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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
INDIANAPOLIS, Friday, April 25, 2008 - 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden will
ride on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval shortly before the start of the
92nd Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 25, demonstrating to a huge crowd the
exciting MotoGP machinery that will compete at IMS for the first time in
September.
Hayden, from Owensboro, Ky., and the rest of the elite MotoGP
field will race in the inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP on Sunday, Sept. 14 on
the new 2.620-mile road course at IMS.
Approximately one hour before the
start of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," Hayden will ride around the famous
2.5-mile IMS oval aboard the 2007 Repsol Honda RC212V/Michelin on which he
competed in the 2008 season-opening Grand Prix of Qatar on March 9. The
Indianapolis 500 is the world's largest single-day spectator sporting
event.
"What an opportunity for the sport, my sponsors and most of all,
for me!" Hayden said. "This is going to be cool, to do a lap in front of such a
huge audience live and on TV on what is arguably the most famous track and race
in the whole world. I hope the fans like what they see and hear, and hope they
plan on coming back in September when the bikes roll out at IMS for the first
time in a long time.
"I just need to get it straight with the officials
that I don't mind rolling round in second gear waving to the fans, but when I
come off Turn 4, the Pace Car needs to hold its line because as I head toward
the bricks, I plan to open that baby up a little and blow out the cobwebs a
little."
It will be Hayden's second trip to IMS in as many months. He
officially christened the new IMS road course with a lap on a vintage Indian
motorcycle that competed in the only other motorcycle race at IMS, in 1909, and
also turned laps on a Honda CBR1000 production bike.
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