Nicky Hayden to Be Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
Rennie Scaysbrook | February 26, 2021
The late Nicky Hayden will be inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. The 2002 AMA Superbike Champion and 2006 MotoGP World Champion, affectionately known as the Kentucky Kid, won hearts across the globe for his tenacious riding style and easy-going demeanor and will join fellow Inductees Davey Allison (Stock Cars), John Cobb (Historic), Larry Dixon Jr. (Drag Racing), Janet Guthrie (Open Wheel), Robin Miller (Media), Fran Muncey (Powerboats), Ray Nichels (Historic), and Judy Stropus (Sports Cars) on the 2021 honor roll.
“The “Kentucky Kid” is best known for winning the 2006 MotoGP World Championship, breaking Valentino Rossi’s streak of five straight titles,” said the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America via a press release. “Hayden emerged in 1997, winning the inaugural AMA Horizon Award in recognition of his flat-track prowess. In 1999 he was named AMA Athlete of the Year after capturing the AMA Supersport title and his first Grand National win. Three years later he became the youngest ever winner of the AMA Superbike Championship, including the 2002 Daytona 200. He was killed bicycling in 2017. That year, the AMA renamed the Horizon Award in his honor.”
Hayden’s recognition by his peers is a fitting tribute to the man who touched so many across the globe, and we join the American motorcycle industry as a whole in congratulating the Kentucky Kid.
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