Jacob
Alone in the ocean, weeks away from land on a 33′ sailboat? Let’s do this. Come success or failure, follow my solo circumnavigation bid for photos, stories, videos and tips from the helm.
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Lost in the jungle for eight days
My last submission left off with me unsure where the seller of my motorcycle had gone to. The following is the story about what happened with the seller of my bike, copied mostly verbatim from an e-mail: ————————————————– I’ve been reclusive for the past few days because the guy giving …
Crashing motorcycles in Buenos Aires
I ended up in San Jose, Costa Rica after chasing a motorcycle down here with the intention of buying it in Panama, just to have it sold with me one country away. Fortunately I found a retired Dutch pilot who wants to sell me his 2004 KLR650 for a good price, …
Partying in San Pedro, Belize
We arrived in San Pedro a day after planned since my brother and I happened upon free room accommodations in Caye Caulker for Wednesday night. Here in San Pedro we are staying in Pedro’s Backpacker’s Inn and it has proven to be very good value. $12.50/night/person is significantly more than …
Backpacking Caye Caulker, Belize
We made our way by bus and water taxi to the island of Caye Caulker, Belize. We stopped in Chetumal, Mexico for the day Sunday while awaiting our water taxi ride. If you ever plan a similar trip, do some haggling with the two water taxi companies in Chetumal. What …
![One more race in the books and another win! We started in front and ran clean all day aside from when I hammered the car over some cross grain that bent a rear wheel and shredded the tube. Fortunately it happened at about RM31 [of 48] on lap 2 which was conveniently located approximately 1 mile from our main pit.
While I was in for the tire change we decided to save another stop and do the fuel + navigator change as well, so out went Cole and in came my brother. Despite the stop our lead continued to grow due to attrition in the field so I backed way out for the final lap to save the car and ourselves (though it’s debatable whether slower is better in a 9 car).
All things considered it was a great race and puts me on track for my goal this year of a championship. Beyond the class, @kavemanmotorsports's 1600 result puts team Run JMC in 2nd for the team challenge! Of course there’s still more racing ahead of us than behind us this year, but we’re sitting in a great place right now.
I'm currently writing this sitting in my RV at @willow_springs_raceway getting ready for one more weekend of racing with @raceluckydog - after which I'll have a break until the July @mojaveoffroad race at @glenhelenraceway
Thank you to the incredible @amanda_joe who has been the most patient and tolerant partner I could have asked for. The Spring race-athon is nearly over I promise!
Many thanks to @coleeroleepolee and @wisdomracer for your help before, during and after the race. Thank you @briano_133 for letting me borrow your tire and even doing the install for me! Thank you to my crew for being there for me: my uncle Scott, grandpa Wes, @_nikk_at_night_ , @scottboyd1615 & Bryan
Thank you to the team @endosemolds and @sistersativa for everything you do. Finally to the companies which support our sport and my racing: @dfttrans @mohrprf @yokohamatire @weddleindustries @dcshockservices @fluid_flow_performance @pciraceradios @mckenzies_performance @kartek_off_road @autometerproducts @transaxleengineering @vinyldisorder
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