RoadRace Factory Red Bull Team Rider: JD Beach
The Basics
Career Highlights:
2011 – Finished fourth in the Daytona 200 in Daytona SportBike before moving up to AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike, where he earned six Top 10s in 12 starts to finish the year 12th in the point standings. Season-best finishes of eighth came at Barber and Mid-Ohio. Raced for Attack Kawasaki. Also competed in AMA Pro Flat Track. 2010 – Won the AMA Pro SuperSport East Championship with eight victories, one additional podium finish and three poles. Raced for Rockwall Performance Yamaha. 2009 – Contested the full AMA Pro SuperSport East season, earning three podiums with a best finish of second, finishing second in the championship. Also finished fourth in the AMA Pro Flat Track Pro Singles Championship, earning three race wins and five podiums. 2008 – Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, becoming the first American champion. Scored one victory in Germany. 2007 – First year of road racing competition in the MotoGP Rookies Cup. Finished 16th in points, with a best finish of 8th. 2006 – Raced as a dirt track amateur winning in the 250 class of the AMA Amateur Grand Nationals in DuQuoin, Ill. 2005 – Raced amateur dirt track, winning the 85 Mod class at the AMA Amateur Grand Nationals. Early Career – First started riding at the age of three.
Personal: Single. Height: 5’ 7” – Weight: 130 lbs. Beach learned a lot from his dad, a former racer. Also a talented AMA Pro Flat Track racer, Beach enjoys training, working on his dirt track bikes and riding.
AMA Pro Road Racing Stats:
| Year | Class | Standing Position |
Points | Starts | Wins | Best Finish |
Poles | Best Qual | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | SuperBike | 12 | 101 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2011 | Daytona SportBike | 29 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | SuperSport | 1 | 265 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 96 |
| 2009 | SuperSport | 2 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
AMA Pro Flat Track Stats:
| Year | Class | Standing Position |
Points | Starts | Wins | Best Finish |
Poles | Best Qual | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Expert Singles | 18 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2011 | Expert Twins | 17 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2010 | Pro Singles | 8 | 118 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 47 |
| 2010 | Expert Singles | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2010 | Expert Twins | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2009 | Pro Singles | 4 | 140 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
