The Nicky Hayden Racing BiographyFrom the Beginnings to MotoGp and the World Championship season
With 2008 marking his sixth season racing the fiercely competitive, international Moto GP series, Nicky Hayden is one of motorcycle racing's true standouts! In just his fourth year competing within the world renowned Moto GP race series, the charismatic 25 year old made motorcycle racing history winning the overall series and title of MOTO GP CHAMPION for the 2006 season!
Indeed a racing prodigy, earlier in his career, Nicky became the youngest rider in the 27-year history of Superbike racing to win the 2002 AMA U.S. Superbike Championship. Just 2 weeks after his 21st birthday, Nicky finished the 16 round series with nine wins and four additional podium finishes thereby moving him into a third place spot on the all-time AMA
U.S. Superbike wins list...with a career total of 17 Superbike victories!
In the 2003 season, Nicky continued to define motorcycle racing history, moving up to the World Moto GP circuit and completing the season with Rookie of the Year honors. For all four seasons of his Moto GP career, Nicky has raced as part of the prestigious Honda Repsol team traveling to international tracks, in 13 different countries, during the nine-month series. He garnered his first career Moto GP win on July 10, 2005 at Laguna Seca, in front of a record setting U.S. crowd and finished that year a very respectable third place overall.
The young phenome hailing from Owensboro, Kentucky comes from a true racing family - Nicky's two brothers Tommy and Roger also compete in several classes of AMA motorcycle racing series, his father, Earl was a dirt track racer for 20 years and even his mother, Rose rode the Powder Puff class for five years.
Riding since the age of three and racing since five, Nicky turned pro in 1997, with the 1998 season marking his first season of professional racing. At just 16, Nicky stormed the AMA Supersport classes, taking five victories during his rookie season.
The following season, Nicky competed within three different classes of the AMA race series, taking the AMA 600 Supersport title, while also competing within the Grand National Flat Track series and was awarded the Ricky Graham Rookie of the Year award and was also presented with the 1999 AMA SpeedVision Athlete of the Year award for his incredible athleticism across the various race series'. The 2000 and 2001 seasons brought Nicky second and third place finishes with the 2002 season culminating with the series championship.
As if winning the most coveted title in United States motorcycle racing wasn't an arduous challenge, Nicky furthered fueled his immense race desires by competing within the Grand National Flat Track series during his off weekends and finishing and winning five of the nine nationals he competed in.
In addition to an illustrious race career, Nicky has collaborated on a book, Hayden Brothers from OWB to Moto GP and he recently completed work on his MTV special, The Kentucky Kid. Nicky even has his own signature line of clothing featuring -- t-shirts, caps and other casual wear designed with race-inspired influences unique to Nicky Hayden! In spare time, Nicky enjoys motocross, XR50's, playing basketball and spending time with friends and family.
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