World Supersport race winner. MotoAmerica Superbike racer.
About PJ
From dirt track in upstate New York to the World Supersport podium and the MotoAmerica Superbike grid.
Rider and coach
Patrick Jacobsen
Patrick “PJ” Jacobsen is a professional motorcycle racer from Montgomery, New York, born August 7, 1993. He has raced Grand Prix, British Superbike, World Supersport, World Superbike and MotoAmerica, and in 2026 he raced the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship for Rahal Ducati Moto on the No. 15 XPEL Ducati Panigale V4 R.
Headline accomplishments
- 2015 World Supersport Vice-Champion, and the first American to take a pole position and a race win in World Supersport
- 2nd place at the Suzuka 8 Hours with the factory Honda (HRC) team, 2018
- MotoAmerica Supersport runner-up in 2019, 2024 and 2025
- 3rd in the 2023 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, including a win at Brainerd
Right now
Rahal Ducati Moto
PJ joined Rahal Ducati Moto, the MotoAmerica team set up by IndyCar driver Graham Rahal, for its debut season in 2024. On the Ducati Panigale V2 he won seven Supersport races that year and finished second in the championship. In 2025 he was runner-up again, with wins at Road Atlanta, Road America and Mid-Ohio.
For 2026 the team moved PJ up to the Quad Lock Superbike class, its first full-time Superbike effort, with team principal Ben Spies. After a crash in qualifying at the Road Atlanta opener, PJ put the new Panigale V4 R on pole at The Ridge, finished second at Road America and Virginia International Raceway, and ended the season sixth in the championship.
Sources: Rahal Ducati Moto, MotoAmerica results.
| Year | Class / team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Superbike, Rahal Ducati Moto (Panigale V4 R) | 6th, 152 pts. Pole at The Ridge, 2nd at Road America and VIR |
| 2025 | Supersport, Rahal Ducati Moto (Panigale V2) | 2nd, 325 pts. 3 wins |
| 2024 | Supersport, Rahal Ducati Moto (Panigale V2) | 2nd. 7 wins |
| 2023 | Superbike (BMW) | 3rd, 266 pts. Win at Brainerd |
| 2022 | Superbike (BMW) | 6th, 170 pts |
| 2019 | Supersport (Yamaha) | 2nd, 275 pts |
The story so far
From dirt track to world stage
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Early life and beginnings
PJ was introduced to motorcycles at age 3 by a family that was deeply into racing. His father, Keith Jacobsen, was an accomplished dirt track racer. PJ started on dirt tracks before moving to supermoto and then road racing, which became his professional focus.
He won the 2006 USGPRU 125GP National Championship and more than 30 amateur national titles. In 2007 he was selected for the Red Bull MotoGP Academy and moved to Europe, made his 125cc Grand Prix debut with the Aspar team at Indianapolis, and in 2010 was named flat track Rookie of the Year in the Grand National Championship.
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Britain and Spain
Racing in Europe put PJ against the best young riders in the world. He took a podium in the Spanish CEV championship, then moved to the British paddock: in 2012 he won the British Superstock 1000 race at Donington Park and the British Supersport round at Assen, and in 2013 he raced the British Superbike Championship for Tyco Suzuki, scoring a podium at Assen.
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World Supersport and World Superbike
From 2014 PJ raced full time in the Supersport World Championship. In 2015, at the Malaysian round at Sepang, he became the first American to take pole and win a World Supersport race, won again in France, and finished the season as Vice World Champion. He finished 4th in 2016 and 6th in 2017, moved up to World Superbike with Honda in 2018, and that summer finished 2nd at the Suzuka 8 Hours with the factory Honda team.
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Back in the US
Returning home to MotoAmerica, PJ was Supersport runner-up in 2019. In October 2019 he suffered serious burns when his bike caught fire at the start of a race. He came back through extensive treatment and rehab, returned to Superbike, and finished 3rd in the 2023 championship with a race win at Brainerd before joining Rahal Ducati Moto.
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The beginning of JMT
While recovering from that injury, PJ put his energy into Jacobsen Motorcycle Training. The mission: share what he learned racing around the world, develop the next generation of riders, and promote safe, skillful riding.
He coaches riders on and off the track, with fitness programs, nutrition plans and one-on-one coaching, and has attended clients’ own race events to coach them side by side when it matters most. Whether you are riding a motorcycle for the first time or chasing a championship, PJ can help you get there.
See it
Coaching on video
PJ coaching an Ohvale rider. More clips, race weekends and riding tips on PJ’s channels.
