Driver Profile

Jacob started his racing career in 2007 racing remote control cars at Newville R/C Speedway at the age of 6 years old. Racing in the “truck class” and then moving to the “Limited Sprint” division in 2008, achieving a 3rd place in Newville’s Championship Point Series in 2008.

In 2009, Jacob wanted to try and follow in his father’s footsteps by racing motocross, in 2009 Jacob raced in the 50cc class winning the 2009 MDRA 50cc (7-8) Oil Class Season Points Championship.

In 2010 at only 9 years old, Jacob realized that two wheels were not where he needed to be and that motocross was not for him. So we searched for different forms of racing, and we landed in the YG390 micro sprint class for the season. It didn’t take long to realize that 4 wheels and a cage was what he needed. Jacob ended the season finishing in 3rd place for the YG390 Series Points Championship and 3rd place at Shippensburg Speedway Point Series.

2011 brought JMR (Jacob Moose Racing) yet another class change; as t

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The 2010 racing season was a learning curve for Jacob and dad getting into a car versus racing motorcycles the previous year. We quickly came up to speed with the other participants, battling for heat race wins and running up front the second half of the season. The YG390 class was a great stepping stone for getting Jacob’s feet “wet” in a racecar. The experience (seat-time) gained was invaluable for the next step in his racing career, the series ceased all racing operations in February 2011 (a month before the season was to start). This left us searching for another class to race for 2011; Selinsgrove Raceway Park would allow us to race at 10 years old along with Shippensburg and Greenwood Valley. Most of the other tracks that run 125’s, the driver must be at least 12 years old to compete. We consider the 2010 season a success due to the seat-time and experience gained through racing with the great people associated with the YG390 Series. We made a lot of friendships that will