The following is the 16th of our “21 In ‘21” series that highlights one of the 21 AMA Superbike Champions as we move through the 2021 MotoAmerica season – the 45th year of the premier class championship. At 21 years, 10 days, Nicky Hayden was the youngest rider to ever win an AMA Superbike Championship and even though a bright…
Arai has introduced a new Nicky Reset graphic on its popular Arai Corsair-X helmet. The helmet design was worn by Nicky Hayden at the 2013 MotoGP test at Valencia, and after just that one appearance, it became an iconic design. It’s been frequently requested by fans ever since, and now, the graphic will be available to the public. In celebration…
After a one-year hiatus from VIRginia International Raceway due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MotoAmerica returns to VIR next weekend for round two of the 2021 HONOS Superbike Championship. It’s a favorite track for many current riders, as well as a fan favorite. After all, the 14-turn, 2.25-mile natural road course has served up some very memorable AMA road races over…
Virtually all of the riders who have won the Nicky Hayden AMA Horizon Award have been kids…except for the one who had kids of his own. In 2006, 28-year-old Cory Burleson from Harrison, Arkansas, won the Nicky Hayden AMA Road Racing Horizon Award based on his success at the AMA Road Racing Grand Championships, which were held at Mid-Ohio Sports…
The following is from the American Motorcyclist Association… Gabriel DaSilva was named the 2020 Nicky Hayden AMA Road Race Horizon Award winner, one of four riders to receive AMA awards at the 2020 AMA Road Race Grand Championship on Oct. 25 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. DaSilva, 16, from Vero Beach, Fla., competed in AMA 600 Superbike Expert…
Garrett Gerloff did the MotoAmerica Series proud today, the Texan riding his GRT Yamaha YZF-R1 to a third-place finish in the Catalunya round of the World Superbike Championship and becoming the first American since the late Nicky Hayden in 2016 to stand on a World Superbike podium. “It doesn’t even feel real,” Gerloff said in his post-race interview. “I’m just…
Roger Hayden retired from MotoAmerica Superbike racing after the 2018 season, but the youngest Hayden brother is still very much involved in the Series now as a color commentator for Live+. Sean Bice and Paul Carruthers talked with him recently, and here’s how the conversation went: Sean: I almost wanted to call you an elder statesman of our sport, but…
The following is from Faster Movies… July 12 is the 15th anniversary of MotoGP’s arrival in the USA. We’re celebrating the 2005 Laguna Seca race and, especially, the life of Nicky Hayden with a special free screening online of The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid. July 12, 2020 all day all around the world. This is a new, re-mastered…
The following is from the AMA… Blake Davis was named the 2019 Nicky Hayden AMA Road Race Horizon Award winner and was one of four riders to receive AMA Racing Awards at the 2019 AMA Road Race Grand Championship on Oct. 27 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. Other riders to win AMA Racing Awards included AMA Youth Road…
The Nicky Hayden AMA Horizon Awards are given each year to the top amateurs in three motorcycle racing disciplines: road racing, flat track racing, and motocross. The purpose of the Awards is to recognize amateur racers who demonstrate the skills and traits indicative of potential future success in professional racing. This past season, there were a total of six racers…
Quarterley Racing/On Track Development rider Dallas Daniels, who races in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup series, is wearing a special helmet this weekend at WeatherTech Raceway for the MotoAmerica Championship of Monterey. Daniels is debuting Arai’s brand-new Corsair-X “Hayden Laguna,” which is a replica of the custom-painted Arai Corsair-X helmet that Hayden wore when he won the MotoGP race at…
The Haydens: Tommy, Nicky, Roger; JD Beach and Hayden Gillim; Jake Lewis and Nick McFadden… we figured there had to be something in the water in Owensboro, Kentucky, to spit out the sort of speed, race wins and championships that the area has produced. So we sent a film crew down to the OWB to see what exactly is going…
As the MotoAmerica Series prepares to roll into Road America in a few short weeks for what will be the 40th season of uninterrupted Superbike racing at the picturesque circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the list of AMA Superbike race winners reads like a who’s who of American road racing. Twenty-five men have won the 58 races (the series has…
The following is from Dorna… In tribute to the late, great Nicky Hayden, who passed away in 2017, the number 69 will be retired from Grand Prix racing at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The “Kentucky Kid” rode 69 to the crown and MotoGP™ Legend status during an impressive career that saw him leave…
The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame inducted six new members Friday evening at the 2018 American Honda AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Hilton Columbus/Polaris, including MotoGP World Champion and AMA Superbike Champion Nicky Hayden. The 2018 inductees are four-time AMA National Enduro Champion Terry Cunningham, stunt rider Gary Davis, flat track and road racing tuner Skip…
