PR: Jacob Williamson Begins 250SX East Coast Supercross Journey in Toronto

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Edited Date/Time 3/26/2016 11:23am

Jake will race his first ever Supercross this Saturday in Toronto! Wish him well!
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Rockstar 3/8/2016 3:32pm
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My fault, it's been a long time since I have done any reporting on the races.
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Rockstar wrote:
My fault, it's been a long time since I have done any reporting on the races.
Rockstar is he killing Scotty sheik up there in the msc races? That's a pretty stiff crew up there in the A class
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752dad 3/8/2016 7:04pm
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Rooting for the 373
Go get 'em Jacob

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shiftmx_22 3/9/2016 8:11am
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Rockstar wrote:
My fault, it's been a long time since I have done any reporting on the races.
I was just poking fun, no worries.

Where'd the PR go? I was going to come back and read it later.
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Sandberm 3/9/2016 8:17am
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Ive never heard of Jacob.

Can somebody tell us a little about Jacob? Wheres he from? How old? etc.
Riesenberg448 3/9/2016 11:06am
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Sandberm wrote:
Ive never heard of Jacob.

Can somebody tell us a little about Jacob? Wheres he from? How old? etc.
I don't know a ton, but I watched him at an AX last year and was extremely impressed with his speed. He stood out from the other privateer guys. He was making quite a few mistakes during the races, but he definitely had "it" when it came to sheer speed. Watching results this year, it appeared he'd figured out how to put all the pieces of the puzzle together and was using his speed to get some really solid results. It wouldn't surprise me to see him get into a main event in SX.
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Rockstar 3/9/2016 11:37am
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Sandberm wrote:
Ive never heard of Jacob.

Can somebody tell us a little about Jacob? Wheres he from? How old? etc.
Jacob is 18 years old, from Swartz Creek, Michigan. He is a senior in high school and attends school full-time while pursuing his Pro career.

He spent most of the Winter racing the Amsoil Arenacross Series, with some success. Hopefully with a good run in the next month or two, you'll hear a lot more about him.
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Why is everything anyone does described as being a "journey" these days?

I'm so sick of that word.
Pluggedmoto 3/10/2016 1:02pm
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Has some speed most definitely. Caught my eye during one of the events, had a good run in Collegeboy I think as well this year down at the Ranch.
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Sandberm wrote:
Ive never heard of Jacob.

Can somebody tell us a little about Jacob? Wheres he from? How old? etc.
Rockstar wrote:
Jacob is 18 years old, from Swartz Creek, Michigan. He is a senior in high school and attends school full-time while pursuing his Pro career. He...
Jacob is 18 years old, from Swartz Creek, Michigan. He is a senior in high school and attends school full-time while pursuing his Pro career.

He spent most of the Winter racing the Amsoil Arenacross Series, with some success. Hopefully with a good run in the next month or two, you'll hear a lot more about him.
That is one of the reasons I like watching the ama series, new comers in the middle of the season are always exciting to watch. Best of Luck !

Also, more importantly, after reading another announcement, from the team Blue, I think it is time for the ama via sx, arenacross, or the nationals, to step up to ask meetings with universities deans. A satellite 250 team could also try the marketing breakthrough by taking only riders who attend college/uni. If the TV talk about these riders, team and which uni they are in, it is a win for everybody. KTM started a high school program. There are great facilities (MTF) in the US. It would be awesome to have big names like DeCoster, Dungey, RC, MC, Reed, JS7 etc involved in that. Actually it should be even the #1 point to grow the sport; I guess most parents do not want home schooled kids (or no chances to get good jobs after giving a shot at a career in sport).

It is time to get closer to universities, for instance for part time bachelor degrees specifically designed for pro athletes. 2 places for that: CA or FL. Kids in MX are usually from middle class relatively wealthy families, they are smarter than most to get great bachelors, then full time or part time MBAs after their career to get good positions in the moto/auto industry.


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JW381 3/26/2016 9:13am
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Thats actually really cool
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Coming in hot!

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