Jeff Altenburg | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Ellicott City, MD[1] | December 10, 1962
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]
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]
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]
1999 and 2000, Altenburg Raced with Genesis in 4 events in their Hawk MD3R and BMW M3[6]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
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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 |
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Barber Dodge Pro Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |