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Coolbeth was
a rookie Pro in 1994, the last time that the
Harley-DaMdson
had two full-time in-house factor/ riders narned
Scott P:rker and
Kevin Atherton. Vvlile former Hadey-Davidson
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inside
the hctory
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Athgton
rernained as th€
remnants of a mightier machine feared and revercd a
the
Harley-Davi&on Racing Team. Once dE
miStfiest of all racirE teanE in the
Anerica,
Harley's race
program
mo/ed throrgh
a consant flux from tIrc
'50s
to
the mid
'80s,
to near extinction
in 1985, wten hrker
was the sole Harley-Dwid-
son representati\.e
in
any
racing discipline.
But now it seenE tlEt the times drq/
are a-chanSin' once again.
ln a
Sesture
to
show its renerared commitrnert to dle
spon of dirt-track
racing, Harley-Davidson
has announced a new additixr to
its
kreamin'
Eagle Racing Gam,
28
year-old
Connecticut rider lGnny Coolbeth.
Coolbe$
ioirE
the factory Harley team
after scorin8 two Grand
National wins
and linishirg second in the 2005
Al4A Flat Track CtEmFronshiP.
He linished third
in the series in 2002, 2003 and 20O4. Coolbeb
first turned
professional
in
1993
and was the Ai4A Grand National Rookie of the
Year in I994 - a crcdential that
sees
him following in the footsteps of former Harley
factoD/
greats
such as hrker
and Cafi
Will
Coolbeth's
new deal be
iust
the thing to take him to the top?
Time will tell,
but
the soft-spoken Coolbe6 said that he feels conlident that
he now
possesses
all the tools to
get
the
iob
done.
Coogntulatirns
on
your new deal. How does it feel?
It
feels
like a
lot of weigtrt ofr my shoulders.
I've run my orn
program
the las
couple
yea6,
and now all I have to
pretty
much do is take care of ny Singles stuff
It's
going
to be
pretty good.
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