American Flat Track Rider Bio

JD Beach

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The hugely popular JD Beach made his return to American Flat Track racing in a big way in 2019, scoring the first two victories of his AFT Twins career while juggling a full-time MotoAmerica Superbike career. Beach was similarly successful on pavement, also securing his maiden Superbike race win in ‘19. Beach was an AMA Amateur National Dirt Track champion before trying his hand at roadracing as a Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup competitor. Beach won the coveted Rookies Cup in his second attempt and returned to the States the following year to further his career in both roadracing and dirt track. While he established himself as one of the winningest riders in AFT Singles history, Beach enjoyed his greatest success as a roadracer. Over the following decade, he notched up multiple AMA and MotoAmerica national titles before opting to significantly increase his focus on dirt track again ahead of the ‘19 season. Beach’s ability to negotiate left- and righthanders with equal skill was most evident at the TTs, where he twice reigned supreme. His two wins -- the first coming at the Arizona Super TT and the second at the Buffalo Chip TT -- both came in dramatic and improbable come-from-behind fashion. They also marked the first two wins for Estenson Racing’s Yamaha MT-07 DT racebike. Beach is an incredibly versatile rider capable of not only winning MotoAmerica Superbike races and AFTs TTs, but also dominating the Superprestigio Short Track (as he did in 2017), and putting it on the box at a Half-Mile in his first attempt after a full season away (as he did at the ‘17 American Flat Track Finals). He is further increasing his focus on flat track in 2020 and will contest the entire AFT SuperTwins season with Estenson Racing. Beach is a personable and relatable fan favorite. He’s also a racer’s racer, who’s looking to chase a checkered flag at every possible opportunity.

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Early Career First started riding at the age of three.
2017 JD Beach was 28th in the Twins standings for the 2017 American Flat Track season after competing only in the Flat Track Finals at Perris Auto Speedway, where he took 3rd place.
2016
Raced the doubleheader at Daytona I & II, finishing 16th and 5th, respectively. Rode for Team 95 Yamaha.
2015
Made select starts in GNC1, primarily focusing on road racing Earned a best finish of fourth position at the Peoria TT. Raced for Yamaha USA and Van’s Yamaha.
2014 A full-time rider in road racing, Beach come out to compete in both TT events in 2014 and qualified for both GNC1 main events. He was fifth at Castle Rock and 11th at Peoria.
2013 Contested a full season of AMA Pro Daytona SportBike, finishing the season fourth in the final point standings with 11 Top 5s highlighted by 7 podiums and a best finish of second in Race 2 at Mid-Ohio. Raced for RoadRace Factory/Red Bull Yamaha.
2012 Competed in AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike. Accounted for 17 top 10 finishes in 19 starts. Finished 7th in the standings. Impressive third place finish at Road America as well as NOLA Motorsports Park to wrap up a strong season.
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. Competed in AMA Pro Flat Track GNC. Out of seven starts in the GNC class, Beach earned four Top10s and one Top5. Raced with Red Bull Honda finishing 15th-place overall.
2010 Won the AMA Pro SuperSport East Division Championship. Competed in AMA Pro Flat Track GNC. Beach turned Expert at the Springfield Short Track and earned an impressive podium his first outing as an Expert with a third-place finish. Prior to moving to Expert, Beach won an impressive four main events in the Pro Singles class. Raced with Red Bull Rockwall Performance.
2009 Contested the full AMA Pro SuperSport East season, earning three podiums with a best finish of second, also finished second in the championship. Also finished fourth in the AMA Pro Flat Track Pro Singles Championship, earning three race wins and five podiums.
2008 Won the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Championship, becoming the first American to do so.
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.

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Year	Cls	Stnd	Pts	St	Wins	Best Fin	Worst Fin	Avg Fin	Poles	Best Qual	Worst Qual	Avg Qual	Laps Led
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2019	AFT Twins	14	119	10	2	1	17	8.6	0	2	16	9.6	3
2018	AFT Twins	18	45	3	0	2	7	5.0	0	4	13	8.3	0
2017	AFT Twins	28	17	1	0	3	3	3.0	0	2	2	2.0	0
2016	GNC	30	17	2	0	5	16	10.5	0			0.0
2016	GNC1	12	17	2	0	5	16	10.5	0	6	9	7.5
2015	GNC1	10	30	3	0	4	12	9.0	0	11	17	13.7
2014	DSB	5	183	10	0	2	28	6.9	0	3	7	5.7	3
2014	GNS	13	22	2	0	5	11	8.0	0	9	11	10.0
2013	DSB	4	217	12	0	2	20	4.9	0	4	7	5.6	7
2013	GNS	15	19	1	0	3	3	3.0	1	1	1	1.0
2013	GNT	7	93	6	0	3	6	4.7	0	2	12	7.0	5
2012	DSB	6	252	19	0	3	20	8.0	0	7	16	9.7
2012	GNS	8	57	5	0	4	13	7.8	0	5	12	8.6
2012	GNT	14	49	5	0	4	16	10.0	1	1	18	7.8
2011	ASB	12	101	12	0	8	19	12.2	0	7	18	13.4
2011	DSB	29	18	1	0	4	4	4.0	0	4	4	4.0	2
2011	GNS	18	30	3	0	6	13	9.0	0	8	18	11.3
2011	GNT	17	36	4	0	5	14	10.3	0	6	17	11.0
2010	FTPro	8	118	6	4	1	7	2.7	3	1	4	2.2	47
2010	GNS	20	16	1	0	3	3	3.0	0	9	9	9.0
2010	GNT	29	7	1	0	12	12	12.0	0	10	10	10.0
2010	SSEast	1	297	12	8	1	22	4.4	3	1	3	1.8	96
2009	FTPro	4	140	8	3	1	12	3.6	1	1	13	4.4	33
2009	HSProS	12	23	1	1	1	1	1.0	1	1	1	1.0	12
2009	SSEast	2	107	7	0	2	16	7.6	0	4	19	11.9