Jake Zemke

{{short description|American motorcycle racer}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider | name = Jake Zemke | image = | caption = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|15}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | Current team = None | Bike number = None | SS Active years = | SS Manufacturers = | SS Championships = | SS Race Starts = | SS Race Wins = | SS Podiums = | SS Poles = | SS Fastest laps = | SS Total Points = | SS Last season = | SS Last position = | website = }}

'''Jake Zemke''' (born December 15, 1975, in San Francisco, California) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer of partial Japanese ancestry. He turned pro in 1992.<ref name="AMAProRacing.com March 10">{{cite news | url=http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/riders/rider.cfm?did=3277 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313042449/http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/riders/rider.cfm?did=3277 | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 March 2009 | title=Jake Zemke Racing Profile | publisher=AMAProRacing.com | accessdate=2007-03-10 }}</ref> Zemke's race number has been 98 for most of his racing career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadracerx.com/article.php?article_id=391|publisher=RoadRacer X|title=Tuesday Conversation: Jake Zemke|date=May 29, 2007|accessdate=2007-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009061309/http://www.roadracerx.com/article.php?article_id=391|archive-date=October 9, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> He started his own riding school called Zemke Riding Development.

==Chronology== {{prose|section|date=July 2020}} {{BLP unreferenced section|date=May 2024}} *1996 AMA Speedway US National Championship Qualifier *1997 3rd (ST), 66th (AMA Formula Xtreme) *1998 9th (750SS) *1999 52nd (AMA Superbike Championship), 15th (600SS), 2nd (750SS) *2000 8th (600SS), 2nd (AMA Formula Xtreme) *2001 6th (600SS), 47th (750SS), 4th (AMA Formula Xtreme)- Bruce Transportation Honda *2002 8th (AMA Supersport Championship), 2nd (AMA Formula Xtreme) - Bruce Transportation Honda *2003 5th (AMA Supersport Championship), 3rd (AMA Formula Xtreme) - Erion Honda *2004 3rd (AMA Superbike Championship), 2nd (AMA Formula Xtreme) - American Honda Racing *2005 11th (AMA Superbike Championship), 2nd (AMA Formula Xtreme) - American Honda Racing *2006 7th (AMA Superbike Championship), 33rd (AMA Formula Xtreme) - American Honda Racing *2007 3rd (AMA Superbike Championship) - American Honda Racing *2008 1st AMA (Formula Xtreme) and 2nd AMA (Supersport) - Erion Honda *2009 6th AMA (Daytona Sportbike) - Erion Honda *2010 3rd AMA (American Superbike) -Released from Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki *2011 28th BSB (British EVO Class) - WFR Honda (Fill in Rider) *2012 7th AMA (Daytona SportBike) - Ducshop Ducati *2013 16th AMA (Daytona SportBike) - Riders Discount Racing Triumph (Part-Time) *2014 7th AMA (Daytona SportBike) -Released from GEICO Motorcycles Honda *2015 Retired. Owner of Zemke Riding Development.

==Career statistics==

===Superbike World Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Year !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Make !colspan=2| 1 !colspan=2| 2 !colspan=2| 3 !colspan=2| 4 !colspan=2| 5 !colspan=2| 6 !colspan=2| 7 !colspan=2| 8 !colspan=2| 9 !colspan=2| 10 !colspan=2| 11 !colspan=2| 12 !colspan=2| 13 !colspan=2| 14 !rowspan=2| Pos !rowspan=2| Pts !rowspan=2| Ref |- ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 |- !rowspan=2| 2009 ! Honda || AUS || AUS || QAT || QAT || SPA || SPA || NED || NED |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA 20 || RSA || RSA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| USA 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA 15 || SMR || SMR || GBR || GBR || CZE || CZE || GER || GER || ITA || ITA || FRA || FRA | POR | POR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''42nd''' |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''1''' ! <ref>[http://www.worldsbk.com/en/season/standings?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Anno=2009&p_PilotiCostruttori=P Worldsbk.Com | Standings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928181704/http://www.worldsbk.com/en/season/standings?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Anno=2009&p_PilotiCostruttori=P |date=2012-09-28 }}</ref> |}

