John Beale has been around motor sports most of his life. His early racing career began while working for Star Motor Sports and the #51 driven by Brian Hoppe in the NASCAR Midwest Touring Series. He held many positions over the years but began as the team’s jack man. From there he went on to become the team spotter and handled sponsorship and marketing for the #51.  After a brief time away from the sport, John embarked on his own racing journey in the summer of 2007 racing in the Bandit Series at Jefferson Speedway in Cambridge, WI.  He spent the next five years racing the #5B at various tracks in WI and IL.  In 2013 he decided to make the jump to the Late Model Series where he was named Rookie of the Year at Columbus 151 Speedway.  2014 Brought John the Rookie of the Year award in the Midwest Truck Series & in 2015 John won Rookie of the Year @ Madison International Speedway in the Late Model Series.  2016 was another successful year @ Madison International Speedway bringing 3 feature wins in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Late Model Series.  2017 was John's first year in a Super Late Model bringing home Rookie of the Year award in the Tundra Super Late Model Series.  In 2018 John ran the Tundra Super Late Model Series again finishing 2nd in championship points to his teammate.