The vintage-looking gentleman on the 1909 Indian racing motorcycle is Nicky Hayden, 2006 MotoGP world champion. The Indian, displayed at the Indianapolis Speedway Museum, was ridden in the first motorcycle race ever held there - 99 years ago.
Because no one had ever ridden the newly finished MotoGP course at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Hayden (the "Kentucky Kid") held the lap record for an hour or so - at nearly five minutes. The bike would run 45mph wide open.
These images and the information that made me sound so informed were stolen from Superbike Planet dot com, a stud-hoss web site for sure.
These images and the information that made me sound so informed were stolen from Superbike Planet dot com, a stud-hoss web site for sure.
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