Kenny Coolbeth
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Motorcycle speedway
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racer from New Milford, Connecticut
New Milford, Connecticut
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, United States
United States
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. He won the 2006 A.M.A. Grand National Championship
A.M.A. Grand National Championship
The AMA Grand National Championship is an American motorcycle racing series. The race series, founded and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association in 1954, originally encompassed five distinct forms of competitions including; mile dirt track races, half-mile, short-track, TT...
. He races in the #2 bike on the Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson
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factory team. He attended Wamogo Regional High School.
Career
He began his national career as the AMA Flat Track Rookie of the year in 1994.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
Columbus, Ohio
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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
Sedalia, Missouri
Sedalia is a city located about south of the Missouri River in Pettis County, Missouri. U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 65 intersect in the city. As of 2006, the city had a total population of 20,669. It is the county seat of Pettis County. The Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of...
and Vernon, New York
Vernon, New York
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. 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 at DeLeon Springs, Florida
DeLeon Springs, Florida
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He had 9 podium finishes in 2004, including a win at Davenport, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...
. He finished third in the final points standings. He also won the AMA National Hot Shoe 750/1000 race at Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
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. He raced for the Jones Powersport team.
He finished second for the 2005 season title. He won the races at Lake Odessa, Michigan
Lake Odessa, Michigan
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and Farley, Iowa
Farley, Iowa
Farley is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,334 at the 2000 census, but is now estimated to be 1,415...
, 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 AMA Grand National Twins Champion in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He also won the Singles Championship in 2007.