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Roger*Lee Hayden, younger brother to former MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden, has signed with Team Pedercini for the 2010 World Superbike season. Roger Lee rode the Kawasaki ZX-6R to an AMA Supersport Championship, so theoretically he should feel at home again on Team Green satellite team in WSBK. However, the liter-bike class has proven difficult for the younger Hayden.*In his three years on the Factory Kawasaki AMA Superbike team, two of those years were shortened by serious crashes.
This doesn’t bode well for Kawasaki, which has had a wheelbarrow full of problems in their WSBK program. However, after pulling out of MotoGP and other national level racing series, the rumor-mill pegs the Japanese manufacturer as putting the majority of its racing resources into World Superbike. This could make 2010 the come-back season for Kawasaki in WSBK, and with some good luck a pivotal season for Roger Lee Hayden as well.
"I have experience on the Kawasaki Superbike, so that does not make everything completely new," said Hayden. "It’s a big difference from what I did last year, but I’m ready and looking forward to taking that next step."
That next step starts at the end of January when Hayden takes to the ZX-10R at WSBK’s testing in Portimao.
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Roger*Lee Hayden, younger brother to former MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden, has signed with Team Pedercini for the 2010 World Superbike season. Roger Lee rode the Kawasaki ZX-6R to an AMA Supersport Championship, so theoretically he should feel at home again on Team Green satellite team in WSBK. However, the liter-bike class has proven difficult for the younger Hayden.*In his three years on the Factory Kawasaki AMA Superbike team, two of those years were shortened by serious crashes.
This doesn’t bode well for Kawasaki, which has had a wheelbarrow full of problems in their WSBK program. However, after pulling out of MotoGP and other national level racing series, the rumor-mill pegs the Japanese manufacturer as putting the majority of its racing resources into World Superbike. This could make 2010 the come-back season for Kawasaki in WSBK, and with some good luck a pivotal season for Roger Lee Hayden as well.
"I have experience on the Kawasaki Superbike, so that does not make everything completely new," said Hayden. "It’s a big difference from what I did last year, but I’m ready and looking forward to taking that next step."
That next step starts at the end of January when Hayden takes to the ZX-10R at WSBK’s testing in Portimao.
Visit Asphalt & Rubber for more articles like this one
