Jeff Altenburg
| Jeff Altenburg | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | December 10, 1962 Ellicott City, MD[1] |
| Current team | Momentum Race Group |
| Former teams | Genesis Racing; TriPoint Motorsports; Powell Motorsport; Rocketsport Racing; The Rolex Rotors; |
| Championships | 2007 Mazda Touring Car Championship |
| Awards | |
Jeff Altenburg is a professional race car driver born in the USA.[1] He has won sixteen national championships in both amateur and professional racing.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Altenburg attended Catonsville High School in Baltimore County, Maryland[4] and later attended the US Navy's Nuclear Power School.[2] He was married to Brenda Altenburg and has a daughter named Cloe.[2]
Racing career
[edit]Altenburg has competed in the BF Goodrich Trans Am Series, the Neon Challenge Series, the American Le Mans Series and the GrandAm Series.[2] He has collected more than 120 career wins and 16 championships, with a record-setting six consecutive wins in the PPG Neon Challenge championships.[5]
Genesis Racing
[edit]1999 and 2000, Altenburg Raced with Genesis in 4 events in their Hawk MD3R and BMW M3[6]
Tri-Point Motorsports
[edit]From 2002 until 2008 he competed in the SCCA Speed World Challenge Series racing as a Mazda Factory Driver for Tri Point Motorsports, first in their Mazda Protege Touring Cars and then in their Mazda 6 Touring Cars. In 2006, Altenburg earned six top-five finishes and three podiums and finished seventh in the Drivers' Championship.[2] In 2007 Altenburg and car chief Ron Carroll won the 2007 SPEED World Challenge Championship, by first winning at Sebring and Miller Motorsports Park.[2][3][7]
Powell Motorsport
[edit]In 2003, Altenburg joined Powell Motorsport two races into the 2003 11-race Grand AM Cup to finish the season in their #02 Rockland Standard Gear Corvette.[8]
Rocketsport Racing
[edit]In 2000 the racing technologies firm, Steele Racing Enterprises, Inc., headed by Robert Steele, partnered with the race team Rocketsport Racing, headed by Paul Gentilozzi, to field Altenburg as a contender for the BF Goodrich Trans Am Series and Rookie of the year.[5] Placing 3rd in the driver's championship with four podiums including a 3rd-place finish at his very first Trans Am Start in Sebring, Florida, Altenburg was awarded Rookie of the Year for the 2000 BF Goodrich Trans Am Series.[2]
The Rolex Rotors
[edit]The Rolex Rotors were a Go-Kart team with whom Altenburg raced with in May 2001 during the 'Three Hours of Go-Karting,' an event held as a precursor to the Six Hours of The Glen being held at Waktins Glen International. Sadly, his team did not podium.[9]
Momentum Race Group
[edit]Altenburg joined Momentum Race Group in 2009[10] In 2010, Altenburg drove for Momentum Race Group[11] in their Number 05, Camaro SS, competing in the Grand Am Continental Tire Sportscar Championship in the GS.R class.[12]
Championship Titles
[edit]- Between 1989 and 1997, 4 Solo Championships[2][5]
- Between 1989 and 1997, 6 Pro Solo Championships[2][5]
- 1997 Solo Championship[2]
- 1997 SCCA Runoffs Champion[2]
- 1997 Neon Challenge Championships (becoming the first driver to win the Solo, Runoffs and SCCA Pro Racing National Championships (Neon Challenge) in the same year)[2]
- 1998 Neon Challenge Championships[2]
- 1999 SCCA Runoffs Champion[2]
- 2007 SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship[2][3]
Notable Achievements
[edit]- Six Neon Challenge race wins.[2]
- Ran the full 2000 Trans-Am Season with two seconds and two third podium finishes, finishing third in driver points.[2]
- 2001 Second place finish in the Le Mans Series at Portland, driving a Viper GTSR.[2]
- 2001 First place in the Grand Am Cup at Mosport, Sport Touring Class[2]
- 2002 Second, Third, and Fifth place finishes in the SPEED World Challenge Touring Season at VIR, Road Atlanta and Trois Rivieres, respectively, finishing thirteenth in the season for driver points.[2]
- 2003 sixth-place finish in the SPEED touring Car Drivers' Championship[2]
- 2003 first place in the SPEED Touring Car at Mazda Raceway Laguna-Seca[2]
