Liqui Moly Beta Racing
Team Announced
T
he Beta Race team will head
into 2022 with the support
of new title sponsor Liqui Moly.
The Liqui Moly Beta Racing team
introduces a few new riders
and returns familiar faces to its
lineup.
The West Coast team had a
successful year that was high-
lighted by Joe Wasson's NHHA
Championship. Wasson returns
and will continue to ride a Fac-
tory 480 RR in his NHHA title
defense and at the Best in the
Desert series. Also returning to
the team is Zane Roberts, who
also rides the Factory 480 in the
National Hare and Hound. Ad-
ditionally, Roberts will compete
in the West Hare Scrambles.
The third rider on the West
Coast team is Dare DeMartile.
Dare raced a few rounds in the
WORCS and NGPC Series last
year for Beta Racing, but this will
be his first full year as a factory
rider for Beta USA.
The East Coast team brings
on three new riders to the fac-
tory team. Jonathan Johnson,
who won the XC3 GNCC title
will step up to the XC2 class and
will also race the Pro2 class at
the National Enduro on a Fac-
tory 250 RR. Joining Johnson
on the team is Evan Smith. He,
too, will be competing in the
GNCC XC2 class on the Factory
250. Smith will race in the Pro1
class at National Enduro aboard
a Factory 390 RR. Rounding out
the East Coast team is Jason
Lipscomb, who will battle in the
XC3 class on a Factory 125 RR.
"We are very happy with the
team heading into 2022," said
Race Team Manager Carlen
Gardner. "We have great race
bikes, team technicians and
talented riders. In the West, we
have veteran guys returning that
can win any race they enter. And
the East team is loaded with tal-
ent, I'm excited to get the season
underway and chase champion-
ships."
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The fully stacked Liqui Moly
Beta Racing Team will hit both
coasts hard in 2022 with a
new title sponsor.
