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Damian Jigalov

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Damian Jigalov (born June 28th, 2004) is an American professional motorcycle racer.

Damian Jigalov began Roadracing at the age of 8 riding a Honda NSR50 and went on to win the championship his first year racing in the Northwoods GP series. The following season (2014) Jigalov switched over to the WERA National Championship earning him many wins and leading him to his first national championship. In 2015, Jigalov jumped up to a Meterakit 125. This was one of Jigalov’s most successful seasons winning him 7 WERA Championships that single season. In 2016, Damian Jigalov jumped to a KTM RC 390. He was still too young to race in MotoAmerica RC Cup series but raced against the same riders when they came to race WERA. This was a successful season where Jigalov was able to win the title. Mid year in 2016 Jigalov was given an opportunity to race in the CIV PreMoto3 Italian championship. Damian Jigalov was able to finish 5th in his debut appearance to the series. In 2017, Jigalov signed with RMU Moto VR46 Riders Academy in the CIV PreMoto3 Italian Championship. This season Jigalov improved throughout and finished 8th in the championship. In 2018, Jigalov stayed with the same team and was able to make even bigger improvements and even fight for a win at Mugello. Towards the end of the season Jigalov made a wildcard appearance in the MotoAmerica Junior Cup round at Utah aboard a privateer Yamaha R3. Jigalov finished 5th in his first race. Jigalov went on to sign with BartCon racing aboard a Kawasaki Ninja 400. The following race in Pittsburgh Jigalov was able to finish 2nd while battling for the win. Jigalov was able to get another 2nd place finish at the last round of the season at Barber Motorsports Park. In 2019, Jigalov decided to only race in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup racing for BartCon Racing alongside Farrell Performance. Jigalov had multiple P4 finishes barreling for the podium and even barreling for the win at Road America. Jigalov then switched teams towards the end of the season to Quarterly On Track Development and went on to earn his third professional Podium at New Jersey Motorsports Park.