Jimmy Weinert Jammin gloves

Only time I met Weinert was when he ran his own race team back in 2011. The team was deep in the pits, and I was a wide-eyed kid, too nervous to say anything. When he saw me standing in front of the rig, he had all his riders come and sign the team poster. I still have it stored away somewhere.

Totally forgot about his team and all the Carolina boys. I’ve rode his track a handful of times never chatted with him as I was doing my own thing. I’ve heard nothing but good things about him and his love of moto. 

OP solid story and nice memory from pops. 

Mr. Jimmy is a jewel!  He still loves moto as much as air.  At the track each and every day coaching kids.  He is a unique and genuinely kind man!

I'm sure I've posted abut this Ed Abdo book on Weinert before, but :

https://www.amazon.com.au/Jammin-Jimmy-Weinert-Living-Dream/dp/1976845866

If I could get it within a few days a couple of years ago here in OZ, you Yanks could probably get it the day you ordered it, from Amazon USA

Sometime around ‘77 a bunch of fast pros rented a house in Huntington Beach right on PCH (7th street maybe?—it’s been torn down). As a mx and beach Grom, I got to hang out a bit. Weinert was the best storyteller of the group—-although Tony D was a close second. Good times. 

Raconteur….back when Unadilla started hosting amateur racing in the early/ mid 90”s, the Jammer would race the open class on a K5, he would pull massive holeshots from the farthest outside gate….this was before they neutered the start straight…..Thats all I have on the Jammer….

I remember him on the ABC tv show superstars…… he showed them that he was fit and determined 👍

When my son was racing full time we rode at his track in NC in the winter months.  He would always swing by on his golf cart to check in and chat.  What a super guy.  His compound is bad ass!

https://www.jwtfmx.com/

The Jammer, great guy and will forever be known as the first guy to run a paddle tire in SX at the Oakland California SX 1979. Banned after that race, it was a real sand dune paddle tire that blasted sand like a sand rail.

Im surprised JT Racing or another legacy type brand hasn’t capitalized on these gloves and made a newer version in the same colorway 

Camped beside him at a LL regional at Unidilla. 
Overheard one of his riders bragging about how he’s going to kick everyone’s ass.

Jimmy said hold off on the bragging till you are on the podium. His rider said there is no podium here. To which Jimmy said, win the race and I’ll build you a fuckin podium! 

I used to have pair of Jimmy's Carrera goggles, and one of his Kawasaki jerseys from the 1974 Trans-AM race at Rio Bravo in Houston, that were his reward to me for handing out flyers promoting his next-day MX school at the track. Long story...but I remember him being very cool to this wide-eyed youngster back then. Sadly those items and more got lost in one of my many moves over the years. 

Went to one of his mx schools back around 1978. Track it was held at was Tulare in Central Ca.  The class was on a Saturday and there was a race on Sunday which just happened to be my first mx race I had done. As others have mentioned, Jimmy is a super down to earth and friendly kinda person that makes you feel comfortable around him.

There was a double that I wasn't doing at the track before and wouldn't have done it on Sunday if we hadn't spent a good amount of time on that jump on Saturday and got comfortable on it.  The school thing was great timing for my first ever race...got the holeshot in the first moto of the novice class but coming out of the corner , my bike bogged and died.  Turns out that someone iin our group thought they were doing me a favor to turn my gas off but I never turn my gas off so didn't check it.

Realized that weekend that the biggest lesson learned was that I should always check that my gas is turned on... even if I never do turn it off myself