Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)

John Robert Thompson Beaton (born 14 May 1952) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Scotland.

Speedway career
Beaton rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1968 to 1985, riding for various clubs. He reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1980.

In 1982, he helped the Newcastle Diamonds win the Fours Championship during the 1982 National League season and he repeated the success the following year during the 1983 National League season.

At retirement he had earned 15 international caps for Scotland national speedway team and 1 cap for the Great Britain national speedway team.

Family
His younger brother Jim Beaton was a speedway rider and his older brother George Beaton was a junior rider before he was killed in a car crash in 1972. His father Jimmy Beaton Sr. was a promoter at Glasgow Tigers.