Jacob Goede from Carver (MN) has been named the 2014 Minnesota Asphalt Driver of the Year by Speed Talk on 1360 Radio.
Goede
returned to his Minnesota racing roots in 2014 after spending much of
the last decade racing in regional Late Model touring series. Goede won
the highly contested Elko Speedway Super Late Model division, scoring
seven wins along the way including the prestigious Dwain Behrens
memorial race.
For the first time in his career, this
homecoming made it possible to race side by side the entire season with
his brother Matt. The younger Goede also had a successful year, winning
two times and finishing fourth in points at Elko Speedway. Jacob and
his wife Erica had a new addition to their family with another baby girl
born just after the race season concluded.
2015
has started out the right way for both the Goede brothers, they have
been busy winning snowmobile races. Jacob and Matt raced in seven
different divisions of vintage snowmobiles at the recent Eagle River
(WI) classic vintage weekend. The duo took home five titles including
the Vintage World Championship where speeds reached 90 mph on a banked
3/8 mile oval track.
For Jacob it's about time to
put the sleds back in storage and start concentrating on the Super Late
Model, it took him nearly a decade to win his first Championship. He is
determined not to wait that long for the second one.
2014 Jacob Goede