===AMA Superbike=== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=May 2024}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Class ! rowspan="2" |Team ! colspan="1" |1 ! colspan="2" |2 ! colspan="2" |3 ! colspan="2" |4 ! colspan="2" |5 ! colspan="2" |6 ! colspan="1" |7 ! colspan="2" |8 ! colspan="2" |9 ! colspan="2" |10 ! colspan="2" |11 ! rowspan="2" |Pos ! rowspan="2" |Pts |- !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 |- !2004 !SuperBike !Honda |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|DAY 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FON 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|INF 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|INF 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BAR 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BAR 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|PPK 2 | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|RAM 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|RAM 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BRD 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG 7 | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|M-O 4 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|M-O 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT 4 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|VIR Ret |style="background:#FFFFFF;"|VIR DNS !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 490 |- !2006 !SuperBike !Honda |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|BAR 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|BAR Ret |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FON 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FON 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|RAM 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|RAM 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIL 8 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|MIL 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OHI 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OHI 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OHI 8 | !style="background:#;" | 7th !style="background:#;" | 447 |- !2007 !SuperBike !Honda |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|DAY 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF 5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|INF 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAM 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAM 6 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|MIL 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|MIL 2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|LAG Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OHI 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OHI 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG 5 | !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 468 |}

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" |- valign="top" !valign="middle" style="width: 40px;" rowspan=2]| Year !valign="middle" style="width: 40px;" rowspan=2| Class !valign="middle" style="width: 120px;" rowspan=2| Team !valign="middle" style="width: 120px;" rowspan=2| Bike !colspan=2| DAY {{flagicon|Florida}} !colspan=2| FON {{flagicon|California}} !colspan=2| RAT {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} !colspan=2| INF {{flagicon|California}} !colspan=2| RAM {{flagicon|Wisconsin}} !colspan=2| M-O {{flagicon|Ohio}} ! LAG {{flagicon|California}} !colspan=2| VIR {{flagicon|Virginia}} !colspan=2| N-J {{flagicon|New Jersey}} !colspan=2| BAR {{flagicon|Alabama}} !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Pts !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Pos |- !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 |- |2010 |SBK |Jordan Motorsports |Suzuki GSX-R1000 |{{AMA|1}} |{{AMA|1}} |{{AMA|2}} |{{AMA|4}} |{{AMA|3}} |{{AMA|4}} |{{AMA|4}} |{{AMA|6}} |{{AMA|5}} |{{AMA|3}} |{{AMA|6}} |{{AMA|6}} |{{AMA|6}} |{{AMA|8}} |{{AMA|8}} |{{AMA|6}} |{{AMA|6}} |{{AMA|Ret}} |{{AMA|5}} !332 |{{AMA|'''3rd'''}} |}

===AMA Formula Xtreme Championship=== ====By year==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Pos ! Pts |- !2004 !Formula Xtreme !Honda |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|DAY 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FON 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|INF 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BAR 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|PPK 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|RAM 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BRD 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|LAG 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|M-O 21 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|RAT 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR 30 !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 308 |- !2005 !Formula Xtreme !Honda |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|DAY 3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BAR 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FON 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|INF 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|PPK 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|RAM 2 |style="background:#;"|LAG |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|M-O 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|VIR 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT 17 | !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 295 |}

===British Superbike Championship=== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=May 2024}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; " |- !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Year !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Class !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Make !colspan=2| 1 !colspan=2| 2 !colspan=2| 3 !colspan=2| 4 !colspan=2| 5 !colspan=2| 6 !colspan=2| 7 !colspan=3| 8 !colspan=2| 9 !colspan=2| 10 !colspan=2| 11 !colspan=3| 12 !rowspan=2| Pos !rowspan=2| Pts !rowspan=2| Ref |- ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 |- !rowspan=2| 2011 ! BSB !rowspan=2| Honda |rowspan=2 colspan=2| BHI |rowspan=2 colspan=2| OUL |rowspan=2 colspan=2| CRO |rowspan=2 colspan=2| THR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL 17 |rowspan=2| OUL C |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHGP 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHGP 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHGP 18 | CAD | CAD | DON | DON | SIL | SIL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''24th*''' |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''8*''' |rowspan=2| |- ! '''E'''{{ref|1|1}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KNO 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KNO 20 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE 21 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''SNE 10'' |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHGP 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHGP 19 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BHGP 18 | CAD | CAD | DON | DON | SIL | SIL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''9th*''' |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''107*''' |}

:1.{{Note|1}} – '''E''' Denotes riders participating in the Evo class within the British Superbike Championship.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090313042449/http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/riders/rider.cfm?did=3277 Jake Zemke] profile at [http://www.amaproracing.com/ AMAProRacing.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zemke, Jake}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Racing drivers from San Francisco Category:American motorcycle racers Category:AMA Superbike Championship riders Category:British Superbike Championship riders Category:Superbike World Championship riders Category:American people of Japanese descent Category:Sportspeople of Japanese descent