KENNY COOLBETH STILL RACING TO THE TOP
Three-Time Grand National Champion Never Stops Learning, or Winning

MILWAUKEE (May 20, 2009) - Kenny Coolbeth is a third-generation motorcycle racer who entered his first competition when he was five years old and has been winning ever since. A member of the Screamin' Eagle® Harley-Davidson® factory flat track team since 2006, Coolbeth has won three consecutive AMA Pro Grand National Twins championships and reached the pinnacle of the sport.

The 32-year-old racer from Warren, Conn., turned pro in 1993, was named the AMA Flat Track Rookie of the Year in 1994, and began a steady climb up the ranks in Grand National competition. He won his first Grand National race in 2002 and through the 2008 season has won 21 Grand National events.

"Racing a motorcycle is simply what I love to do," said Coolbeth. "Having the opportunity to race for the Harley-Davidson factory has put me in a position to race for the championship, with top-notch equipment and an experienced team behind me. We arrive at every race expecting to win."

Coolbeth once worked construction jobs between races, but now races full-time for a living, training between events on both flat-track and motocross motorcycles. During the long New England winters, ice racing on local ponds keeps his skills sharp.

Coolbeth expects that repeating as Grand National champion - for the fourth consecutive season - will be a challenge.

"It sounds cliche but we just worry about one race at a time and let the championship come to us," said Coolbeth. "At every race I try to better my performance from the previous year, even if we won the race last year. It will help to get off to a good start at the season opener this weekend on the Springfield Mile. I still feel that I've got a lot to learn about racing and winning on the big tracks."

Biography

Name: Kenny Coolbeth
Birthday: March 30, 1977
Birthplace: New Milford, Conn.
Residence: Warren, Conn.
Marital status: single

CAREER AMA NATIONAL EVENT VICTORIES:

2008
Hagerstown, Md.
Marysville, Tenn.
Monticello, N.Y.
Vernon, N.Y.
Springfield, Ill.
Topeka, Kan.

2007
Springfield, Ill.
Saluda, Va.
Greenville, Ohio
Hagerstown, Md.
Lake Odessa, Mich.
Monticello, N.Y.

2006
Lake Odessa, Mich.
Farley, Iowa
Columbus, Ohio

2005
Lake Odessa, Mich.
Farley, Iowa

2004
Davenport, Iowa

2003
Sedalia, Mo.
Vernon, N.Y.

2002
Columbus, Ohio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

2008: Earned third consecutive AMA Grand National Twins Championship, winner of six national events.

2007: Earned second AMA Grand National Twins Championship, winner of six national events.

2006: Earned first AMA Grand National Twins Championship; Collected three national event wins in six podium appearances; Joined Screamin' Eagle Harley-Davidson as factory rider

2005: Finished second in the AMA Grand National Championship series with two victories; Earned two wins in the AMA National Hot Shoe 505 Expert series

2004: Finished third in the AMA Grand National Championship series with one victory; Earned one win in the AMA National Hot Shoe 750/1000 series

2003: Earned two wins in AMA Grand National competition; Finished in the top five of the final standings; Earned two wins in the AMA National Hot Shoe series

2002: Earned one win in six podium appearances in Grand National competition

2001: Made six podium appearances for his first career top five points finish; Collected five wins in the AMA SuperTracker series and finished second in the series; Earned one win in the National Hot Shoe series

2000: Took one win in the AMA SuperTracker series

1998: Earned the AMA 600cc National Hot Shoe championship of his career with two season victories

1997: Won the AMA 600cc National Hot Shoe championship for the first time

1994: Named AMA Flat Track Rookie of the Year

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