Jason Wolfe (born 18 October 1994 in

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) is an American racing driver. Wolfe previously competed in single seater series such as the

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championship. Currently, Wolfe competes in the German-based

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Racing career

Single seater career

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, Wolfe won the Yamaha Junior class with the Midstate Ohio Kart Club in 2009. Wolfe started single seaters in the

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class in 2010. The young driver finished second in the Great Lakes Division championship, behind the very experienced

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. With these results, Wofle qualified for the

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. The Ohio native finished in fourteenth place with his

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run car. For

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Wolfe competed in the SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises series finishing on the podium at

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and

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. Wolfe ended the championship third in the series standings, behind Rettich and Patrick Gallagher. In 2012 Wolfe made his

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

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. First racing with JAY Motorsports, Wolfe switched to

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for the 2013 U.S. F2000 Winterfest and regular season.

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joined Wolfe as his engineer scoring a third place at Mid-Ohio.

Pirelli World Challenge

Racing with Kinetic Motorsports Wolfe joined the

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TCA class racing a Kia Forte Coupe. Wolfe won five races during the season claiming the title in his debut season.

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finished second in points. Wolfe defended his title in

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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

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ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

Looking for a better touring car racing option Wolfe moved to Europe. Joining

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Wolfe raced one of the teams

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cars. The young American scored his first victory after Niels Langeveld received a thirty-second penalty in the first race at

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. Wolfe scored his second podium of the season in the second race at Zandvoort.

Motorsports results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

American Open-Wheel racing results

(

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

SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises

USF2000 National Championship

References

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