Seven years in the past at this time the world of motorbike racing misplaced one among its brightest stars.
On Might 22, 2017, former AMA Superbike Champion and former MotoGP World Champion Nicholas Patrick “Nicky” Hayden succumbed to the large head and chest accidents he suffered on Might 17, 2017, when he was struck by a automotive whereas driving his bicycle on a highway close to the Misano Circuit, in Italy. He was 35.
Since Hayden’s loss of life, Dorna has retired his competitors quantity 69 from use within the MotoGP World Championship; the American Motorcyclist Affiliation (AMA) has inducted him into the AMA Motorbike Corridor of Fame and renamed its Horizon Award to be the Nicky Hayden Horizon Award; Hayden’s hometown of Owensboro, Kentucky, has erected a bronze statue in his honor; and Hayden’s household has established the Nicky Hayden Memorial Fund, which is doing charitable work to profit youngsters in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Instantly after Hayden’s loss of life in 2017, fellow racers, followers, mates, and household despatched in tributes and reminiscences of Hayden. Under are hyperlinks to these tributes and reminiscences.