American Flat Track Rider Bio

Sammy Halbert

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The hard charging “Slammin’ Sammy” Halbert is one of the most gifted, aggressive, and exciting racers in American Flat Track. Halbert shot to prominence with the 2004 AMA Pro-Sport Hot-Shoe National Championship in his first season as a pro and has been a significant factor ever since. It didn’t take long for Halbert to establish himself at the sport’s highest level, garnering Rookie of the Year honors in 2006 and scoring his first premier class victory a year later. Halbert enjoyed his greatest achievement to date in 2009, winning the overall Grand National Championship. He added another significant resume builder with the X Games Gold Medal in 2017. An all-around dirt track ace, Halbert boasts the Grand Slam twice over. While his championship results have dipped in recent years as a result of fighting against Indian’s dominant machinery rather than being armed with it, observers are excited to see what he’ll do on his Coolbeth-Nila Racing FTR750 in AFT SuperTwins action in 2020.

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2017 Racing for Estenson Racing in 2017 on a Yamaha FZ-07, Halbert placed fourth for the season. His consistency throughout the season was impressive, with 14 top-10 finishes and five podiums.
2016
Secured a total of 11 Top 10s and finished fifth in the GNC1 points, with a win at Daytona I and two additional podiums (Daytona II, COTA). Raced for Lloyd Brother’s Motorsports/Ducati and Wieblers Harley-Davidson.
2015
Finished third in the points in a stellar GNC1 season, posting top 10 finishes in 12 out of 13 rounds, highlighted by three podiums (DAYTONA Flat Track II, Lima Half-Mile, Charlotte Half-Mile).
2014 A fan favorite, Halbert raced in all but one GNC1 main event and recorded podium finishes at Daytona and Knoxville. In all, he had six top fives.
2013 Injuries caused Halbert to miss roughly half of the season. Still managed one victory and an 11th place finish in GNC Expert Twins competition.
2012 Competed at a very high level in all classes. Rode his Harley-Davidson with extreme tenacity all season long but came up just short of a GNC Combined title. Accounted for four total wins and 12 top 5 finishes. Made every Main Event and was the pole sitter at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
2011 Began the year by winning both Daytona Grand National short track races. Sammy took first-place in the GNC Singles with three first-place finishes. In the GNC races he earned a total of 19 Top10s, 16 of them being Top5s. Raced with Kings Kustoms Woody Kyle Racing Harley Davidson/Yamaha.
2010 4th place in the Grand National Championship with 1 win
2009 Overall Grand National Champion.
2007 First AMA GNC win at the Castle Rock, Washington, TT
2006 AMA Ricky Graham Rookie of the Year.
2004 Pro Sport Hot-Shoe National Champion

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Year	Cls	Stnd	Pts	St	Wins	Best Fin	Worst Fin	Avg Fin	Poles	Best Qual	Worst Qual	Avg Qual	Laps Led
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2019	AFT Twins	10	156	17	0	3	17	9.9	1	1	17	9.4	2
2018	AFT Twins	10	150	18	0	3	18	10.7	0	3	18	11.0	0
2017	AFT Twins	4	241	18	0	2	18	6.2	0	2	18	7.4	46
2016	GNC	5	165	14	1	1	17	7.8	0			0.0
2016	GNC1	5	115	11	0	2	17	8.7	0	3	16	7.9	9
2016	GNC1	2	50	3	1	1	9	4.3	0	4	17	9.0	27
2016	XGames	12	0	1	0	12	12	12.0	0	7	7	7.0
2015	FTSuper	15	3	0	0			0.0	0			0.0
2015	GNC1	3	54	4	0	3	9	5.5	0	4	12	8.5
2015	GNC1	4	118	9	0	2	18	6.2	1	1	14	6.7
2014	GNS	6	54	4	0	2	19	8.3	0	4	14	7.8
2014	GNT	6	124	10	0	3	18	9.1	2	1	10	5.4	18
2013	GNS	21	11	1	0	8	8	8.0	0	12	12	12.0
2013	GNT	11	65	5	1	1	99	25.4	1	1	6	4.0	10
2012	GNS	2	103	6	1	1	14	5.3	0	2	19	7.8	25
2012	GNT	2	175	10	3	1	18	5.2	1	1	10	5.3	24
2011	GNS	1	180	9	3	1	5	3.2	3	1	14	6.2	52
2011	GNT	3	189	11	1	1	14	5.0	2	1	13	5.3	28
2011	XR	36	8	2	0	13	19	16.0	0	14	17	15.5
2010	GNS	5	81	6	1	1	17	8.2	0	2	19	7.0	18
2010	GNT	4	168	9	0	2	8	4.2	2	1	9	4.2	30
2009	GNS	4	78	5	0	3	7	5.4	0	3	16	8.3
2009	GNT	3	125	9	1	1	17	5.8	3	1	14	4.9	27
2009	HSExS	2	88	5	1	1	4	2.8	1	1	3	2.2	10
2009	HSExT	1	50	3	0	2	4	3.0	0	2	5	3.3
2008	GNT	14	5	1	0	14	14	14.0	0	2	17	7.5	15
2007	GNS	7	65	6	1	1	15	9.0	0	3	10	7.0	9
2007	GNT	26	17	4	0	12	18	14.8	0	9	15	11.5
2006	GNS	11	49	4	0	2	15	7.3	0	6	13	11.0
2006	GNT	20	26	4	0	6	18	12.5	0	12	18	14.5
2005	GNC	41	5	1	0	14	14	14.0	0	15	15	15.0
2004	505E	1	193	10	4	1	4	2.1	0			0.0