Jacob Gagne (born August 27, 1993) is an American
motorcycle racer
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. For 2020, Gagne is contracted to ride in the
American Superbike Championship, partnered by
Cameron Beaubier
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Career Early career
After competing in the 2007 Red Bull Mot ...
.
Career
He competed in the Spanish Moto2 Championship, the Red Bull AMA Rookies Cup and won the
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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in
2010
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. He was the
AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike champion in 2014, the
MotoAmerica
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Superstock 1000 champion in 2015 and a MotoAmerica
AMA Superbike Championship
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regular in 2016 and 2017.
During the 2017 season, he was called up to
Ten Kate Racing
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as a replacement rider, at the July
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round due to
Nicky Hayden
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's death in May, and twice-again later in the season to substitute for injured
Stefan Bradl
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at
Magny-Cours
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and
Losail
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Built in just under a year by 1,000 workers ...
.
In December 2017, he signed to compete in the
2018 Superbike World Championship
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2018 was the final season run with the two-race format, as a three-race format was introduced for 2019.
Race calendar and results
Entry list
...
series aboard a
Honda Fireblade SP2 for Ten Kate Racing as teammate to
Leon Camier
Leon Stuart Camier (born 4 August 1986) is an English former solo motorcycle racer. For the 2021 season, Camier was announced as team manager for Honda World Superbike team, run under Honda Racing Corporation. After a long career in solo motor ...
.
After the 2018 season in World Superbikes, Gagne returned to race in the North American Superbike Championship series riding for Scheibe BMW.
Career statistics
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
Races by year
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
Races by year
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
References
External links
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American motorcycle racers
Living people
1993 births
Moto2 World Championship riders
Superbike World Championship riders
People from Ramona, San Diego County, California