Jacob Wilson

Jacob Wilson (born March 17, 1990, in Crawfordsville, Indiana) is an American racing driver.

Early life

Wilson began speedway karting in 2003. Between 2003 and 2006, Wilson claimed two championships, along with seven second-place and one third-place finishes in the standings across several World Karting Association divisions.

Sprint Car & Silver Crown Racing

Between 2005 and 2007, Wilson competed in several USAC midget races, with six top-ten finishes over that period.

In 2008, Wilson entered his first USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown Series races. He claimed his first USAC National Sprint Car win that year at Salem Speedway at the Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial Race. His best Silver Crown finish that year was 5th at the Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway.

In 2009, Wilson ran a partial schedule with the USAC National Sprint Car and Silver Crown series, where he finished 21st in sprint car points and 16th in Silver Crown points. In ten races on paved tracks, he recorded three top-five and six top-ten finishes, including a second place sprint car finish at Toledo Speedway and a third place sprint car finish at Salem Speedway.

The 2010 season saw Wilson running a lighter schedule, however he did record a top-ten finish in both USAC sprint car and Silver Crown races.

In 2011, Wilson ran his heaviest schedule thus far, with races in the USAC National Midget Series, Sprint Car, and Silver Crown series, as well as the Must See Racing pavement sprint car series. In eight USAC sprint car and Silver Crown races that year, Wilson had two top-five and seven top-ten finishes.

Between 2012 and 2014, Wilson recorded several wins in winged pavement sprint car series including King of the Wing, Auto Value Super Sprints, and Must See Racing, and finished second in the 2012 Must See Racing point standings. Wilson had an exceptionally good year in 2013 where he claimed three wins with the Must See Racing series and had top-ten finishes in every race he entered but one, where he experienced mechanical issues while running in the top-ten at Anderson Speedway.

The 2014 season was the first year Wilson began venturing into dirt racing, entering Silver Crown races at tracks such as the Terre Haute Action Track, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Belleville High Banks, Illinois State Fairgrounds, and Eldora Speedway.

Wilson began the 2015 season in strong form with five top-fives and eight top-tens in his first nine races, primarily on pavement. In the second half of the season, Wilson switched focus to his dirt program, including the addition of several 410 winged sprint car dates.

In 2016, Wilson significantly expanded his schedule on dirt, running numerous sprint car and USAC Silver Crown dates.

Indy Lights

Wilson made his Firestone Indy Lights debut in the series at the Kentucky Speedway on October 2, 2011, driving for Belardi Auto Racing. He started third, but spun on the opening lap. He also raced in the season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where he started tenth and finished fifth. Despite only competing in two races in the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights season, he was voted Most Popular Driver.

Little 500

Wilson won the prestigious PayLess Little 500 at Anderson Speedway back-to-back in 2013 & 2014, and has recorded six top-five and seven top-ten finishes in eleven starts.

Motorsports career results (key)

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2011 Belardi Auto Racing STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR EDM EDM TRO NHM BAL KTY LVS 22nd 52

Little 500 Year Start Finish Status 2008 15 30 Wrecked 2009 5 4 Running 2010 9 5 Running 2011 9 21 Oil Pressure 2012 22 19 - 2013 9 1 Running 2014 5 1 Running 2015 4 4 Running 2016 8 26 Wrecked 2017 5 9 Running 2018 5 2 Running

World of Outlaws Year Races Features Wins Top 5 Top 10 Rank Points 2014 2 1 0 0 0 228th 191 2015 1 1 0 0 0 286th 112 2016 6 1 0 0 0 100th 566 2017 4 0 0 0 0 174th 270

All Star Circuit of Champions Year Races Features Wins Top 5 Top 10 Rank Points 2016 12 1 0 0 0 41st 908 2017 11 3 0 0 0 46th 1114

USAC Silver Crown Year Races Features Wins Top 5 Top 10 Rank Points 2008 4 4 0 1 0 2009 5 5 0 0 2 2010 4 4 0 1 2 2011 3 3 0 1 2 2012 4 4 0 1 10 2013 2 2 0 1 1 2014 9 9 0 0 4 7th 306 2015 8 8 0 1 3 13th 223 2016 5 5 0 0 1 15th 181 2017 3 2 0 0 0 38th 86 2018 2 2 0 0 1 23rd* 88*

USAC Sprint Car Year Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Rank Points 2009 5 0 3 5 2010 7 0 0 3 2011 5 0 1 5 2015 1 0 1 1

MOWA Sprint Car Year Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Rank Points 2016 7 0 0 4 2017 2 0 0 0 41st 100

Must See Racing Year Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Rank Points 2010 8 0 1 0 17th 133 2011 10 0 2 2 12th 602 2012 13 0 9 13 2nd 985 2013 12 3 6 11 4th 759 2014 9 1 3 7 7th 526 2015 4 0 3 4