Ryan Beat

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Ryan Beat
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  American
Born (1986-03-31) March 31, 1986 (age 37)
El Cajon, California
Championship Off-Road career
Debut season2020
Current teamRyan Beat Motorsports
Car number51
Engine Chevrolet
Previous series
2019, 2022–2023 Stadium Super Trucks
Championship titles
2017–2019LOORRS Pro Lite
Awards
2018, 2020 Rick Huseman Award

Ryan Beat (born March 31, 1986) is an American professional off-road racing driver. He competes in the Championship Off-Road Series, driving the No. 51 Pro 2 Chevrolet for his team Ryan Beat Motorsports.

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A two-time Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) champion in the Pro Lite class, he competed full-time in LOORRS from 2011 to 2020. Following LOORRS' shutdown, he moved to Championship Off-Road. He has also raced in the Stadium Super Trucks.

Early life and career

Beat was born in El Cajon, California, and began racing dirt bikes at the age of five. While racing for the factory Kawasaki team, he shattered his arm in a riding accident. His friend asked him to race a trophy cart and he accepted. He finished third in his first race and with help from Kenny Osborn and Black Rhino, built a UTV. He won in his third start and after 10 race wins in the SR1 UTV class, decided to build a Pro Lite truck in 2012 and finished second in the championship points that year. [1]

Racing career

2011

Beat signed with the Hart & Huntington team, co-owned by the professional motorcyclist, Carey Hart. He campaigned the No. 851 SR-1 UTV under the Hart & Huntington umbrella. [2]

2012

Beat was one of three drivers for Hart & Huntington Off Road racing the No. 51 ProLite for his first full season. [3] In August, at Wild West Motorsports Park in Reno, Nevada, Beat posted his first career Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) win in the ProLite class. [4]

2013

In the Lucas Oil Challenge Cup, Beat finished third in PRO-4 for Premiere Motorsports Group. In the last seven races of the LOORRS season, Beat finished in the top-five, six times with two podiums. [5]

2014

Beat almost quit off-road racing but then started his own team, Ryan Beat Motorsports (RBM) in 2014. [6]

2015

Beat won his first Pro Lite race in LOORRS competition as a driver/owner in the No. 51 Pro Lite truck. [7]

2016

After the first two races of the season, Beat broke his foot while unloading his race truck. After surgery, and building a special brake pedal, Beat continued racing that year. [8] Racing the No. 51 in the Pro-Lite class, Beat captured three wins and finished third in the points. [9]

2017

In 2017, Beat traveled to Crandon, Wisconsin to compete at the birthplace of short course racing, Crandon International Raceway. Beat won his first race there. [10]

2018

Beat returned to Team GT in the No. 51 Pro Lite truck. [11] Competing in the No. 51 Pro Lite truck, Beat won the season opener at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, AZ. [12] Beat went on to win the LOORRS Pro Lite Championship that year, never finishing off the podium. His first championship since entering the Pro-Lite class in 2012. [13] [14]

2019

Beginning in 2019, Beat wanted to win back-to-back Pro Lite Championships in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. [15] Beat started the year with a win and finished outside the top five just one time. He then finished the year as back-to-back Pro-Lite champion (also winning the championship in 2018). At the conclusion of the 2019 season, he prepared to move to the Pro 2 class in 2020. [16]

Beat also made his Stadium Super Trucks debut in the season opener at Circuit of the Americas, where he drove the No. 51 Continental Tire truck. [17] He scored a podium in the first race by finishing third. [18]

2020

Beat moved to the Pro 2 class and won in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series and Championship Off-Road Series. He also finished on the podium ten times. [6]

2021

In 2021, Beat moved to Championship Off-Road full time to race in the Pro 2 and new PRO SPEC classes; Ryan Beat Motorsports was the only team in the series with factory backing from Chevrolet. He also moved R/BM from California to North Carolina. [19] Beat raced the first of its kind PRO SPEC truck in the 2021 Championship Off-Road Series, designing and building a race-ready benchmark prototype. [20]

2022

Ahead of the 2022 Championship Off-Road season, Ryan Beat Motorsports expanded to field five trucks: a Pro 2 for the eponymous owner; three Pro Lites for Carson Parrish, Mason Prater, and newcomer Brody Eggleston; and a Pro SPEC for rookie Gray Leadbetter. [19] The 2022 Champ Off Road season kicked off at Antigo. As an owner, Beat made history when his driver, Leadbetter, became the first female to win a professional Champ Off-Road race in the PRO-SPEC class. [21] Leadbetter would go on to win the PRO-SPEC championship, becoming the first female to win a championship in Champ Off-Road history. The win also gave Beat an additional championship as a car owner. [22] Beat closed out the 2022 Champ Off Road season with three podium finishes at Antigo, Crandon, and ERX. [23] In addition to short course off-road racing, Beat entered his second career Stadium Super Truck race in Nashville. Following a battle for the lead, Beat finished fourth. [24] [25]

2023

Ryan Beat competed for the first time at The Great American Shortcourse series' season opener at King of the Hammers on Monday, February 6th. He qualified on the pole in the PRO-2 class, and after an inverted start, he raced from sixth to win. [26] [27]

In media

Beat served in the 2015 film Furious 7 . [28]

He was featured in a General Tire commercial that aired from 2018 to 2021.

Motorsports career results

Career summary

SEASONCLASSTEAMRACESPOLESWINSTOP 5TOP 10POS
2010UTVOsborne Racing412349th
2011UTVHart & Huntington1044497th
2011Pro LiteHart & Huntington8000413th
2012Pro LiteHart & Huntington15018142nd
2013Pro LiteHart & Huntington16002417th
2013Pro 2Hart & Huntington8001615th
2013Pro 4Hart & Huntington100061010th
2014Pro LiteHart & Huntington16008115th
2015Pro LiteRyan Beat Motorsports17016108th
2016Pro LiteRyan Beat Motorsports166313133rd
2017Pro LiteRyan Beat Motorsports14118107th
2018Pro LiteRyan Beat Motorsports11349101st
2019Pro LiteRyan Beat Motorsports10328101st
2020Pro 2Ryan Beat Motorsports10219103rd
2021Pro 2Ryan Beat Motorsports122794th
2022Pro 2Ryan Beat Motorsports120559th

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year12345678910111213141516171819SSTCPtsRef
2019 COA
3		 COA
6		 TEX TEX LBH LBH TOR TOR MOH MOH MOH MOH ROA ROA ROA POR POR SRF SRF 15th37 [29]
2022 LBH LBH MOH MOH NSH
4		 NSH
8		 BRI BRI 10th34 [30]
2023 LBH
6		 LBH
11		 NSH NSH -*-*

* Season in progress.

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