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Roger Lee Hayden returns home and will race with MJM
After just one very difficult learning year in the World Superbike series with the Pedercini team, Roger Lee Hayden will be returning back to the States and compete in 2011 AMA Pro Racing National Guard Superbike championship with Michael Jordan Motorsport Team.
Roger Lee is the youngest brother of the Hayden family and his team mate will be the newly signed Ben Bostrom. Unfortunately for Ben Spies, he’ll be losing his sometimes roommate (Hayden was based in Spies’ home in Italy) and occasional pool cleaner.
“I’m so excited to be a part of Team Jordan! These guys have a great crew and I’m excited to get on the bike as soon as possible. I’m ready to show what I’m made of… It’s also good to be home, there’s no place like home,” said Hayden.
“Signing Roger Lee bolsters our 2011 championship campaign,” said Kreig Robinson, MJM’s Vice President of Corporate Relations. “We’re excited to get him testing on our equipment as soon as possible. We know that Roger Lee is going to bring the intensity and our crew is ready to unleash his potential.”
Hayden, Di Salvo and Noyes on Moto2 Indy test (w/video)
Moto2 wildcards Roger Lee Hayden and Jason DiSalvo and Jack & Jones by A. Banderas Moto2 regular rider Kenny Noyes were at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway testing last Thursday and Friday preparing for the Red Bull Indianapolis GP that takes place next weekend.
This was Hayden’s third test on the American Honda Moto2 team’s Moriwaki MD600 after the Chuckwalla Valley Raceway and the Barber Motorsports tests, while Di Salvo, who after a partial season with the ParkinGo Triumph BE1 team in World Supersport championship was called in to wildcard just ten days ago, and is backed by GP Tech in Moto2 and using the FTR M210 owned by the Canadian FOGI Racing Team operation.
Noyes used a Kawasaki ZX-6R, due to the FIM rules that prevent contracted riders from testing on their race bikes outside of official series tests, unless they want to be fined and banned from the first free practice like Toni Elias at Brno.
Continue reading: Hayden, Di Salvo and Noyes on Moto2 Indy test (w/video)
Randy de Puniet okay after surgery
Randy de Puniet underwent surgery last night at the Harmannsdorf hospital to pin his fractured left leg tibia and fibula that he injured in yesterday’s Sachsenring race.
The 2-hour surgery was organized by Doctor Costa together with Doctor Ulf Schendel medical equipe with good results. The 29-year-old now has a big titanium rod in his leg to support the fracture and will leave the hospital tomorrow to start his recovery period with the Clinica Mobile Staff.
De Puniet said : “As riders we always risk crashing and breaking something, but it’s always when you are not thinking about crashing that you do. After the crash when Kalio involuntarily hit my leg I immediately understood that I had a serious problem. But the surgery went very well and now I am feeling better. I want to thank Doctor Costa and all the medical staff here for the good job they did. They say that I need 6 weeks recovery period to start racing again but I will try my best to be back in Brno”.
To replace the injured French rider in this weekend’s Laguna Seca GP, LCR Honda has called in WSBK rider Roger Lee Hayden as we anticipated this morning. The decision was make in conjuction with American Honda as confirmed by Lucio Cecchinello, the team manager.
“I have been a rider for a while and injured myself several times so I understand Randy’s condition and feelings. I am still here with him at the Hospital and Doctor Costa and Doctor Ulf are very confident of his recovery. He is a tough rider and I am confident he will be back soon. After yesterdays bad news we had a meeting with Randy and Honda to take a decision for the following race. Despite this unfortunate experience we decided to go on with our job and we agreed to replace Randy for the US GP. Thanks to the cooperation from Nicky Hayden and Kevin Schwantz, we went for the best choice: Roger Lee Hayden. He has plenty of experience at Laguna Seca race track and we will do our best to support him”.
Roger Lee Hayden to sub for injured DePuniet at Laguna Seca
When Randy de Puniet crashed out yesterday at Sachsenring picking up fractures to his fibia and tibula, several names were bantered around as who would sub for the injured French rider in the upcoming rounds, the names included Roger Lee Hayden, the jobless Mattia Pasini and former MotoGP rider Niccolo Canepa who now rides in Moto2.
Lucio Cecchinello who runs the LCR Honda team has worked fast, because according to duegommeslick.com, Roger Lee Hayden has gotten the okay from his Superbike team Pedercini and will be replacing de Puniet in this weekend’s MotoGP race at Laguna Seca.
Roger Lee Hayden has already ridden a MotoGP bike, albeit a 1000cc in 2007, when he wildcarded for Kawasaki at the Mazda Speedway finishing 10th and will also be wildcarding at this year’s Indianapolis GP with a Moriwaki Moto2 for Erion Honda, managed by Kevin Schwantz.
Red, White and Blue for Roger Lee Hayden's Moriwaki Moto2
Stars and Stripes, this the livery that world famous graphic designer Aldo Drudi of Drudi Perfomance has come up for American Honda and their one off Moto2 effort at the 2010 Red Bull Indianapolis GP that takes place August 27th to 29th.
