Jason Wolfe (racing driver)

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Jason Wolfe
Jason Wolfe TCR Volkswagen Golf.jpg
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1994-10-18) October 18, 1994 (age 29)
Mount Vernon, Ohio
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2017
Current team Team Engstler USA
Car number38
Previous series
2014-2016
2012-2013
2011-2012
Pirelli World Challenge - TCA
USF2000
Formula Enterprises
Championship titles
2014-2015 Pirelli World Challenge - TCA

Jason Wolfe (born 18 October 1994 in Mount Vernon, Ohio) is an American racing driver. Wolfe previously competed in single seater series such as the USF2000 championship. Currently, Wolfe competes in the German-based ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship.

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Racing career

Single seater career

In karting, Wolfe won the Yamaha Junior class with the Midstate Ohio Kart Club in 2009. [1] Wolfe started single seaters in the SCCA Formula Enterprises class in 2010. The young driver finished second in the Great Lakes Division championship, behind the very experienced Scott Rettich. [2] With these results, Wofle qualified for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America. The Ohio native finished in fourteenth place with his JAY Motorsports run car. [3] For 2011 Wolfe competed in the SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises series finishing on the podium at Virginia International Raceway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Wolfe ended the championship third in the series standings, behind Rettich and Patrick Gallagher. [4]

In 2012 Wolfe made his USF2000 debut at the 2012 U.S. F2000 Winterfest. His best result was a tenth place at Sebring. During the regular season, his best result was an eighth-place finish in the streets of Baltimore. First racing with JAY Motorsports, Wolfe switched to Pabst Racing for the 2013 U.S. F2000 Winterfest and regular season. Tõnis Kasemets joined Wolfe as his engineer scoring a third place at Mid-Ohio. [5]

Pirelli World Challenge

Racing with Kinetic Motorsports Wolfe joined the Pirelli World Challenge TCA class racing a Kia Forte Coupe. Wolfe won five races during the season claiming the title in his debut season. Shea Holbrook finished second in points. [6] Wolfe defended his title in 2015 remaining with Kinetic Motorsports. Looking for sponsors Wolfe ran a partial 2016 season winning a number of races. As he ran a limited schedule he could not defend his TCA title. Wolfe also won one race in the GTS class racing a GT4-spec KTM X-Bow.

ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

Looking for a better touring car racing option Wolfe moved to Europe. Joining Engstler Motorsport Wolfe raced one of the teams Volkswagen Golf cars. The young American scored his first victory after Niels Langeveld received a thirty-second penalty in the first race at Zandvoort. [7] Wolfe scored his second podium of the season in the second race at Zandvoort. [8]

Motorsports results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
2010 Road America Van Diemen DP06 Mazda Formula Enterprises 148Not running
2011 Road America Van Diemen DP06 Mazda Formula Enterprises 22Running
2012 Road America Spec Racer Ford Spec Racer Ford 1524Running
Van Diemen DP06 Mazda Formula Enterprises 23Running

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises

YearEntrant12345678910PosPoints
2011 JAY Motorsports VIR
3
VIR
3
MOS
4
MOS
Ret
BIR
5
BIR
2
MID
2
MID
2
ATL
Ret
ATL
7
3rd992

USF2000 National Championship

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012 JAY Motorsports SEB
14
SEB
34
STP
19
STP
9
LOR
10
MDO
12
MDO
29
ROA
26
ROA
14
ROA
23
BAL
10
BAL
10
VIR
25
VIR
13
13th84
2013 Pabst Racing SEB
8
SEB
7
STP
7
STP
7
LOR
7
TOR
29
TOR
24
MDO
3
MDO
9
MDO
20
LAG
9
LAG
8
HOU
7
HOU
18
8th148

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