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Jake Johnson

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Jake Johnson ranks among the most decorated riders in Progressive American Flat Track history. Back-to-back Grand National Champion (‘10-’11), two-time GNC1 Singles Champion (‘06, ‘08), GNC1 Twins Champion (‘10), and AMA Flat Track Rookie of the Year (‘02)… there are few accolades Johnson hasn’t garnered during his glittering professional career. His status as a year-after-year title contender and Grand Slam winner three times over attests to both his versatility and caliber, but Johnson’s edge in recent years has been most evident on tighter TT and ST racetracks. Johnson gave Estenson Racing its first premier-class victory with a win at the 2018 Buffalo Chip TT after tracking down and overtaking Mission SuperTwins megastar Jared Mees. He was meters away from repeating at the Buffalo Chip in 2019, but an ill-timed mechanical issue that struck while exiting the race’s final corner opened the door for teammate JD Beach to sweep by and edge him to the checkered flag. Johnson entered the 2020 season on the sidelines but was recruited out of retirement by R/J Performance Racing/Hite Trucking at midseason. Despite missing six races to start the year, Johnson immediately strung together five straight top tens to end the season ranked inside the Mission SuperTwins top 15. Johnson was groomed as a flat track racer from birth and started riding on a Honda Z50 at the age of three. He’s been a dedicated motorcyclist ever since, directing his professional focus and free time alike to two wheels.

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Year	Cls	Stnd	Pts	St	Wins	Best Fin	Worst Fin	Avg Fin	Poles	Best Qual	Worst Qual	Avg Qual	Laps Led
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2020	AFT SuperTwins	15	81	10	0	6	17	10.1	0	3	14	8.2	0
2019	AFT Twins	11	147	15	0	2	16	9.5	1	1	22	10.3	24
2018	AFT Twins	8	173	16	1	1	17	8.7	0	2	15	8.8	15
2017	AFT Twins	12	100	14	0	3	18	11.9	0	2	16	10.7	0
2016	GNC	4	176	14	1	1	13	6.9	0			0.0
2016	GNC1	4	123	11	0	4	13	7.8	0	3	16	9.0
2016	GNC1	1	53	3	1	1	6	3.3	2	1	15	5.7	23
2016	XGames	4	0	1	0	4	4	4.0	0	10	10	10.0	4
2015	FTSuper	19	2	0	0			0.0	0			0.0
2015	GNC1	7	40	4	0	5	19	9.3	0	9	18	13.0
2015	GNC1	14	43	3	0	3	8	4.7	0	2	7	4.0	2
2014	GNS	2	61	4	0	2	10	5.5	1	1	7	4.5	4
2014	GNT	3	203	11	0	2	6	3.6	0	2	19	6.3	13
2013	GNS	9	39	4	0	4	17	10.0	0	2	13	8.5
2013	GNT	8	87	9	0	4	99	18.6	0	4	19	9.6
2012	GNS	4	92	6	0	2	12	5.7	2	1	7	3.5
2012	GNT	3	173	10	0	2	15	5.5	2	1	13	4.6	19
2011	GNS	2	175	9	2	1	6	3.2	0	2	13	5.7	70
2011	GNT	2	211	11	2	1	8	3.5	1	1	11	5.0	71
2010	GNS	4	98	6	1	1	13	4.8	1	1	11	7.2	25
2010	GNT	1	191	10	2	1	7	3.7	2	1	6	3.3	56
2009	GNS	5	62	5	0	4	10	7.2	0	2	13	9.5
2009	GNT	7	113	9	2	1	17	7.8	0	2	19	7.6	21
2009	HSExS	28	11	1	0	8	8	8.0	0	7	7	7.0	7
2008	GNT	20	1	1	0	19	19	19.0	1	1	13	4.7	2
2007	GNS	2	109	7	3	1	14	5.6	1	1	9	4.3	73
2007	GNT	4	143	11	0	3	11	6.0	0	2	16	8.7
2006	GNS	1	107	7	1	1	9	4.7	1	1	11	7.7	25
2006	GNT	8	86	9	0	6	11	8.4	0	4	13	8.4
2005	GNC	10	115	9	1	1	20	7.0	4	1	15	7.2	20
2004	GNC	5	165	17	1	1	18	9.6	0	2	18	8.6	6
2004	Sport	66	7	1	0	24	24	24.0	0	32	32	32.0
2003	GNC	6	119	10	1	1	15	7.6	0	2	16	8.8	20
2003	Sport	143	0	1	0	30	30	30.0	0	23	23	23.0
2003	Stock	59	12	1	0	19	19	19.0	0	37	37	37.0

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