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Welcome to the Official Internet Home of Kyle Beard from Trumann, Arkansas. Kyle is 22 years old, and the 2009 season will mark his 11th season of racing action. His racing background includes time behind the wheel of Super Late Models, Open Wheel Modifieds, and Super Streets.

The 2009 season will once again find Kyle piloting his high powered #86 GRT by Frye/Samuel's Performance Racing Engine Super Late Model at high-profile regional and national events.


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June 19th, 2009 - Beard Motorsports entered the first night of an O'Reilly SUPR double header at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas. With 23 Super Late Models on hand, Kyle's bad luck once again struck as the powerplant in his #86 Super Late Model expired in hotlaps, bringing his weekend to an early end.

June 6th, 2009 - Kyle made the long trek to Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the 6th Annual Coca-Cola Governor's Cup. After practicing on Friday night, the team entered the $5,000 to win/$300 to start event on Saturday night. The event drew 35 cars, and Kyle would qualify 6th fastest in his group in time trials, which earned him the outside front row starting position for a b-main. Kyle wouls snag the lead at the drop of the green flag in the b-main event. He would lead the first eight laps, before Anthony Burroughs slipped by for the top spot on lap nine. Beard would go on to finish second, which earned him a transfer and the 17th starting spot for the 50 lap feature.

Bad luck would find Kyle early in the feature, when several cars stacked up in front of him causing him to spin and incur some damage to his mount. He would rejoin the field, but would be forced to retire before the race's midway point with a damaged car. He was credited with a 22nd place finish.

May 24th, 2009 -Beard Motorsports competed in the 17th Annual O'Reilly Show Me 100 over the weekend at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, Missouri. With 66 of the nation's top Super Late Model teams in action, Kyle would earn the 7th starting position for his qualifying heat race. He would go on to finish 8th in his heat rach, which sent him to the b-main event, where he started in the 16th. Beard would advance a few spots in the qualifier, but would ultimately fall short of a transfer spot to the feature event, bringing his weekend to an early end.

May 17th, 2009 - Kyle traveled to Drew County Speedway in Monticello, Arkansas over the weekend for a pair of O'Reilly MSRA events, and by the time that the dust had settled on the weekend, he had recorded two top five finishes that included his first win of 2009!

On Friday, 27 cars turned out for the $2,000 to win event. Kyle started 6th in his heat race and would rocket his way to a 2nd place finish, which placed him in the third starting spot for the main event. Kyle would advance to the second spot early in the event before finding his way to the top spot and going on to lead the field to the checkered flag to pick up his first triumph of the 2009 campaign.

On Saturday night, 20 cars were on hand for the $2,000 to win, 40 lap event. After starting 4th in his heat race, Kyle recorded a 5th place finish, which earned him the 14th starting spot for the feature. On a race track, which lended itself to little passing, Beard would manage to advance to a 5th place finish. His weekend performances moved him into the second position in the O'Reilly MSRA Super Late Model standings!

May 9th, 2009 - Beard Motorsports lost both O'Reilly MSRA events at Batesville Motor Speedway and Drew County Speedway this weekend to rain.

April 19th, 2009 - Kyle competed in night #2 of the O'Reilly MSRA/MARS Challenge at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, Missouri on Saturday night. For the second night in a row 31 Super Late Models signed in to battle for the $2,000 top prize. Kyle would draw poorly, and as a result had to start deep in a talented heat race. He would start 7th and finish in the 7th position, forcing him to a b-main event. In the b-main, he would start 6th and advance to a 3rd place finish, but with only the top two cars transferring, he would be forced to utilize an O'Reilly MSRA tour provisional to start the feature. Kyle started the 40 lap event in the 19th position and raced his way to a 13th place finish in the caution free event.

April 18th, 2009 - Beard Motorsports returned to familiar territory last night as they entered the $2,000 to win O'Reilly MSRA Vs. O'Reilly MARS Super Late Model event at Beebe Speedway in Beebe, Arkansas. With a talented field of 31 Super Late Models on hand, Kyle started 6th in his heat race, and raced his way to a 3rd place finish. As a result, he started 8th in the main event, and would get as high as the 3rd position on a track where passing was difficult before slipping to a sixth place finish late in the race, when he was trying to make a highside pass on the front two cars.

April 11th, 2009 - Kyle entered the O'Reilly MSRA/SUPR Challenge event tonight at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas. With 33 Super Late Models on hand, Beard drew the sixth starting position in his heat race. The team opted to utilize their spec engine for the event, but the track turned out to be tacky and fast, which put the team behind the eight ball. Kyle would finish sixth in his heat race, which sent him to the b-main. In the b-main, he started in the 8th position and charged to a 5th place finish, but with only the top three cars transferring to the feature, his night came to an early end.

