James Douglas Beach (born October 12, 1991) is an American motorcycle racer. He currently races a Yamaha YZF-R1 in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.
Career Born in Snoqualmie, Washington and based in Philpot, Kentucky, Beach won the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2008 and the AMA Pro Supersport East Championship in 2010. In 2011, he made a one-off appearance in the Moto2 World Championship, replacing Tommaso Lorenzetti for the Aeroport de Castelló team in the Indianapolis Grand Prix. After competing in the AMA Superbike Championship and the Daytona SportBike Championship from 2011 to 2014, in 2015 he won the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship. In 2016, Beach came four points short of winning his second consecutive MotoAmerica title. He won seven races in the Championship.
In 2018, Beach won the championship in the MotoAmerica Supersport Series.
Beach is currently being coached by former AMA racer Ken Hill.
Career statistics Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2007SPAITAGBRNEDGERCZEPORVAL 16th 28 2008SPA1SPA2PORFRAITAGBRNEDGERCZE1CZE2 1st 149
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcdWCh Moto2 FTR Moto M211 Aeroport de Castelló 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC – Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
By class ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsWChmp Moto2 2011 2011 Indianapolis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2011 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Pts Moto2 FTR QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER CZE INP RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0
MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Results YearClassTeam12345678910PosPtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R22011SuperBikeKawasakiDAYDAYINF9INFRetUTA15RAM11RAMRetBAR8BAR10MOH10MOH8LAG12NJE16NJE10 12th 1012019SuperBikeYamahaATL3ATL4COA5COARetVIR4VIR1RAM7RAM4UMCRetUMC5LGS4LGS5SON4SON5PIT6PIT6NJR3NJR2BAR5BARRet 4th 2262021SuperBikeYamahaATLATLVIRVIRRAMRAMTRDTRDLGSLGSBRA6BRA6PITPITNJRNJRNJRALAALAALA 23rd 20
MotoAmerica Supersport Championship
Races by year YearClassTeam123456789PosPtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R22020SupersportYamahaRAM1RAMRAMRAMATLATLPITPITTRDTRDNJRNJRALAALABRIBRILGSRetLGS3 20th 16
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