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#02 Jakob Richards

AGE
31
HEIGHT
5'10"
HOMETOWN
Wautoma, WI
YEARS RACING
WHAT THEY'VE RACED
Grand National at Gravity Park/Plymouth Dirt Track/141 Speedway

About the Driver

Long time racing family traditions racers and builders

My name is Jake. I come from a very talented family of racers. My grandpa and uncle are both in the Southeastern Wisconsin Hall of Fame, and my dad isn't far behind. My uncle Kenny is also a well known Chassis builder in Wisconsin, owning Outlaw Chassis.

I struggled with bad life choices through my early 20s and still dreamed of being behind the wheel someday, just wasn't sure if it would happen. But I was able to straighten things out and I got lucky enough to find a good deal on a Grand National and my lifelong dream to get behind the wheel was finally going to come true. And quick back story, my grandpa also started the Grand National division years ago. Back to story. I struggled a lot my first year, ran about 12 races with very poor equipment and managed 1 top 5 and 3 or 4 top 10s.

During the off-season we worked things out with my uncle Kenny (Owner of outlaw chassis) and my dad and my dad decided to build a new car and i would get his, putting me in a lot better equipment. We came out the gate swinging in 2024, and we carried great momentum throughout the year and had 15+ top 5s and 3 wins at 2 different tracks when the season was over and a 3rd place points finish missing 3 races. 2025 we started off great, winning the first race in dominating fashion, then had a lot of different struggles through the year, but when we weren't struggling we almost always finished top 2, i want to say we had 9 or 10 top 2 finishes total in 25, every 2nd place finish was behind my dad who is the king of the class.I do all of this with very minimal sponsorship, maybe $3000 a year so a lot of my racing funds come out of my pocket, and I struggle financially as it is

Racing is my life and my passion. Winning this sponsorship would help my racing career so much. I want to get into a bigger class someday and this could also help me do that. Thank you for your consideration.The video i posted is full racing show, go to 1:13:00 for start of my race.

 

 

 

 

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