On Friday night, Beard Motorsports competed at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas, where Kyle recorded a 9th place finish in the 50 lap event that was sanctioend by the O'Reilly SUPR Super Late Model tour. The team planned to enter an event on Thursday night at Batesville Motor Speedway, but Mother Nature washed it out.

April 4th, 2009 - Beard Motorsports entered a pair of O'Reilly MSRA Super Late Model events over the weekend in the state of Arkansas. On Friday night, the team was in action at 67 Speedway in Texarkana, Arkansas where he picked up a 9th place finish against a solid field of 21 Super Late Models. Kyle also competed in the Open Wheel Modified division, where he raced his way to a 5th place finish.

On Saturday, the action shifted to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas where Kyle has not had the best of luck over the past few years. With 28 Super Late Models on hand, Beard started 3rd in his heat race, and raced his way to a 2nd place finish, which earned him the sixth starting spot for the 40 lap, $2,000 to win event. Early in the event, Kyle would work his way up to the third spot and by the race's midway point, he would advance to the second position as he began to try and reel in the leader, Wendell Wallace. The caution flag would fly on lap 30 for debris, and on the ensuing double file restart Kyle would fall back to third as Ray Moore used the highline to his advantage to take control of the second spot. Kyle would go on to finish in the third spot behind Wallace and Moore.

March 21st, 2009 - Kyle was in action with the MSCCS Super Late Models tonight at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi. 34 Super Late Models signed in for the event. in group time trials, Beard would struggle and qualify 7th fastest in his group, which resulted in him starting 5th in a b-main event. He would race his way to the third and final transfer spot, earning him an 18th starting position in the feature event. Kyle would make some moves early in the event and get as high as the 12th position before disaster struck. On lap 16, exiting turn two another driver pushed up the track and turned Kyle into the back stretch wall. He would make hard contact with the wall, and would thankfully be uninjured. However, the same could not be said for the car as heavy damage was sustained.

March 20th, 2009 - Beard Motorsports entered the inaugural event for the Long Lewis Ford Bama Super Series for Super Late Models on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama. After battling a tight race car early in the evening, Kyle qualified 6th fastest in his group, which placed him with a 4th starting position in a b-main event. He would race his way to a 4th place finish, which transferred him to the 18th starting spot in the 40 lap feature event. After surviving an early race melee, Kyle battled his way to a 12th place finish.

March 1st, 2009 - Kyle made his debut at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track in Fort Worth, Texas over the weekend. The Texas Dirt World Championship was on hand and a huge field of 60 Super Late Models turned out for the $3,500 to win, 40 lap event. With passing points in effect, Kyle drew a large number at the pill draw, which relegated him to a 11th starting position in his heat race. He would manage to advance to a 9th place finish, which sent him to a b-main, where he started deep in the field. On a race track, where passing was difficult Kyle would fail to transfer from his b-main to the main event, which brought his night to an end.

February 15th, 2009 - The team traveled to Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Tennessee on Saturday, February 14th for the 7th Annual Winterfest 40. With 42 Super Late Models signed in for battle, Kyle qualified 7th in his group, which earned him a 5th starting position in his heat race qualifier. He would get the jump on the initial start up to the 3rd position, but it would be waved off as a car spun at the front of the pack. As Kyle passed the spun car contact was made on his right rear tire. This contact would come back to haunt Beard four laps later as he battled for the final transfer spot. Exiting turn two on lap four, Kyle's rearend would lock up as a result of the earlier contact. The team would work hard to get the car fixed for the b-main event, but would run out of time. As a result, the team's bad luck continued, and Kyle did not get a chance to race his way into the show.

February 1st, 2009 - Beard Motorsports has not had the best of luck over the past week. First, the team has been without power for almost a week after an ice storm wreaked devastation in their home base of Trumann, Arkansas. The time used power from generators to get their equipment ready for the 9th Annual Winter Classic at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi on Saturday, January 31st. The team got a late start on the highway on Saturday morning and were trying to make up time on the road, when a trailer tire exploded a few miles from the track. The team limped their hauler to the track, and unloaded the car just in time for hot laps. With 39 Super Late Models on hand, Kyle qualified fourth in his group, which earned him a second starting spot in the first b-main. Beard would race his way to a second place in the b-main, which awarded him with a transfer to the 40 lap feature and a 13th starting position. Kyle would struggle early in the feature with the handling on his #86 Super Late Model, however, by the race's midway point the track began to come to Beard, and he advanced his way to the 9th position by lap 30. Unfortunately, bad luck would find Kyle again two laps later when the steering locked up on his car due to a bolt that dislodged from the steering. Thankfully he would be able to force his car to the infield to avoid contact with another car. Kyle's day came to an end, and he was credited with a 21st place finish.