As the 2022 regular season at Peterborough starts to wind-down, Jacob Mercer has his sights set on finishing the job that began with his first green flag of the year. The 15-year-old former go-karter from Port Hope, Ontario has complied some impressive stats – including a 3^rd place finish in the Saturday, August 13^th main event – during his rookie season in the track’s Late Model division and finds himself within striking distance of the top of the standings.

The soft-spoken, hard charging youngster who learns more about his chosen racing vocation with each turn of the steering wheel says that while he knows where his is No. 81 team sits in the overall running order, it isn’t something he’s been paying too much attention to. Even with another year of classes at Port Hope High School just around the corner, Jacob Mercer believes there is still a lot to learn before the racing season comes to a close.

“The focus right now is on the next race,” Jacob Mercer said. “The team and I are taking things one event at a time. We’re making changes to the car every time I head onto the track and that’s helping the crew gain information and build a solid book of set-up notes for the many different conditions we’re likely to experience during the year.”

Jacob Mercer says competition with the Late Model’s occasional stretches of 4 or 5 racing weekends in a row is quite different from what he experienced in karting. Both programs demand a strong level of commitment from the driver and team to make sure everything is ready to roll once they hit the track.

Saturday, August 13^th results:

Qualifying heat race #1, 4^th

Qualifying heat race #2, 3^rd

Feature event started 2^nd. Finished 3^rd.

The Mercer Motorsports Late Model program at Peterborough Speedway is proudly supported by Sine’s Flooring, Durmach Precision Tooling, Facility Services, Courtice Septic, Kawartha Metals, Office Line, Cressman Tree Maintenance, Beyond Signs & Design, Mediavandals, Lynch, Rutherford, Tozer Certified Accountants, Richter Law, Press Any Key Computer Solutions, Quantrill Chev Buick GMC Cadillac, Ross Funeral Home, M&M Food Market – Port Hope, Doner Custom Carpentry, Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Cliffshore Excavating, Epic Racewear and Clarke Motorsports Communications.

Next action for Jacob Mercer and the No. 81 team will be Saturday, August 20^th at Peterborough Speedway. It will be the first event in a stretch of 3 shows that will wrap-up the 2022 regular season.

Keep up to date with the team via 81mercermotorsports.com or through 81 Mercer Motorsports on Facebook.