Name: Tom Hoppe

DOB: 11/29/1979

Hometown: Marietta, GA

Born In: Warsaw, PL

Occupation: Web Developer

Greatest College Football Team Ever: NCSU Wolfpack!

Started Racing: 2001

Cars Owned: 1987 VW GTi, 1988 VW Jetta GLI, 1989 240SX, 1993 Eclipse GSX, 1994 Eclipse GSX, 1997 Eclipse GSX, 1984 VW Rabbit GTI, 1993 Mazda Miata, 1992 BMW 325is, 2002 Subaru WRX, 1999 VW Jetta, 1999 Civic Si

Racing Honors: 2 2006 SARRC Event wins and 2 Podiums, 2004 SCCA Solo2 STX National Champion, 2002-2004 SCCA ProSolo Season Championship Runner-up, 2002-2004 SCCA Solo2 and ProSolo National Event wins, 2003 SEDIV Solo2 Season Champion, 2002-2003 THSCC Pro Class Season Champion, 2002 THSCC Top Gun Award, 1999 PCA Potomac Time Trial HS Class winner

Racing Aspirations: To win the SCCA Runoffs and compete in Speed World Challenge and Grand-Am Cup. To drive at the 24 hrs of Daytona.

Tom got the racing bug when he drove his neighbors 1987 Porsche 944 at a few PCA HPDEs in 1999. Lack of funds put a temporary hold on road racing and Tom turned to autox in 2001 after driving his roommates' 2002 Subaru WRX. Tom had immediate success in Solo2 after purchasing his own WRX soon after. In his first full autox season Tom won the Pro Solo finale in Topeka, KS and finished runner up in the season championship. After winning the Solo2 National Championship in September 2004, Tom turned his attention to road racing, selling his WRX and taking the 2005 season off of autox and competition to get plenty of track seat time and get his 1999 Civic Si ready for Club Racing competition in 2006.