- Kenny Coolbeth
Kenny Coolbeth (born
March 30 1977 ) is a flat track motorcycle racer fromNew Milford, Connecticut ,United States . [ [http://www.amaproracing.com/archive/2006/ama_ft_06/kenny_coolbeth_jr..html Biography at the official AMA website] ] He was the 2006 AMAGrand National Flat Track (U.S.) champion. He races in the #31 bike on theHarley-Davidson factory team. He attendedWamogo Regional High School . [ [http://www.flattrack.com/Kenny%20Coolbeth.htm flattrack.com interview] ]Career
He began his national career as the AMA Flat Track Rookie of the year in 1994. [http://www.kennycoolbeth.com/career.html Career summary at his official website] ]
He won the 1997 AMA 600cc National Hotshoe title. He repeated as the 1998 AMA 600cc National Hotshoe champion.
His 2001 season was his first in the Top 5 in the final points in the Grand National Flat Track championship. He had six podium (Top 3) finishes in the season, and finished fourth in the final points standings. He had five wins in the Supertracker series, and finished second in the season standing for the series.
He raced for the Corbin Harley-Davidson team in 2002. He won the
Columbus, Ohio race, and had five more podium finishes. He finished in third in series points.He raced for the KTM Sport USA team in 2003. His two wins that season were at
Sedalia, Missouri andVernon, New York . His fourth place finish in the points was his third consecutive Top 5 season. He also won the AMA National Hot Shoe 505 Expert and the 750/1000 Expert races atDeLeon Springs, Florida .He had 9 podium finishes in 2004, including a win at
Davenport, Iowa . He finished third in the final points standings. He also won the AMA National Hot Shoe 750/1000 race atSavannah, Georgia . He raced for the Jones Powersport team.He finished second for the 2005 season title. He won the races at
Lake Odessa, Michigan andFarley, Iowa , plus had four additional podium finishes. He won two AMA Nat'l Hot Shoe 505 Expert races. He raced for the KTM/Mid-America Harley-Davidson team.Coolbeth was leading several racers entered the final points event at
Scioto Downs inColumbus, Ohio , including chief rival Chris Carr. He won the feature race to win the 2006 championship.References
External links
* [http://www.kennycoolbeth.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.amaflattrack.com/article.php?aid=8912&UID=jobxhKhoVzpIimZc9nP5KEirHQS9if Article announcing series championship at AMAFlatTrack.com]
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