User:Mnnorm/sandbox/Corey Coulson

(UTC) Corey Coulson born on December 18th 1957 in Rushford Minnesota. Attended Houston Minnesota schools until grade 11. Then moved to Sitka Alaska where is father Joseph Coulson was named the CEO of SE Alaska and Alaska phone companies. Graduated high school in Sitka Alaska, worked for Sitka phone company as a general Laborer and later building repair manager. After Sitka Telephone was sold to RCA telecomm Joe and Corey built and sold 4 homes in Sitka Alaska. Moved back to Houston Minnesota, Joe was named Manager of Cencom Inc a telephone holding company, where like in Alaska he over saw updating phone service in companies in Wisconsin Lake Geneva and Spooner also Hayward. Corey learned early on about satellite dishes from Cencom Inc and became a tech and installer for 15 years. 1977 bought and developed Crystal Valley farms where built 11 homes ansold them. 1979 built and opened apartment house and a car wash in hometown of Houston Minnesota. Was a Minnesota car dealer from 1977 to 2001 sold over 5000 cars in that time frame. Developed gates coulee subdivision in Moneycreek Minnesota, another 6 homes built along with a trout farm, 7 spring fed ponds raised brook trout rainbow trout and brown trout where they were grown then used to stock streams by the DNR.

RACING 1992 started racing cars on ice in the IIRA series teamed with Indy car driver Herm Johnson won our class 2 years. Was crewman on ASA stock car racing team. Learned setups and how a race team is run, also in the IMSA firehawk series. Went to Skip Barber school for open wheel racing for 8 races always finished in top 5. 1997 formed Coulson Racing built new racing shop and apartments in Moneycreek Minnesota. Got FIA license in 1998 and became a registered IRL team Entered Indianapolis 500 4 times DRIVERS Entered 1998 Affonso Giaffone DNQ 1999 Jim Guthrie DNQ 2000 Davy Jones DNQ 2002 Roberto Guerrero DNQ Responsible for bringing Northern Light.com to the league, They became the title sponsorship of league 2000- 2002 mainly because of Corey's efforts. Tragedy struck the Coulson family where Corey's Dad died of cancer, and wife Debbie died when a lawnmower she was driver rolled on top of her and she drowned in one of our trout ponds both happens a four months. A short time later Corey's mother passed. Corey then stopped racing for a while and built Pit stop restaurant and then sold it. Sold his trout farm and moved to Isanti Minnesota Worked and became shop manager at Clean response restoration company until 2009 clean response

Corey now resides in Lacrosse Wisconsin with his Hannicapped sister that he is a caregiver for. Besides that buys and sells classic cars, works at rail-crew express moving railroad crews. Plus still working on procuring sponsorship for his team at the Indy 500.