James Douglas Beach (born October 12, 1991) is an American

motorcycle racer Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...

. He currently races a

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in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.

Career

Born in

Snoqualmie, Washington Snoqualmie ( ) is a city next to Snoqualmie Falls in King County, Washington, United States. It is east of Seattle. Snoqualmie city is home to the Northwest Railway Museum. The population was 10,670 at the 2010 census and an estimated 13,62 ...

and based in

Philpot, Kentucky Philpot is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the U ...

, Beach won the

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup is a motorcycle racing series contested by young, up-and-coming motorcycle riders, who have not had experience in a motorcycle grand prix previously. The class was founded in 2007, and since then a number of the rook ...

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 Tommaso Lorenzetti (born 22 June 1985) is an Italian motorcycle racer Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road ...

for the Aeroport de Castelló team in the Indianapolis Grand Prix. After competing in the

AMA Superbike Championship AMA Superbike Championship is an American Motorcycle sport, motorcycle racing series that has been run every year beginning in 1976. For most of its existence it has been considered the premier motorcycle road racing series in the United States. ...

and the

Daytona SportBike The AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship was a motorcycle racing series run by AMA Pro Racing. The category was similar to the Formula Xtreme class, allowing a wide range of engine types and displacements. The flagship race for the series was t ...

Championship from 2011 to 2014, in 2015 he won the

MotoAmerica MotoAmerica is the organization that promotes the AMA Superbike Series since 2015. Sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), it features six classes of road racing: S ...

Supersport Championship. In 2016, Beach came four points short of winning his second consecutive MotoAmerica title. He won seven races in the Championship.
2018 Champion MotoAmerica Supersport Series Beach is currently being coached by former AMA racer Ken Hill.

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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