Trenton Estep
| Trenton Estep | |
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| Nationality |
 American |
| Born |
24 November 1999 San Antonio, United States |
| IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge career | |
| Debut season | 2017 |
| Current team | JDX Racing |
| Car no. | 3 - Hertz Global/JDX Racing |
| Former teams | Exclusive Autosport, Koene USA, Piquet Sports, Texas Karts |
| Starts | 6 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 6 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Awards | |
| 2016, 2015, 2014 | Formula Tour F1600 Champion, Canadian F1600 Super Series Champion, Rotax US Open Junior Champion, SKUSA Pro Tour S5 Shifter Champion |
Trenton Estep (born November 24, 1999 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American racing driver. Estep grew up racing karts from the age of 4 years old in New Braunfels Texas. He competed in various karting competitions such as SKUSA Pro Tour, Florida Winter Tour, US Open and Rotax Grand Finals in Portugal. In 2016 he made the transition from karts to open wheel cars. He entered the Formula Tour F1600, Canadian F1600 Super Series and F1600 Championship Series winning two Championships. He also ran in the opening round of the RedbullGlobal Rallycross Championship in Phoenix Arizona. In 2017 Estep makes his transition from open wheel to cars in the North American Porsche GT3 Cup Series, with JDX Racing.
Estep started karting at the age of 4 at his local track called Hill Country Kart Club (HCKC) located in New Braunfels, Texas. He was mentored and supported by Tommy Muth of Texas Karts. Estep went on to win numerous club and Texas road racing championships before he started karting at a national level in 2011. In 2011 Estep finished sixth in the SKUSA Pro Tour TaG Cadet series. The championship was won by Colton Herta and was competed by other young talents such as Patricio O'Ward and Sophia Flörsch. In 2014 Estep joined Dallas Karting Complex (DKC) to win the SKUSA Pro Tour S5 Shifter class aboard his Sodi Kart chassis after sweeping both the SKUSA SpringNats and SummerNats and then wrapping up the SKUSA Pro-Tour title in Las Vegas at the SuperNats. The following year Estep raced in various Rotax Max Junior series with Koene USA winning the inaugural Maxspeed US Open Rotax Junior Championship aboard his Tony Kart chassis by sweeping Round 1 in Dallas, Round 2 in Grand Junction Colorado and securing the Title in Las Vegas.
In 2016 the Texas kart racer made the transition to racing open wheel cars. The main focus was the Quebec based Formula Tour F1600 and Super Series Championships. The American competed in a Honda powered Spectrum 015H entered by Exclusive Autosport. Estep clinched both Championships winning twelve out of seventeen races. He also set 4 track records. He shattered the F1 Canadian Grand Prix F1600 track record by an amazing 1.4 seconds. He also holds the track record at North America's oldest street race Trois Rivieres or GP3R as well as track records at Mont Tremblant and Calabogie. Because of his championship in the Formula Tour F1600 series Estep qualified to compete at the 2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout. Alongside the Formula Tour F1600 Estep competed in only a select few races in the Ontario based Toyo Tires F1600 Series where he finished third in the championship. Estep also competed in the US in only two race weekends F1600 Championship Series events at Road Atlanta and Virginia International Raceway. Estep won the second race of the weekend at Virginia International Raceway.
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