Julien Beaumer: 'The best version we've seen' after High Point second-place finish

Julien Beaumer finished second in both motos at High Point Raceway in Round 4 of Pro Motocross, Round 21 of the 2026 SuperMotocross World Championship in what was easily the best performance in the outdoor season.

“I think it’s the best version that we’ve seen,” Beaumer said after earning the second podium of 2026. “I don’t think it’s the best version of myself, yet.”

While Beaumer has shown flashes of speed, he needed time to heal from injuries that kept him off the bike for the 2026 Monster Energy Supercross season. He also needed to work on coming out the gate faster. Beaumer finished second in the second moto at Fox Raceway, but that was paired with an 11th in Moto 1, which dropped him to fifth overall.

Beaumer finished second overall in the Hangtown Motocross Classic the following week in a chaotic race where moto results of fourth and third were enough to elevate him onto the box.

“I just needed to put two motos together,” Beaumer said. “I’ve struggled all season in Moto 1 and we changed some things this week, tried to give me a little bit more warmed up for Moto 1 and I felt really good right from the jump. It’s trial and error, coming off the injury that I came off of, to switching trainers, everything.

“It’s hard to kind of find your groove and I struggled with that those first three rounds with the first motos. I think we fixed that this week, so we have a plan now and we’re going to come out swinging.”

Now that Beaumer has figured out to give himself a shot at the overall victory by standing on the podium in Moto 1 for the first time in 2026, he has his sight set on the next step.

“I’ll be honest, today I didn’t touch my bike once,” Beaumer said at High Point. “We checked tech this morning and that was about it. We’re in a good spot with the bike. I’m really strong. I put in a good base camp when I was hurt and my body’s really good so I’m not too worried about that, but I think we can still get a little bit better. and each week is going to see an improvement.

“I get to ride a little bit more with this off week, get some more training in and I think coming into RedBud, I’ve got my sight set on trying to get a win. I’m happy with where we’re at; the bike’s good. I’m not going to change anything and going to try and get a little bit stronger in this break.”