Nicholas "Nicky" Patrick Hayden (born July 30, 1981 in Owensboro, Kentucky) also known as The Kentucky Kid is the American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006.
He began to move to MotoGP in 2003, having previously won the AMA Superbike (American Motorsport Superbike Associaation) in 2002. In his first season in MotoGP, riders nicknamed "Kentucky Kid" was a teammate Valentino Rossi on the Repsol Honda team. At the end of the season of 2003, he was ranked 5th. In the 2004 season, the drivers are identical with start number 69 is still join the same team but with a different partner, he became a teammate Alex Barros. In the 2004 season he was ranked eighth final standings. In the 2005 MotoGP season, he partnered with Max Biaggi in the Repsol Honda team and his performance rose to the position 3 the final standings. 2006 season he was a duet with newcomer Daniel Pedrosa, still in the Repsol Honda team. In this 2006 racing season he won the world title of world champion five times, Valentino Rossi. Although the number of series champion less than Rossi. and mick dohan
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