, he started his flourishing paver business in Brevard County, Florida. He brings a ton of business and financial experience to Steadfast Racing as Co-owner, Team Principal, and Chief Financial Officer.
Jesse Gröse
Co-Owner - Team Manager - Resident Professional Driver - Driver Coach
Having been racing for the better part of two decades, Jesse has a plethora of racing and business experience within the motorsports industry. He started racing karts at age 14, competing in series like WKA, Florida Winter Tour, and Florida Karting Championship Series. In 2013, at age 18, Jesse progressed to cars and competed in his first SCCA Spec Racer Ford race at Sebring. From that point on, Jesse has amassed three championships, multiple endurance wins and podiums, and has tested, developed, raced, and coached in over 100 different track cars; specializing in Sports Prototype cars. After a harrowing battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and a Bone Marrow Transplant in 2021, he now finds himself a man of many hats. Co-owner, Team Manager, Resident Pro Driver, and Driver Coach of Steadfast Racing.