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Nicky Hayden won the 61st running of the Daytona 200 in 2002 on his America Honda RC51<\/figcaption><\/figure>
With the news that MotoAmerica is headed to Daytona International Speedway in March of 2022 for the Daytona 200, we decided the perfect way to build excitement for the event would be to start digging through the history books and memory banks. Since Paul Carruthers is literally as old as the Speedway itself and covered almost 30 Daytona 200s as a journalist while working at Cycle News, it was a no-brainer that it would be him who would take on the task of trying to recall the good and the bad. And since we are the home of the AMA Superbike Series, we figured we\u2019d have him start his look back with the 1985 Daytona 200 \u2013 the first of the 200s to feature Superbikes \u2013 and go from there. This week, we focus on the 2002 and 2003 Daytona 200s.<\/em><\/p>
**2002 Winner:<\/strong> Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51<\/p>**
Twenty-year-old Nicky Hayden showed wisdom beyond his years to win the 61^{st<\/sup> running of the Daytona 200. Daytona 200s are won by racers canny enough to save not only their tires, but their motorcycles \u2013 doing so while maintaining a pace fast enough to keep them in front. Hayden did all of that in taking his first victory in the one race he\u2019d dreamed about winning since his childhood.<\/p>}
\u201cThis is amazing,\u201d Hayden said after his victory. \u201cGrowing up as a kid this is what I dreamed about. I went to bed thinking about the Daytona 200. To win it is just an incredible feeling and I just want to thank my team.\u201d<\/p>
The Turning Point: <\/strong>The Honda RC51 was the dominant motorcycle during Bike Week at Daytona in 2002, but pundits thought they\u2019d either break down or destroy their tires. That proved to be true, to a point. Miguel Duhamel\u2019s RC51 suffered an engine failure and Kurtis Roberts disintegrated his rear tire. But Hayden\u2019s had no such issue as it ran strong to the finish, and he did what he had to do to ensure that his tires did likewise. And that proved to be the turning point.<\/p>
Newsworthy: <\/strong>Second place in the Daytona 200 went to Blimpie\u2019s Yoshimura Suzuki\u2019s Jamie Hacking after he ran down and beat Yamaha\u2019s Anthony Gobert on the final run to the flag for his best-ever finish in the 200.<\/p>
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Nicky Hayden won the 61st running of the Daytona 200 in 2002 on his America Honda RC51<\/figcaption><\/figure>
With the news that MotoAmerica is headed to Daytona International Speedway in March of 2022 for the Daytona 200, we decided the perfect way to build excitement for the event would be to start digging through the history books and memory banks. Since Paul Carruthers is literally as old as the Speedway itself and covered almost 30 Daytona 200s as a journalist while working at Cycle News, it was a no-brainer that it would be him who would take on the task of trying to recall the good and the bad. And since we are the home of the AMA Superbike Series, we figured we\u2019d have him start his look back with the 1985 Daytona 200 \u2013 the first of the 200s to feature Superbikes \u2013 and go from there. This week, we focus on the 2002 and 2003 Daytona 200s.<\/em><\/p>
**2002 Winner:<\/strong> Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51<\/p>**
Twenty-year-old Nicky Hayden showed wisdom beyond his years to win the 61^{st<\/sup> running of the Daytona 200. Daytona 200s are won by racers canny enough to save not only their tires, but their motorcycles \u2013 doing so while maintaining a pace fast enough to keep them in front. Hayden did all of that in taking his first victory in the one race he\u2019d dreamed about winning since his childhood.<\/p>}
\u201cThis is amazing,\u201d Hayden said after his victory. \u201cGrowing up as a kid this is what I dreamed about. I went to bed thinking about the Daytona 200. To win it is just an incredible feeling and I just want to thank my team.\u201d<\/p>
The Turning Point: <\/strong>The Honda RC51 was the dominant motorcycle during Bike Week at Daytona in 2002, but pundits thought they\u2019d either break down or destroy their tires. That proved to be true, to a point. Miguel Duhamel\u2019s RC51 suffered an engine failure and Kurtis Roberts disintegrated his rear tire. But Hayden\u2019s had no such issue as it ran strong to the finish, and he did what he had to do to ensure that his tires did likewise. And that proved to be the turning point.<\/p>
Newsworthy: <\/strong>Second place in the Daytona 200 went to Blimpie\u2019s Yoshimura Suzuki\u2019s Jamie Hacking after he ran down and beat Yamaha\u2019s Anthony Gobert on the final run to the flag for his best-ever finish in the 200.<\/p>
**$\"\"$**