Sammy Halbert
The hard-charging “Slammin’ Sammy” Halbert is one of the most gifted, aggressive, and exciting racers in all of Progressive 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 three times over. While his championship results dipped for a time as a result of fighting against Indian’s dominant machinery, he returned to prominence in a major way in 2020 once armed with it.
He finished third in the Grand National Championship standings highlighted by a win at the Springfield Mile I. Halbert backed that up with another impressive campaign in 2021, notching up a victory at the New York Short Track to highlight his three total podiums on the year.
Unfortunately, Halbert’s ‘21 campaign ended in a horrifying crash at the season finale, leaving him with a broken arm and leg among other injuries.
Despite a lengthy recovery, he’s since returned to make even more history. In 2024, Halbert won the FIM Flat Track World Championship overseas, while claiming the final two podium finishes for Harley-Davidson’s legendary XR750 in its final season of Progressive AFT competition.
And even with his World Championship duties, Halbert remains a threat to run inside the top five in Mission AFT SuperTwins action while running an abbreviated Stateside schedule.
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| Year | Class / Bike | Champ. Pos. |
Points | Main Events |
Wins | Best Fin. |
Worst Fin. |
Avg Fin. |
Laps Led |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mission AFT SuperTwins Yamaha MT-07 |
21 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6.0 | 0 | |||||
| 2025 | AFT SuperTwins Kawasaki Ninja 650 |
21 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 9.5 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | AFT SuperTwins Harley-Davidson XR750 |
15 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6.5 | 44 | |||||
| 2024 | AFT AdventureTrackers Triumph Tiger 1200 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | |||||
| 2023 | AFT SuperTwins Yamaha MT-07 |
18 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6.5 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | AFT SuperTwins Indian FTR750 |
18 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 9.0 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | AFT SuperTwins Indian FTR750 |
9 | 161 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7.0 | 29 | |||||
| 2020 | AFT SuperTwins Indian FTR750 |
3 | 239 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4.3 | 23 | |||||
| 2019 | AFT Twins Harley-Davidson XG750R Rev X |
10 | 156 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9.9 | 2 | |||||
| 2018 | AFT Twins Harley-Davidson XG750R |
10 | 150 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10.7 | 0 | |||||
| 2017 | AFT Twins Yamaha FZ-07 |
4 | 241 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6.2 | 46 | |||||
| 2016 | GNC1 Combined |
5 | 165 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7.8 | ||||||
| 2016 | GNC1 Twins Ducati Hypermotard 1100 |
5 | 115 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.7 | 9 | |||||
| 2016 | GNC1 Singles Yamaha YZ 450F |
2 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.3 | 27 | |||||
| 2016 | X Games Harley-Davidson 750 |
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12.0 | ||||||
| 2015 | GNC1 Combined Harley-Davidson XR750 |
3 | 172 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |||||
| 2015 | GNC1 Twins Harley-Davidson |
4 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6.2 | ||||||
| 2015 | GNC1 Singles Yamaha YZ 450F |
3 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5.5 | ||||||
| 2015 | Superprestigio Yamaha |
15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 2014 | Grand National Championship Combined Harley-Davidson XR750 |
7 | 178 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8.9 | 18 | |||||
| 2014 | GNC Twins Harley-Davidson |
6 | 124 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9.1 | 18 | |||||
| 2014 | GNC Singles Yamaha YZ 450F |
6 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8.3 | ||||||
| 2013 | Grand National Championship Combined Harley-Davidson XR750 |
13 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 22.5 | 10 | |||||
| 2013 | GNC Twins Harley-Davidson |
11 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 25.4 | 10 | |||||
| 2013 | GNC Singles Yamaha YZ 450F |
21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||||
| 2012 | Grand National Championship Combined Harley-Davidson XR750 |
2 | 278 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5.3 | 49 | |||||
| 2012 | GNC Twins Harley-Davidson |
2 | 175 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5.2 | 24 | |||||
| 2012 | GNC Singles Yamaha YZ 450F |
2 | 103 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5.3 | 25 | |||||
| 2011 | Grand National Championship Combined Harley-Davidson XR750 |
3 | 369 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4.2 | 80 | |||||
| 2011 | GNC Twins Harley-Davidson |
3 | 189 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5.0 | 28 | |||||
| 2011 | GNC Singles Yamaha YZ 450F |
1 | 180 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3.2 | 52 | |||||
| 2011 | Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson XR1200 |
36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 16.0 | ||||||
| 2010 | GNC Twins Harley Davidson |
4 | 168 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.2 | 30 | |||||
| 2010 | GNC Singles Yamaha YZ 450 |
5 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8.2 | 18 | |||||
| 2010 | Grand National Championship Combined Harley-Davidson XR750 |
4 | 249 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5.8 | 48 | |||||
| 2009 | GNC Twins Harley-Davidson |
3 | 125 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5.8 | 27 | |||||
| 2009 | GNC Singles Yamaha |
4 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5.4 | ||||||
| 2009 | Hot Shoe Exp Singles Yamaha |
2 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.8 | 10 | |||||
| 2009 | AMA Pro Hot Shoe Expert Twins Harley-Davidson |
1 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3.0 | ||||||
| 2008 | Grand National Twins Harley-Davidson XR750 |
7 | 113 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.2 | 15 | |||||
| 2007 | Grand National Twins Yamaha |
26 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 14.8 | ||||||
| 2007 | GNC Singles Yamaha |
7 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9.0 | 9 | |||||
| 2006 | Grand National Twins Harley-Davidson XR750 |
20 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 12.5 | ||||||
| 2006 | GNC Singles Honda |
11 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.3 | ||||||
| 2005 | Grand National Championship Harley-Davidson XR750 |
41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14.0 | ||||||
| 2004 | 505 Expert |
1 | 193 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2.1 | ||||||
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