Jacob Eichholtz

Jacob Eichholtz
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Age	34
Nationality	American
TM Master Cup Series
Car #	464
Years Competed	2011-
Debut Season	2012
Current Team	Alpha Concepts Racing
Former Team(s)	Eichholtz Atlantic Racing
Championships	0
Pole Positions	0
Wins	1 (non-points)
Podiums	2
First Attempt	2011 Karjala Grand Prix
First Start	2011 Round of Decatur
First Win	2013 Independents' Trophy Invitational
Last Win	2013 Independents' Trophy Invitational
Last Start	2014 Round of Indianapolis
Last Attempt	2014 Round of Decatur
Best Result	1st (non-points), 3rd (points)
TM Lights
Years Competed	2013
Debut Season	2013
Former Team(s)	Eichholtz Atlantic Racing
Championships	0
Pole Positions	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Best Finish
First Start	2013 TM Lights @ California
Last Start	2013 TM Lights @ California
Dash Cup career
Car #	96
Years Competed	2013-present
Debut Season	2013
Current Team	Silverback Motorsports Group
Former Team(s)	STS ATK Racing Atlantic Motorsports Scuderia Pazzano
Championships	0
Pole Positions	1
Wins	5
Podiums	12
Miscellaneous
Twitter	@Eichh31
Portrayed By	n/a
Created By	pennst24
TM Canon Driver

Jacob Eichholtz (born January 16th, 1990) is an American race car driver from Fort Lauderdale, Florida who has competed most notably in TM Master Cup, Dash Cup, and FARC. He currently competes for the Independent's Trophy and runs full-time in Dash Cup.

CRL Modified Division

Jacob and the Eichholtz Autosport team announced their entry into the 2010 CRL Modified Division season just weeks before the season opener at Irwindale. Despite this, and marginal motor backing from Lenard, he qualified for the main race. After he failed to qualify for the next race, Eichholtz came back with a fury at Phoenix, scoring his first ever CRL point.

Weeks later, after an impressive duel with Fabrizio Dalle Stelle at Carbondale, Eichholtz edged Dalle Stelle when a lapped car held up Dalle Stelle on the final lap. His remaining races in CRL consisted of more up's than down's, but could not keep up with the points leaders in the late part of the season. Eichholtz finished sixth in final CRL points, a performance impressive for a team that was formed within two weeks of the season opener.

ARLA Elite Series

2010

Eichholtz first attempted an ARLA Elite Series race with his father at the 2010 120 Laps of Dwyer. However, they were swept up in an accident in the qualifying race and did not make the cut. Eichholtz also failed to qualify for the 2010 Rockford 200, not advancing out of his heat race.

2011

Eichholtz started 2011 with a bang as he dominantly won the ARLA Elite Series Rookie Shootout, giving him the points lead heading into the season opener, the Fort Worth 500. At Texas, Eichholtz backed up his win with an impressive podium finish, racing with TM Master Cup Series veterans Joseph Howard and Christian Johaanes. He continued this momentum into a fantastic season, finishing 4th in the final drivers' championship standings.

2012

2012 has been rough on Eichholtz. Heading into Rockford, he had only earned two top-ten finishes the entire year, and failed to qualifying for the 2012 Mini Indy 500. However, he dominated his heat race at Rockford, leading 49 of the 50 laps from pole, but was passed in the final corner, losing valuable championship bonus points. Nonetheless, with the runner-up finish he became one of the select few to make the main Rockford 200.

TM Master Cup Series

With his fantastic runs in the early part of the 2011 ARLA season, rumors swirled that Eichholtz and Eichholtz Autosport would bring the E231 into TM Master Cup Series competition as an Independent's Trophy contender. However, Eichholtz himself denied those rumors.

Eichholtz attempted the 2011 Karjala Grand Prix in a "brand new E231 chassis", but did not qualify. In a twisted sense of irony, the old version of the E231 that was given to Markus Teravainen managed to qualify for the race.

He suffered a vicious accident in his qualifying race at the 2011 Round of Indianapolis with Charlie Waters. Eichholtz was noted by safety officials "lucky to be alive." He and teammate Ben Atkins qualified for the 2011 Round of Decatur on speed. While Atkins almost earned a podium, Eichholtz received damage from a pit collision early in the race.

Despite his connections to his family team, Eichholtz's name has been associated with multiple established TM Master Cup Series teams for the 2012 season, including Katzev. He ultimately did not get a full-time drive but was confirmed for the Independent's Trophy in 2012. Eichholtz Autosport has not entered with a new version of the E231, instead running the Omecha MA03.

Eichholtz scored his first career TM Master Cup podium with a 3rd place in the 2012 Round of Russia. He ended the season placing sixth in the Independent's Trophy standings, only seventeen points off Gaspar de Sousa.

For 2013, Eichholtz was once again entered for the Independent's Trophy, with Eichholtz Atlantic Racing, the team formed for Dash Cup that season. The season was once again successful, as he scored in the majority of his races, and scored a "maiden" Master Cup win during the Independent's Trophy Invitational before the Round of Colorado. Eichholtz would not compete in Master Cup again until the 2014 Round of Indianapolis, driving for the new Alpha Concepts Racing team. Further attempts to qualify at Gravis City and Decatur fell short.

Dash Cup

As a one-off participant, Eichholtz is a two-time winner of the Spa GP, Dash Cup's most prestigious race. Eichholtz has found a home in Dash Cup, competing there regularly in between 2013-2015 before signing with STS ATK Racing for the full 2016 Dash Cup season, in which he won at Oulton Park and Gravis City. He moved over to the new Silverback Motorsports Group team for the 2017 Dash Cup season, but the team proved to be behind established teams and Eichholtz failed to win a race.