R.I.P. Former Racer, Race Tire Distributor Jerry Jirkovsky

R.I.P. Former Racer, Race Tire Distributor Jerry Jirkovsky

© 2022, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By David Swarts.

Former racer and race tire distributor Jerry Jirkovsky died June 6 in a hospice in Tucson, Arizona. He was 63.

Jirkovsky was a former Willow Springs Motorcycle Club (WSMC) class Champion, but he was best known as the Pirelli and Bridgestone race tire distributor for the southwestern U.S. for a significant period of time.

Jirkovsky had been battling colon cancer for over two years.

He is survived by brothers Jim and Tom.

Plans are still pending, but the burial service will take place in Omaha, Nebraska, according to Tom Jirkovsky

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