BY CHRIS MARTIN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM LESTER
A
victory at the Peoria TT
ranks high on the bucket list
of just about every motor-
cycle racer who even casually
brushes up against dirt-track racing
during their career. However, wins
at the historic event do not come
easily as they are selfishly hoarded
by the gifted few who have un-
locked its secrets.
Despite an annual place on the
Grand National Championship
calendar dating back as long as
the series has existed, the list of
winners is relatively sparse. That's
especially true in recent race his-
tory, with an average of just over
three different winners per decade
going back nearly 40 years.
This year's combined field
counted just eight previous winners
spread across all three classes.
(Spoiler warning: that number
would not grow on the day). Howev-
er, for a race in which the outcome
had sometimes felt preordained in
the past, the odds were gloriously
cloudy coming in with six of those
eight previous winners destined to
line up against one another in the
Mission SuperTwins main event.
Already set to be a clash of titans
with modern-day TT master JD
Beach prepared to defend his '21
race title versus the likes of '19 race
winner Briar Bauman and rookie
Dallas Daniels, who was practically
born and raised to be Peoria's next
grandmaster, this year's showdown
took on a whole new level of intrigue
with the late addition of Henry Wiles.
ROUND 10 / JULY 30, 2022
PEORIA MOTORCYCLE CLUB / PEORIA, ILLINOIS
P78
FLAT TRACK I FLAT TRACK / PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK
JD Beach captures second
consecutive Peoria TT victory, as
the AFT title chase tightens up
BEACH TAKES
THE TT
