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Nicky Hayden's race number to be retired

The late 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden, who tragically died in 2017, will have his famous #69 race number officially retired during the Americas Grand Prix weekend in April. Hayden died from injuries sustained in a road traffic accident in May of 2017 while out training on his push bike in Italy.  Since then, numerous tributes to America's last grand prix world champion have been paid, including a statue of Hayden being erected last year in his home town of Owensboro, Kentucky. Hayden's father Earl said of the announcement: 'What a great honour it will be for Nicky's #69 to be retired at Austin. “It is very fitting that it will be done at the US race as...
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