Ryan Beat
Ryan Beat (born March 31, 1986) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes in the Amsoil Championship Off-Road Racing Series, driving the No. 51 Bilstein Chevrolet for Ryan Beat Motorsports. 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. In 2020 LOORRS shut down so Beat moved to the Amsoil Championship Off-Road Series full time in 2021. 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. Off-Road Racing. 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. 2012. Beat was one of three drivers for Hart & Huntington Off Road racing the No. 51 ProLite for his first full season. 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. 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. 2014. Ryan Beat  almost quit off-road racing but then started his own team, Ryan Beat Motorsports (RBM) in 2014. 2015. Ryan Beat wins his first Pro-Lite race in LOORRS competition as a driver/owner in the No. 51 Pro-Lite truck. 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. Racing the No. 51 in the Pro-Lite class, Beat captured three wins and finished third in the points. 2017. In 2017, Ryan Beat traveled to Crandon, Wisconsin to  compete at the birthplace of short course racing, Crandon International Raceway. Beat won his first race there. 2018. In 2018 Ryan Beat returned to Team GT in the No. 51 Pro-Lite truck. Competing in the No. 51 Pro Lite truck, Beat won the season opener at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, AZ. 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. 2019. Beginning in 2019, Beat wanted to win back-to-back Pro-Lite Championships in the Lucas  Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS). 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. 2020. Ryan Beat moved to the Pro 2 class and won in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) and Championship Off-Road Series. He also finished on the podium 10 times. 2021. In 2021, Ryan Beat moved to the Championship  Off-Road Series full time to race in the Pro 2 and new, PRO SPEC classes. He also moved his race team to North Carolina. He raced the first of its kind PRO SPEC truck in the 2021 Championship Off-Road Series, designing and building a race-ready benchmark prototype. Film and Television Appearances. Appearance in “Fast & Furious 7” movie. Featured in a General Tire commercial that aired from 2018 – 2021.