Jason’s racing career began no different than most young drivers, at the local go-karting level, jumping in at age 6 at his local racetrack, Sandy Hook Speedway in Street, Maryland. The following season, in 2010 he competed in 24 races, tallying 14 feature wins, including two divisional feature victories.

At 8 years old, Jason joined the World Karting Association (WKA) — the largest sanctioning body for kart racing in the country — and competed in the 4-cycle Gold Cup Series and focused on road course racing. After 30 races that season, Jason finished sixth nationally in points and officially started AB Motorsports.

With an official race team behind him, Jason took off in 2012, winning seven features and six poles in his 49-race season. He finished second overall in the National WKA Gold Cup Series, second in the Maryland Sprint Divisional series, and second in points standings at his local track. He was awarded the Most Improved Junior Driver that year at Sandy Hook Speedway.

During the next three seasons, Jason and AB Motorsports kicked into full swing, making 170 starts and winning 63 features, including 21 at the Gold Cup level and 14 divisionally. In his final go-karts season, Jason was ranked No. 1 nationally in the Junior Pro Gas Lite class and No. 2 in three classes at the state level. He was the 2014 WKA RLV Gold Cup Series Sportsman Animal Alcohol National Champion and the 2015 WKA RLV Gold Cup Series Junior ProGas Lite National Champion. After racing — and succeeding — against competitors a class older than he was, it was time to make the jump to Bandoleros – and oval racing.

In his first full-time season in a Bandolero, Jason made 24 starts, winning eight poles and five features, including one at the INEX Winter Heat Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He also won four times that summer at Shenandoah Speedway (VA) and claimed the track’s Bandolero Championship for 2016. He also tested his mettle in the INEX Bojangles Summer Shootout as a rookie, posting top-five finishes in three of four races against the nation’s best bandolero drivers.

2017 saw another jump — this time to a Legend race car — for a full season of INEX-sanctioned events racing in Virginia and North Carolina. He finished second in the Maryland state points championship.

In 2018, he scored his first feature win in a Legend car at The Gobbler at now defunct Concord Speedway (NC) after qualifying on the pole with the fastest lap of all Legend car classes. He snagged three more pole awards last season: at the Bojangles Summer Shootout and the INEX Winter Heat Series. He finished the 2018 campaign ranked No. 1 in the INEX Maryland standings.

In 2019, was his legend car breakout year winning all the major SEMI-PRO Legend Car Series National Championships including the INEX Winter Nationals in Florida, Texas Spring Battle, Bojangles Summer Shootout as well as the INEX Asphalt National Points Championship which brought his career total to six national championships. After an impressive 2019 season, Jason surmounted 22 wins, 34 poles and recorded another 41 top-five finishes in 50 starts.

2020 was a year of reflection (and Covid), regrouping and soul searching not only for Jason but his entire family. Racing takes major commitment by the entire team and huge toll on all family members. 2020 was a blessing in disguise for the entire Alder family with all the shutdowns that occurred.

It was a break needed by all. In the summer, after several months of shutdowns and no races, Jason was inspired to pursue racing but in a different direction. Jason felt a draw toward open wheel road courses where his career began.

He set out to test an F4 car with Jay Howard Driver Development in the late summer but ultimately signed a deal with Dan Mitchell of Velocity Racing Development (VRD) for the 2021 racing season. In his open wheel rookie season, Jason was able to garnish five feature wins and four fastest laps during the year and finished the series in 3rd place overall which earned him seven FIA Super License points. After the conclusion to the F4US series that year, Jason moved up and competed in the final three rounds of the Formula Regional (FR) Americas series. Just as he did in his F4 United States Championship debut, Jason was victorious in his first ever FR Americas Championship. Taking on the famed Circuit of the Americas (COTA), Jason drove to the front of the field and stood atop the podium. Earning three top-ten results and two top-five finishes on the weekend, Alder’s debut in the series will be unforgettable. Jason is in the record books as the only driver to ever win in his debut F4 race and debut FR race in the same year.

2022 was Jason’s busiest season of his career. He signed with TJ Speed out of Indianapolis, IN to pick up where the 2021 season ended to compete full time in the FR Americas series. Jason also signed with Stratus Racing out of Seattle, WA to race full time in the World Racing League (WRL) GTU class in an NP01-EVO prototype car.

After joining TJ Speed there was no time to waste with practices and season prep. The series hosted 18 races and arguably the toughest field of FR drivers the series had seen in its history. As a rookie in the series and only his second year in open-wheel racing, Jason was able to reap three wins and three fastest laps and finished 3rd overall at the end of the year. Jason earned another twelve FIA Super License points bringing his total up to nineteen Super License points.

In the fall of 2021, Jason was invited to test drive an NP01-EVO car with Stratus Racing at Thunderhill Raceway in northern California. Having never driven a prototype car before, Jason quickly adopted the feel and was able to drive the car and performed very well and was offered a seat on the team for 2022. Stratus Racing went on to win 5 races including the 14 Hours of Daytona and tallied nine podium finishes in the 11-race series. Their team performance was enough to win the 2022 WRL GTU Year End Championship. This brings Jason’s total to Seven national championship titles.

In 2023 Jason will be returning to Stratus Racing and will be running the full WRL GTU schedule.  Jason will also be running select INEX Legend Car events in the PRO class.  Check our Schedule for more information.

