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Hayden and Honda to split
15 September 2008Nicky Hayden will ride his final race for the Repsol Honda Team at Valencia, Spain, on October 26. The American star and Honda have enjoyed a decade of racing action together, climbing motorcycling's highest peak when they conquered the MotoGP World Championship in 2006.
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Hayden has ridden Hondas since he was a teenager, first as a privateer, when at the age of 18 he won the 1999 US Supersport title aboard a CBR600. The following year he joined forces with American Honda and in 2002 won the US Superbike crown on an RC51. That success propelled The Kentucky Kid onto the world scene with the Repsol Honda Team in 2003.
"I've been with Honda a long time," said Hayden. "I owe a big thanks to everybody who's ever worked with me at Honda, from my AMA days to my rookie year in MotoGP, right up to now. I've worked with a lot of great people at HRC, Honda and Repsol too. It was always my big dream as a kid to race for this team. It's something I've enjoyed a lot. I want to thank everybody there, all the guys from tyre technicians to crew chiefs and all the way up. Sure, it hasn't just been one big holiday, along the way there's been some tough days but a lot of good days too."
"Winning the World Championship was by far the highlight of my career so far, plus I won a couple championships in America with Honda, the Supersport championship, the Superbike title and the Daytona 200," he added. "And I won some dirt track with Honda too: I won Springfield short track twice, the Peoria TT, in all four Grand National dirt tracks. Winning MotoGP rookie of the year in 2003 was quite an achievement against Bayliss, Edwards and Melandri, that was something I was pretty proud of. And of course my two MotoGP wins at Laguna were awesome experiences. I'd just like to thank everyone, and the best way to thank them is to put up some results these last few races. That's the plan."
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