Sweet, local races or at the amateur nationals?
Nah local races, he was a little bit younger than me so he was in a
younger class at the nationals. But we used to race Denham
Springs, they used to have a track.
We raced every weekend, we'd go to whatever track
they went to ....kind of like your series, you see
the same people at every race...and he was FAST then
too, I mean unreal. We'd race the open class and grown men would get mad
and protest because they didn't want him riding the open class, he
would smoke everybody on an 80. He was probably thirteen, I mean that's back when people would have 500's and stuff and he'd
smoke them all.
Anyway then I did the Mini Olympics one year...so Ponca City once,
Loretta Lynn's twice, and Mini O's once. |
Winter Olympics 1991 |
Beebe at Van Way Moto Playground by Terrie
Shaw
...and now you're racing cross-country...last year when we chatted at
the beginning of the season your goal was top 3 in the LACC Series
for the year and bring your bike to the banquet [top 3 bring bikes
with new graphics] - you did that, now is your goal to get the #1
plate?
Yeh that was my goal to start off - to get top 3 every race and then
...well my goal was really to get fast enough to be able race with
Trampas - not necessarily get first overall but I wanted to be able
to race with him. I think he's a great rider and I trust
riding around him, riding with him, and I just wanted to get fast
enough where I could have a couple races where we actually raced for an hour
and a half together - you know just the whole time.
-and you got to team up with him for The Off-Road Cup.
Yeh, yeh that was fun.
Assuming you finish in the top 3 would you
want to do the 9-hr again representing the LACC Series' Top Pro team? I
saw that on the website, looked awesome - I've never been there
[Golden Pine Raceway in MS].
But yeh if my wife was all for it then I'd be all for it. I
don't have any DNF's left so...
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Well we'd love to have you represent the series on the top Pro team again
if it works out. Obviously family is a big a part for you.
Ah yeh shoot that's what I tell everybody, I'm sure you do to.
Dirt bike racing, no matter what kind it is...motocross,
cross-country, enduro...it's a family sport and I wouldn't go if my
wife didn't want to go. It's definitely a family sport, that's
what I grew up doing with my Dad, that is why my dad and I are
such good friends today. He still tries to make every race.
And y'all have one little girl...
Oh yeh, I can give you some big news, we got another one coming!
Come on!
Yep eight weeks pregnant. So that's pretty exciting.
Awesome man hope everything works out well. So did you see
yourself on the Friday Flashback thing yet?
Oh yeh, not yet but I saw the email going around. That was
actually my first race ever, it was a Hare Scramble.
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Beebe with wife Frannie and
their little girl Amelia - photo by Chris Shows |
There you go, sporting some jeans and all.
Yeh I never raced another Hare Scramble type race until your
cross-country series - the one in Wilson in '09 on that damn RM 450.
[now he's railing on a KTM 250 2-stroke]
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So staying on track with our past interviews - 1st three
purchases after winning the PowerBall?
(laugh and a pause)
...now you can't think about it...you've got millions of
dollars in your pocket, where are you going?
1. Buy a bunch of land.
2. Pay off anything my family and all owes on...parents, sister, in
laws, etc.
3. Beach house for Frannie, she loves the beach.
Alright thanks for the time, anything else you'd like to add?
Thanks to my wife and Dad, Kevin Hutchinson for keeping my bike
going, Jonathan Plunkett and MTA also helping out, ...I guess
everybody for coming to the races and making it so fun. It is
fun, you have a good series going on man.
Thanks to Andy for taking some time to chat and good luck!
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