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Sammy Halbert

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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 the lengthy recovery, he’s since returned to compete on a part-time basis at Short Tracks and TTs. Not surprisingly, Halbert remains a threat to challenge up front whenever he's on track.

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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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2023	AFT SuperTwins	18	54	4	0	6	8	6.5	0	8	10	8.8
2023	AFT SuperTwins	18	54	4	0	6	8	6.5	0	8	10	8.8	0
2022	AFT SuperTwins	18	30	3	0	6	11	9.0	0	5	9	7.0	0
2021	AFT SuperTwins	9	161	13	1	1	13	7.0	1	1	10	4.0	29
2020	AFT SuperTwins	3	239	16	1	1	15	4.3	0	2	18	6.0	23
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

2014 Castle Rock TT - Opening Ceremonies

August 3, 2014

Grays Harbor Half-Mile - LCQ, Dash for Cash & Semi Final Races

July 21, 2014

Grays Harbor Raceway Track Walk with Brad Baker and Sammy Halbert

July 20, 2014

2014 Lima Half-Mile - Grand National Championship Main Event - AMA Pro Flat Track

June 30, 2014

2014 Lima Half-Mile | LCQ - Dash for Cash - Semi Races

June 30, 2014

2014 Lima Half-Mile | Heat Races

June 30, 2014

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