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| Jake Zemke | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | December 15, 1975 San Francisco, California |
| Current team | None |
| Bike number | None |
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. [1] Zemke's race number has been 98 for most of his racing career. [2] He started his own riding school called Zemke Riding Development.
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| 2009 | Honda | AUS | AUS | QAT | QAT | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA 28 | ITA 20 | RSA | RSA | USA 18 | USA 15 | SMR | SMR | GBR | GBR | CZE | CZE | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | FRA | FRA | POR | POR | 42nd | 1 | [3] |
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| 2010 | SBK | Jordan Motorsports | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 286 | 3rd | ||||
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| 2011 | BSB | Honda | BHI | OUL | CRO | THR | KNO 21 | KNO 20 | SNE 21 | SNE 10 | OUL 17 | OUL C | BHGP 14 | BHGP 19 | BHGP 18 | CAD | CAD | DON | DON | SIL | SIL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | 24th* | 8* | |||||
| E 1 | KNO 21 | KNO 20 | SNE 21 | SNE 10 | OUL 17 | BHGP 14 | BHGP 19 | BHGP 18 | CAD | CAD | DON | DON | SIL | SIL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | 9th* | 107* | ||||||||||||
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