Jason’s racing career began no different than most young drivers, at the local go-karting level, jumping in at age 6 at his local racetrack, Sandy Hook Speedway in Street, Maryland. The following season, in 2010 he competed in 24 races, tallying 14 feature wins, including two divisional feature victories.

At 8 years old, Jason joined the World Karting Association (WKA) — the largest sanctioning body for kart racing in the country — and competed in the 4-cycle Gold Cup Series and focused on road course racing. After 30 races that season, Jason finished sixth nationally in points and officially started AB Motorsports.

With an official race team behind him, Jason took off in 2012, winning seven features and six poles in his 49-race season. He finished second overall in the National WKA Gold Cup Series, second in the Maryland Sprint Divisional series, and second in points standings at his local track. He was awarded the Most Improved Junior Driver that year at Sandy Hook Speedway.

During the next three seasons, Jason and AB Motorsports kicked into full swing, making 170 starts and winning 63 features, including 21 at the Gold Cup level and 14 divisionally. In his final go-karts season, Jason was ranked No. 1 nationally in the Junior Pro Gas Lite class and No. 2 in three classes at the state level. He was the 2014 WKA RLV Gold Cup Series Sportsman Animal Alcohol National Champion and the 2015 WKA RLV Gold Cup Series Junior ProGas Lite National Champion. After racing — and succeeding — against competitors a class older than he was, it was time to make the jump to Bandoleros – and oval racing.

In his first full-time season in a Bandolero, Jason made 24 starts, winning eight poles and five features, including one at the INEX Winter Heat Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He also won four times that summer at Shenandoah Speedway (VA) and claimed the track’s Bandolero Championship for 2016. He also tested his mettle in the INEX Bojangles Summer Shootout as a rookie, posting top-five finishes in three of four races against the nation’s best bandolero drivers.

2017 saw another jump — this time to a Legend race car — for a full season of INEX-sanctioned events racing in Virginia and North Carolina. He finished second in the Maryland state points championship.

In 2018, he scored his first feature win in a Legend car at The Gobbler at now defunct Concord Speedway (NC) after qualifying on the pole with the fastest lap of all Legend car classes. He snagged three more pole awards last season: at the Bojangles Summer Shootout and the INEX Winter Heat Series. He finished the 2018 campaign ranked No. 1 in the INEX Maryland standings.

In 2019, was his legend car breakout year winning all the major SEMI-PRO Legend Car Series National Championships including the INEX Winter Nationals in Florida, Texas Spring Battle, Bojangles Summer Shootout as well as the INEX Asphalt National Points Championship which brought his career total to six national championships. After an impressive 2019 season, Jason surmounted 22 wins, 34 poles and recorded another 41 top-five finishes in 50 starts.

2020 was a year of reflection (and Covid), regrouping and soul searching not only for Jason but his entire family. Racing takes major commitment by the entire team and huge toll on all family members. 2020 was a blessing in disguise for the entire Alder family with all the shutdowns that occurred.

It was a break needed by all. In the summer, after several months of shutdowns and no races, Jason was inspired to pursue racing but in a different direction. Jason felt a draw toward open wheel road courses where his career began.

He set out to test an F4 car with Jay Howard Driver Development in the late summer but ultimately signed a deal with Dan Mitchell of Velocity Racing Development (VRD) for the 2021 racing season. In his open wheel rookie season, Jason was able to garnish five feature wins and four fastest laps during the year and finished the series in 3rd place overall which earned him seven FIA Super License points. After the conclusion to the F4US series that year, Jason moved up and competed in the final three rounds of the Formula Regional (FR) Americas series. Just as he did in his F4 United States Championship debut, Jason was victorious in his first ever FR Americas Championship. Taking on the famed Circuit of the Americas (COTA), Jason drove to the front of the field and stood atop the podium. Earning three top-ten results and two top-five finishes on the weekend, Alder’s debut in the series will be unforgettable. Jason is in the record books as the only driver to ever win in his debut F4 race and debut FR race in the same year.

2022 was Jason’s busiest season of his career. He signed with TJ Speed out of Indianapolis, IN to pick up where the 2021 season ended to compete full time in the FR Americas series. Jason also signed with Stratus Racing out of Seattle, WA to race full time in the World Racing League (WRL) GTU class in an NP01-EVO prototype car.

After joining TJ Speed there was no time to waste with practices and season prep. The series hosted 18 races and arguably the toughest field of FR drivers the series had seen in its history. As a rookie in the series and only his second year in open-wheel racing, Jason was able to reap three wins and three fastest laps and finished 3rd overall at the end of the year. Jason earned another twelve FIA Super License points bringing his total up to nineteen Super License points.

In the fall of 2021, Jason was invited to test drive an NP01-EVO car with Stratus Racing at Thunderhill Raceway in northern California. Having never driven a prototype car before, Jason quickly adopted the feel and was able to drive the car and performed very well and was offered a seat on the team for 2022. Stratus Racing went on to win 5 races including the 14 Hours of Daytona and tallied nine podium finishes in the 11-race series. Their team performance was enough to win the 2022 WRL GTU Year End Championship. This brings Jason’s total to Seven national championship titles.

In 2023 Jason will be returning to Stratus Racing and will be running the full WRL GTU schedule.  Jason will also be running select INEX Legend Car events in the PRO class.  Check our Schedule for more information.