Beta Reveals 2024 Off-Road Race Team
T
he 2024 Liqui Moly Beta Off-
Road Racing Team is made
up of seven riders, six of whom
are returning riders: Joe Wasson,
Zane Roberts, Dare Demartile,
Jonathan Johnson, Jason Lip
-
scomb, and Danny Lewis. New to
the team is Jhak Walker of Mor-
risonville, Illinois. There will be a
West team and an East team.
In the West, Wasson and
Roberts will compete in the NHHA
(National Hare & Hound) and WHS
(West Hare Scrambles) champi
-
onships. Demartile will take on
the WORCS and NGPC (National
Grand Prix Championship), and
Lewis the U.S. Hard Enduro and
EnduroCross Championships.
In the East, Johnson and Lip
-
scomb will focus on the GNCC
and National Enduro Champi-
onships and Walker will focus
on the GNCC Series in the XC3
(125cc) class.
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The 2024 Liqui Moly Beta Off-Road
Racing Team will feature seven riders,
six of whom are returning riders. Jhak
Walker is the newest member.
Nichols Injured
T
he Liqui Moly Factory Beta
Supercross Team made its
debut at the Anaheim Super-
cross but without one of its key
riders, Colt Nichols, who suffered
a shoulder injury in the days
leading up to the race.
The former Monster Energy
Star Racing Yamaha and Honda
HRC factory rider, Nichols, dam-
aged the rotator cuff, but just
how seriously is still a question.
Nichols is hopeful he didn't suf-
fer a major tear and can return to
the Supercross Series soon.
"I'm very disheartened to be
missing the season opener at
Anaheim 1 this weekend and the
debut on my new Beta 450 RX,"
he said. "I'm doing everything I
can to heal up so I can get back
on the gate; hopefully, see you
guys soon."
Texan John Short, a two-time
top-10 450SX finisher, filled in
for Nichols at the last moment
but was unable to qualify for the
evening program at the Anaheim
opener.
The team's other rider, Benny
Bloss, went to the LCQ but with-
drew a few laps in with, most
likely, a clutch-related mechani-
cal, according to the team.
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Beta's Colt Nichols
suffered a shoulder
injury while training and
was forced to sit out the
Anaheim 1 Supercross
Series opener.
