- 1974 - Started riding Trials.
- 1977 - Brought his son Mike into the sport at age 5.
- 1981-83 - Cincinnati, OH Area Rep
- 1985 - Took his son, former TI Champ class champion Mike, to his first National Trials event at age 13.
- 1990-1992 - TI NATC Rep.
- 1991 - TI Sportsman of the Year. This was for his work and coordination of the Berea, KY National.
- 1992 - Became the NATC awards coordinator, a position he held until 2015. If you have received a National award, chances are Jerry was responsible.
- In the early 90's, Jerry became one of the first members at Saddleback East, he helped move the Dixie Cup event from Berea, Ky to Saddleback, where it is still an active event to this day. He always had a bit of bad luck with the weather starting in 1991 in Berea and it followed him to Saddleback. With this bad luck also came with a nickname of "Rain Man", that Jerry wore proudly under his rain coat for many years.
- 1997 - Jerry handed the Dixie Cup off to Brad Baumert.
- 2015 - Jerry was inducted in to the NATC Hall of Fame.
Since then he has remained active in the Trials community and enjoys Dual Sport riding in Moab, UT with friends he has made through his years of Trials and Motorcycle in general.