- 2003 second-place finishes in the SPEED Touring Car Championships, at Infineon Raceway and twice at Road Atlanta[2]
- 2004 first-place finish (career second) in the SPEED Touring Car at Laguna Seca[2]
- 2007 first place in the SPEED Touring Car Championship at Sebring and Miller Motorsports Park[2]
- Reset the qualifying lap record at Mid-Ohio in 2007[2]
- 2012 shared first place in the Motul CTMP Grand Prix Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car twin sprints at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in No. 43[13]
Cars
[edit]- 1999 No. 12 Hawk MD3R with Genesis Racing[6]
- 1999 No. 32 Hawk MD3R with Genesis Racing[6]
- 2000 No. 82 Dodge Viper with Michael McCann[6]
- 2000 No. 55 BMW M3 with Genesis Racing[6]
- 2001 No. 17 Chevret Corvette C5 with Trinkler Racing, LLC[6]
- 2001 No. 45 Dodge Viper with American Viperacing[6]
- 2001 No. 15 Porsche 996 GT3-RS with Fordahl Motorsports/Crazy Redhead Racing[6]
- 2001 No. 56 Chrysler Viper with Muzzy Racing[6]
- 2001 No. 35 Chevrolet Corvette with Phoenix American Motorsports[6]
- 2002 No. 44 Dodge Viper with American Viperacing[6]
- 2003 No. 71 Dodge Viper with Carsport America[6]
- 2003 No. 02 Chevrolet Corvette with Powell Motorsport[6]
- 2003 No. 17 Dodge Viper with Carsport America[6]
- 2003 No. 123 Porsche 996 GT3 Cup with TPC Racing[6]
- 2006 No. 70 Mazda RX-8 with SpeedSource[6]
- 2006 No. 21 BMW M3 E46 with Matt Connolly Motorsports[6]
- 2006 No. 142 Acura RSX-S with [DavisAcura.com][14]
- 2007 No. 13 Dodge Viper for Woodhouse Performance[15]
- 2008 No. 21 Pontiac GTO.R with Matt Connolly Motorsports[6]
- 2012 No. 43 HPA/RennGruppe/Brimtek/SGRacing Volkswagen GLI[13]
Motorsports career results
[edit]SCCA National Championship Runoffs
[edit]| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Mid-Ohio | Dodge Neon | Dodge | Showroom Stock C | 8 | 12 | Running |
| 1995 | Mid-Ohio | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Showroom Stock B | 15 | 2 | Running |
| 1996 | Mid-Ohio | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Showroom Stock B | 2 | 3 | Running |
| 1997 | Mid-Ohio | BMW 328 | BMW | Showroom Stock A | 1 | 1 | Running |
| Dodge Neon | Dodge | Showroom Stock C | 35 | 9 | Retired | ||
| 1998 | Mid-Ohio | Dodge Viper | Dodge | Touring 1 | 5 | 2 | Retired |
| Dodge Neon | Dodge | Showroom Stock C | 6 | 9 | Running | ||
| 1999 | Mid-Ohio | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet | Touring 1 | 1 | 1 | Running |
| 2000 | Mid-Ohio | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet | Touring 1 | 2 | 2 | Running |
American open-wheel racing results
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Barber Dodge Pro Series
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| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | SEB | LRP | DET | WGI | CLE | GRA | MDO 14 |
ROA 23 |
LS1 15 |
ATL | HMS | LS2 | 37 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Jeff Altenburg driver statistics at Racing-Reference
References
[edit]- ^ a b Racing-Reference.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab World-Challenge.com - Jeff Altenburg
- ^ a b c Grand-AM.com 2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Notebook Archived 2013-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ |Baltimore Sun Altenburg Race
- ^ a b c d "Motorsport.com Jeff Altenburg 2000". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Racingsportscars.com Jeff Altenburg
- ^ SpeedTV SPEED World Challenge Touring Car - Sebring 2008 Rnd.1, P1
- ^ Rsgear.com Jeff Altenburg Races with Powell Archived 2013-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Grand-Am.com Grand Am Cup - Three Hours of Go Karting Archived 2013-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Grand-am.com Momentum Race Group Announces 2009 Team Archived 2013-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Momentum Race Group
- ^ Grand-AM.com Archived 2013-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ a b World-Challenge.com Altenburg, Cooper Take TC Wins, Rapone Sweeps TCB at CTMP
- ^ Grand-am.com Hometown Favorite Archived 2013-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ World-Challenge.com Jeff Altenburg to Drive No. 13 for Woodhouse Performance at Watkins Glen