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filed in News on Mar.30, 2011
The 2010 VW TDI Cup Documentary airs starting this weekend on Discovery Channel. This year it is a three part series, and Im sure Zach Merck and the crew from Radical Media have done a bang up job once again. Watch for me winning, spinning, and crashing my way through another season.
“Rookies to Racers” is an exciting new mini-series documenting ...read more
filed in News on Nov.03, 2010
I had an absolute blast this weekend at the 13 hours of VIR. A huge thanks to the team Mitchum Motorsports who gave us a great car, and my co-drivers Joey Atterbury, Ryan Ellis and Dion Von Moltke. We lost some time in the early hours with a couple small glitches, but the car ran perfect for the last 10 ...read more
filed in News on Oct.27, 2010
Hey everybody, Its been a bit quiet from me for the last month, but Im getting back in the seat this weekend at the 13hrs of VIR. Really excited for this as its a bunch of firsts for me, including the first time I’ll ever be on track for longer than 30 minutes (Im expected to do stints of 1.5-2hrs). ...read more
filed in News on Sep.27, 2010
Well the season is now over, so lets start with the positives. When all was said and done I completed 183 laps towards our Right To Play program, which means we raised an incredible $12,550 this year. Thank you to everyone! Unfortunately my championship dreams came up a bit short, as I only managed to wind up 7th in the ...read more
filed in News on Sep.25, 2010
Another up and down day here in Puebla, but it ended on a positive as I moved up from 11th to take 5th in race 1 and keep my championship hopes alive for 1 more day. In the morning things started out with Qualifying for tomorrow’s race 2. It was a huge struggle as the car I am in this ...read more
filed in News on Sep.24, 2010
Sorry for the short update today guys, I’m struggling with my internet down here. It was a tough first day at the track. In practice I was quite fast for most of the session, but then near the end something let go in the front end. We had a very short turnaround before qualifying, and the tech’s worked very hard ...read more
filed in News on Sep.23, 2010
Just getting to bed after the first day here in Mexico. We are staying at a Holiday Inn, that is relatively similar to what one would be at home, and at 10AM this morning a shuttle picked us up to head to the track. The track seems to be right in the middle of a rather rough area, when all ...read more
filed in News on Sep.21, 2010
Tomorrow morning at 7:30am I head to Mexico, beginning my final weekend in the TDI Cup. It has been one heck of ride over the last 2 years, and what better way to end it then in Mexico, in front of an expected 40,000 fans with the championship on the lin. With any luck, I’ll be able to forget about ...read more
Tags: Jake Thompson, Mexico, Racing, TDI Cup, Volkswagen
filed in News on Sep.09, 2010
Well this is it, the grand finale, the final countdown, the last hurrah for all the marbles. As the 2010 TDI Cup prepares to crown it’s champion two weeks from now in Puebla, Mexico, we thought it was time to look back at all the excitement of the last 8 months that has led us to this point.
It all started ...read more
filed in News on Aug.30, 2010
Racing for the Right To Play is getting ready for its final round September 26th, which means this is the last chance to get your name on the hood of the race car while helping out a great cause at the same time. So far we have had 18 companies and individuals step up to raise close to $9000, which ...read more
Tags: Jake Thompson, Racing, Right To play, TDI Cup