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About Us
A third generation driver born in Rhode Island to a large racing family Jacob now splits time between Connecticut and North Carolina where he chases races around the country.
Born in 2001 Jacob received his first quarter midget for his 4th birthday and from that day on there has never been a doubt in his mind about what he was born to do.
Where it began
From 2006 to 2010 Jacob Ran 1/4 midgets at Little T and Silver City
Bandolero
In 2011 he moved to Bandolero racing where he won 4 State Championships and raced all over the Northeast
Ministock
Beginning in 2016 Jacob raced Ministocks at the Waterford Speedbowl and Thompson speedway where he won a total of 5 races and broke the track record during time trials
Pro4
In 2016 Jacob made his first start with the Pro4 modified series where he won the first time out after starting last. He went on to win 7 out of 9 races and the championship the following year driving for Mark Charette in the 21
Tour Type Modified
In 2018 Jacob made his first start with the Modified Racing Series driving the APE 76. He was able to win the rookie title and finish 5th in points his first season in a 600 horsepower ground pounder at just 15.
Pro truck
In 2018 Jacob also made his first start with the Exit Reality Pro Truck Series driving for the Jencik family. Setting fast time and qualifying on the pole at the famous Thompson World Series but lady luck struck and he lost an engine while leading in dominating fashion. For 2019 they teamed up again and showed the strength of the team winning 4 races and setting the bar as the highest win percentage in a single season for the Exit Reality Pro truck series
2019 the year of many rides
For 2019 everything changed. Jacob decided to bet on himself and walk from his tour modified ride, chasing other opportunities as they came. It lead to an incredible season, racing Pro Trucks, Pro Late Models, making his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour debut at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, first start in a Late Model at Stafford for Tom Fearn, finishing 3rd in his first Tri-Track Open Modified race for Russ Hersey and even racing on dirt for the first time.
2020, Covid Changes Everything
In 2020, the year covid hit our nation, Jacob's racing looked bleak with all local racing shutdown. Due to this Jacob sold his street car and purchased a dirt modified to run in New York. This is Jacobs first and to date only time as a car owner. Once racing resumed, he also joined forces with Jason Derwin to drive the Royal Screw Machine #20 where they won in the first time out at the Speedbowl. Unfortunately we lost Jason just two weeks later.
Full Fender Debut
At the very end of 2020, while dealing with the loss of Jason, Jacob and team decided to head south to the historic Hickory Motor Speedway where they teamed up with Reedy Racing and finished 3rd in his Super Late Model debut at the infamous Fall Brawl. They teamed up again for 2021 and had a top 10 in their CARS Tour debut, then suffered heartbreak while running 3rd in the North South Shootout at Caraway when an alternator failed.
Tour Type Modified again
After running 3 races for Jack Bateman in the 47 MRS modified in 2020 Jacob started 2021 with a bang winning the first race of the season at Monadnock Speedway. The team followed this up with wins at Groveton and Lee and great runs across northern New England. A flat tire while leading at Claremont sent the team into the final race trailing in the championship standing and despite winning the race at Lee they came up just short of the championship.
Winging it
In 2021 Jacob got the opportunity to drive a Nema midget for the king of the midgets Randy Cabral. The day was full of issues starting with having to change a rearend and missing practice but when the car wasn't being evil Jacob showed great speed and ability ending the day with a solid top 10 from a last place start in a 20 car field. To this day he says these are the most fun cars he has ever raced
22 gets Chilli
The Chilibowl, the Daytona 500 of midget racing. Jacob got the call to team up with Jeff Johnson Motorsports for one of his dream races. Although the week did not go as planned having miscues starting on practice day set them behind the 8 ball, Jacob made the most of the experience and by Saturday, soup day, felt comfortable. He ranks this as the hardest racecar he has ever driven and looks to run the 2024 Chilibowl again. (This is the only time Jacob has ever raced a dirt midget.)
Getting Dirty
With only 10 races under his belt on dirt, Jacob secures a win on opening day at Lebanon Valley Speedway.
Back with APE
Jacob rejoins forces with APE in a new Troyer Chassis. Making his first ever starts at Seekonk and the Turkey Derby where the team showed promising speed and top ten finishes.
Champions!
After dominating the 2021 MRS season with the most wins, the most laps lead and the most qualifying wins but coming up just short in the championship battle, Jacob entered 2022 highly motivated to bring Jack Bateman his first MRS championship. With an exciting win at Oxford bringing him back into contention after a rough start to the season and a come from behind charge at the last race of the season that vaulted him and the team to the 2022 Modified Racing Series championship. The little team also had a top 10 on the Whelen Modified Tour after starting 26th at Monadnock Speedway. This was the first time that the Jack Bateman team had run on the Whelen Tour in nearly 20 years.
An eclectic mix
Here is just a partial sample of the cars and teams that JPR has raced at tracks from Maine to Florida and west to Oklahoma
World Center of Racing
For 2023 Jacob made his ARCA debut at the test in Daytona for the 44 team of Jeff McClure. Testing went excellent as on his practice day he was 5th fast of 34 drivers to take time and ended up 9th of 64 total drivers to take time over the 2 days. The plan is to find funding for Daytona and see where the season goes from there.
Back home again
For the end of 2023 my family purchased a new car and we decided to throw it back to my early years with a special wrap. We took the car to North Wilkesboro for the Whelen tour race and qualified 16th out of nearly 40 teams. Unfortunately the race did not go our way with some pit miscues casing lost laps. In 23 I also made my debut in the Boston Louie memorial at Seekonk. This was special to me as it was in a car that I said I was going to drive when I was 10 years old before I even knew Randy Cabral. I ended up finishing 5th in a stacked field that included Ken Schrader and Sammy Swindell. In 23 I also ran a part time schedule at Stafford in the Latemodel where we pulled down a few qualifying wins and yop tens and a top 5. There were not a lot of bright spots in the 23 season but good runs in MRS NEMA and at Lebanon Valley in the dirt car made a very tough season a little more barrable.
