Jake Weimer Announces Retirement
Jake Weimer has announced his retirement from professional
Motocross/Supercross racing. Weimer spent 13 years at the
professional level riding for teams such as GEICO Honda,
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki,
adnd most recently Smartop/Bullfrog Spas/MotoConcepts Honda. He won
the Western Regional 250 SX Champion in 2010, and put up five
career Monster Energy Supercross podiums (450SX), 12 top-fives, 36
top 10s and 84 starts. He was also a member of the 2009 US
Motocross De Nations Team, which took home the title that year.
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Recently he's been plagued by injury. Leading into the 2018
Supercross season he crashed at during practice at Milestone MX and
sustained a fractured his right wrist, broken left scapula and left
elbow, bruised ribs and right lung, and a collapsed left lung. He
ended up missing the start of the season and then has another
mishap in February. During the practice session of round six in San
Diego he crashed and ended up braking his wrist and middle two
metacarpal bones one the top of his hand.
Despite injury and setbacks, Weimer always kept a positive mental
attitude and continued to show his love of racing and his fans.
He announced his retirement on Instagram stating the following:
They say all good things come to an end. I'm so thankful for
the career I had. I accomplished some things that I had never
thought of and had a long career(13 years). One thing I'm very
proud of is that no matter the result I always worked hard and gave
it my all! I was able to travel the world racing and meet so many
great people and life long friends. I want to thank everyone that
ever gave me an opportunity and believed in me. I thought long and
hard about when it was time to hang up the boots and the simple
answer is one day I just knew. I'm excited for the future and
what's next in my life. I have some fun opportunities that are
coming in the near future that will allow me to still be involved
with motorcycles. I will still be around and go to some races and I
will continue to ride. My love for motorcycles and the sport has
not changed. I want to thank all of my fans throughout my career.
You guys have really shown me love and that truly does mean a lot.
THANK YOU! 🎥 @phantasosmedia @kylecowling
