Jason Wolfe (racing driver)

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.

Jason Wolfe
Nationality American
Born (1994-10-18) October 18, 1994
Mount Vernon, Ohio
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2017
Current teamTeam Engstler USA
Car number38
Previous series
2014-2016
2012-2013
2011-2012		Pirelli World Challenge - TCA
USF2000
Formula Enterprises
Championship titles
2014-2015Pirelli World Challenge - TCA

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
2010Road AmericaVan Diemen DP06MazdaFormula Enterprises148Not running
2011Road AmericaVan Diemen DP06MazdaFormula Enterprises22Running
2012Road AmericaSpec RacerFordSpec Racer Ford1524Running
Van Diemen DP06MazdaFormula Enterprises23Running

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2011 JAY Motorsports VIR
3		 VIR
3		 MOS
4		 MOS
Ret		 BIR
5		 BIR
2		 MID
2		 MID
2		 ATL
Ret		 ATL
7		 3rd 992

USF2000 National Championship
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
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		 13th 84
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		 8th 148

References
  1. "2009 Season Points Yamaha Junior". Midstate Ohio Kart Club. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  2. "SCCA Great Lakes Division National Formula Enterprises 2010 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. "2010 Runoffs results" (PDF). SCCA. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. "SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises 2011 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  5. "Team Optimistic About 2013 Championship Series After Successful Warmup at Winterfest". USF2000. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  6. "Pirelli World Challenge - TCA 2014 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  7. "Jason Wolfe inherits his first win after 15 drivers penalised at Zandvoort". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. "Niels Langeveld takes commanding Zandvoort win". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
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