Thomas Schrage


 

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Instagram:  @thomasschrageracing

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Birthdate:  January 25, 2005

Birthplace:  Bethel, Ohio

Residence: Bethel, Ohio

 


Nationality: American

Languages spoken: English

Height/weight: 5’ 9” / 145 lbs.

Education: High School Graduate

Hobbies: Sim racing, weightlifting, video games

Favorite sports to watch: Football (Cincinnati Bengals)

Favorite sports to play: Basketball, football, golf

Talent I wish I had: Playing guitar

Driver training preferences: Practice on the sim, heavy strength training

Favorite food: Steak

Guilty food pleasure: Cheese coneys

Bucket list item: Skydiving

One person I would most like to meet: Roger Penske, my favorite team owner

Interesting note about me: I graduated early from high school and lived in the UK for several months

Racing goal: To win multiple NTT INDYCAR SERIES Championships

Racing hero: Josef Newgarden

 

Career results:

2025

  • Finished third in his first complete season of USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire with three wins, eight additional podium finishes, five pole positions and three fastest race laps

  • Helped his team, VRD Racing, win the coveted Teams Championship

2024

  • Finished 12th in USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire, despite missing three races due to budgetary constraints

  • Claimed his first podium finish, fastest race lap and pole position at his home track, the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

  • Added two more pole positions, a fastest lap and another podium finish in the season finale at Portland International Raceway

2023

  • Contested two weekends in USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires with a best finish of fourth in the season finale at Portland International Raceway

2022

  • Won the Formula Race Promotions F1600 Championship Series with Rice Race Prep, claiming nine wins, seven second-place finishes and five pole positions in seven race weekends

  • Competed in the Kenyon Midget Series with two wins, two second-place finishes (including in first dirt oval start at Montpelier Motor Speedway, Ind.) and one pole position

  • Earned a Team USA Scholarship, finishing fourth at the 51st Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, England and competing also at the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone

2021

  • Ran a partial season in the FRP F1600 Championship Series, claiming three wins, three second-place finishes and three pole positions in nine races

  • SCCA Majors Tour F1600 winner at Mid-Ohio

  • Finished eighth in F1600 at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course

  • Earned a nomination to the Team USA Scholarship

2020

  • Began FF racing in a 1989 EuroSwift, scoring one second-place finishes and one third in SCCA Hoosier Super Tour events at Mid-Ohio and PittRace

  • Won the SCCA Ohio Valley Region FF Championship

2018

  • Completed Basic Two-Day School with the Lucas Oil School of Racing

  • Competed in the inaugural Lucas Oil School of Racing Karts to Cars Scholarship program as the youngest driver

2010-2017

  • Began racing karts at age 5

  • Won the 2017 WKA Grand National Championship

  • Competed in The F Series shifter kart championship in  2017 with one win, three podium finishes and one pole position

  • Named Dayton Auto Race Fans Kart Driver of the Year in 2017

  • Won a total of 10 Ohio Valley Karting Championships