bordered on inappropriate. He said, “I was pushing things too hard on the street and riding above my head and ability. I had just gotten into a bad wreck with a bunch of friends while out riding in Fredericksburg, [Virginia] luckily right after we had just fin- ished our crazy 100-plus MPH backcountry riding because the accident probably would have resulted in a death. I figured I needed to take myself to the track to save my own life. “I heard about a free half-day track ses-
sion for the North East Sport Bike Associa- tion, which is unfortunately no longer around, on the Jefferson Circuit at Summit Point [in West Virginia]. It whooped my butt, and I was so exhausted, but very pumped at the same time. That was proba- bly known by most around me on the track that day because I was yelling because it was so much fun. Now when I'm having fun racing on the track, I'm usually yelling in my helmet "WAHOOOOOO!!!" When I’m not having so much fun because I made a mistake, I’m usually yelling other things.” Jeremy started racing on a 2006 Suzuki
GSXR-1000 before moving to a 2010 BMW S 1000 RR. In addition to the ’10, he’s also raced RRs from 2011, ’14 and ’15, as well as a 2013 Yamaha R6. When asked about the BMW, he said, “I
felt more confident on it [the BMW]. I felt like I could get my body position easier, and I trusted it much more than my GSXR after almost losing my right arm in a crash at Virginia International Raceway in Septem- ber 2009—one of my first races, actually. After that wreck, I spent nine days in inten- sive care at Duke and six months in physical therapy. After rebuilding my GSXR and buying the first edition S 1000 RR in 2010, I went to do four days with CSS at VIR with both bikes to compare them and to help me overcome my fear of that track and learn, opposed to thinking I knew. "It was at that time I felt at home on the BMW and sold my GSXR. I learned so much that when I came back to officially start racing the circuit in 2011 as an amateur with the Championship Cup Series (CCS) and the American Sportbike Racing Asso- ciation (ASRA), I won a bunch of races and regional track and class titles. In 2012, I was promoted to Expert with the series and the same things happened; I won a bunch of races and won a few championships, includ- ing the AMA Grand National at Daytona.”
March 2017 BMW OWNERS NEWS 63
Above, Post-race analysis. Below, Staying cool on the starting grid at Road America.
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