The team’s Moriwaki MD600 will see WSBK rider Roger Lee Hayden (check out his special leathers after the jump) racing the Moto2 bike and Kevin Schwantz managing the team and this entry is their effort to raise money the Ride for Kids program, and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.
American Honda is also planning to have Drudi designed commemorative shirts and hats available to the public with all proceeds to benefit the Ride for Kids.
Team Manager Kevin Schwantz has a long history with Drudi, who first created Schwantz’s starbust helmet design in 1991 and designs all of Valentino Rossi’s helmets and several MotoGP teams, including Yamaha and Honda Gresini said:
To work with Kevin, who is a friend and a champion, on a project that American Honda is supporting, it was a given that I was honored to be asked to create the graphics. This assignment has been particularly special to me because for a long time I have wanted to create a theme that focused on the stars and stripes of the USA, which turns out to be the perfect match for this project. It is a very exciting opportunity and a project that will be of the highest level.”
Continue reading: Red, White and Blue for Roger Lee Hayden's Moriwaki Moto2
Moto2: Roger Lee Hayden to wildcard at Indy with Moriwaki Moto2 Bike
A couple of days back American Honda had announced that it would field a Moto2 wild card at the 2010 Red Bull Indianapolis GP (August 29th), using the Moriwaki Engineering MD600 for their entry and today they’ve confirmed that their rider will be Roger Lee Hayden.
The team will be run by Erion Honda and managed by the legendary Kevin Schwantz and Hayden who currently races in the World Superbikes championship on a Kawasaki for Team Pedercini, will get a chance to test and race the popular Moriwaki Moto2 bike during the five week summer break in the WSBK calendar.
Source | cyclenews.com
Roger Lee Hayden Interview
Roger Lee Hayden debuted this year on the international racing scene with the Team Pedercini and after three rounds of the World Superbike championship, Jonathan Green of OnTheThrottle TV got around to interview the American rider at Assen to see how he’s faring.
Hayden talks about his team, about Ben Spies and how his fellow countryman is helping adjust to living in Italy, AMA racing and his brother Nicky and where he would like to be two years from now.
At Assen Hayden finished in 19th in Race 1 and 16th in Race 2 and here’s what he had to say after the races:
“Race one wasn’t my best race. I made some small mistake and I was not able to find the right concentration and the good rhythm. For race two my technicians made some modification to my bike’s setting and I was able to make up some places from my grid position. It’s been a difficult weekend and it’s been clear we didn’t have the pace of the front runners, but we’ve found out how to make the bike better and this is very important in view of the next races”.
WSBK: Matteo Baiocco signs with Team Pedercini
After being linked to race for DFX, Matteo Baiocco has instead signed a deal with Italian run Team Pedercini and will ride the Kawasaki ZX10R in this year’s World Superbike Championship.
The 26 year old Baiocco, who has experience in the Italian CIV and in Superbikes, last year was one of the unfortunates, who had to switch teams during the season, with the first part of the season riding for financially strapped PSG-1 Corse and with Guandalini Racing in the final rounds.
Baiocco will team up with WSBK rookie Roger Lee Hayden, who got his first taste of WSBK testing at Portimao in January, but was almost dead last in the unofficial test times while on his learning curve, getting used to the new track, new tires and overcoming the language barrier.
Source | matteobaiocco
WSBK - Roger Lee Hayden signs with Team Pedercini
Roger Lee Hayden won’t be heading to Moto2 in 2010, but will debut in the World Superbike Championship on a Kawasaki with Team Pedercini..
Roger Lee is the youngest of the Hayden brothers and has raced in the AMA Superspsort and Superbike class He placed second in the AMA 600 Supersport class to his brother Tommy in 2004 and 2005 and in 2006 was nominated Rookie of the Year and in 2007 won AMA Supersport Championship.
Hayden will be the only American on the WSBK grid after Ben Spies’ departure to MotoGP. Team Pedercini is still negotiating with several Italian and Spanish riders to complete their rider line up.
Roger Lee Hayden:
“I’m really happy to compete in the World Superbike championship with team Pedercini. I always wanted to join a team in World Superbikes and now this dream has come true. I know it will be a completely different experience compared to my past, but I feel ready to face this new challenge. I’ve already ridden the Kawasaki AMA Superbike so everything won’t be completely new to me. It will be fun and exciting racing and learning new circuits, apart from my home race in Salt Lake at Miller Motorsports Park. My first contact with my new team will be at Portimao late January and really can’t wait to get back on a bike.”
Continue reading: WSBK - Roger Lee Hayden signs with Team Pedercini
Roger Lee Hayden in Moto2?
Roger Lee Hayden, Nicky Hayden’s kid brother may be heading to Moto2 next year according to motomatters.com. Roger Lee would like to come to Europe to race and his objective is Moto2, but will need a sponsorship funding in order to ride.
Nicky jokingly said : “The problem is that everyone is chasing after sponsors and our dad’s Second Chance used cars lot just isn’t big enough.”
Countryboy, as he’s also known, could be teamed up with Mattia Pasini who has already been confirmed in Gianluca Montiron’s JiR Moto2 team.
Roger Lee took the 2007 AMA Supersport Championship and in 2007 during the Laguna Seca GP was a wild card with Kawasaki and finished 10th.
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