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Springfield, Peoria and Indy Miles Next Up for This Young Rider

August 21, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (August 19, 2010) - One of the most successful and popular 18 year old motorcycle racers in the world, J. D. Beach rides on a variety of different types of disciplines and J.D. will be displaying his considerable talents on three of the most revered and classic events on the AMA Pro Flat Track racing calendar.

J.D. has already competed in four AMA Pro K&N Filters Grand National Championship Presented by Motorcycle-Superstore.com events this year with wins at the celebrated new Flat Track in Daytona and also the Springfield TT. In addition to his successful Flat Track activities, J.D. recently clinched the AMA Pro SuperSport Young Gun East Divisional Championship by winning for the seventh time in 2010 on his Rockwall Engineering Yamaha.

J.D. will compete in the Pro Singles class on Sunday, August 22nd at the Peoria TT and then the Lucas Oil Indy Mile on Saturday, August 28th. It is worth mentioning that J.D. won both of these races in 2009 so he is looking forward to his return.

The next big step for this extremely talented young man will be the move up from Pro Singles to Expert rider at the K&N Filters Grand National Championship event at the Springfield Short Track and Mile on Labor Day Weekend, September 4-5, 2010.

J.D. commented on his upcoming races, "I would like to win Peoria and especially Indy in the Pro Singles. My goal at the Mile in Springfield is to make the main event and try to finish in the top ten, although a podium would be great!"

J.D. will be riding the Rogers-Lake prepared XR750 Harley-Davidson at Springfield along with 2009 AMA Pro Twins National Champion Jared Mees.