Roger Lee Hayden Talks About Chasing the WSBK Trail

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The Hayden clan all but owned the 'old' AMA 600 Supersport class from the late '90s until mid-late '00s. Nicky won the title with Honda's Erion Racing in '99, Tommy took the title in '04-'05 for Team Kawasaki and Roger bagged his title for Team Kaw in '07. In this shot Tommy on the #1 leads Roger on the #95 as team mates on matching Team Kawasaki ZX-6R-based equipment run it into turn 14 during the 600 Supersport final at Road America in June of 2005. This will be Roger's seventh year on Kawasaki's and without a doubt his biggest challenge since breaking in to the AMA scene some 10 years ago. Learning new tracks, equipment, team members and the overall climate changed involved in a move to Europe has proven to be a big step for the youngest of the Hayden brothers.
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Roger Lee Hayden's AMA 600 Supersport 2007 Championship winning Kawasaki ZX-6R sits on display in the Kawasaki tent at Road America in June of 2008. RLH won his first AMA Pro Road Race at Barber Motorsports Park in 2004, and finished runner-up to Tommy in the 600 Supersport class in '04-'05. Now on Team Pedercini Kawasakis in the World Superbike series in Europe, he is starting to get closer to the points in finishes coming into the fourth round this upcoming weekend in Assen.
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The youngest of the Hayden clan, Roger Lee, has been running in the World Superbike series this year for Team Pedercini Kawasaki after having spent the last decade racing in the AMA series and garnering a championship in '07 in the 600 Supersport class. Finding the right mix while running for a 'satellite' team has been a struggle this year, but after three rounds Roger really feels as if the team and himself are getting closer to the points. And with a field of seven manufacturers and some 24 or 25 entries at every round in the WSBK series, that really is a pretty good accomplishment at this point.
With the Assen round of WSBK running this weekend, the folks over at RoadRacerX.com got a chance to have a sit-down with Roger and see what is overall outlook is on the world scene coming into the 4th of 13 rounds this year. Interesting read and great to hear the ole Hayden morale and attitude is still present and accounted for (not like it wouldn't be in that family-all stand up people!) Check it out and enjoy the interview with RLH.
We wish Roger the best of luck this weekend as well as the rest of the year in the WSBK series, and we know he'll make us all proud just like the whole family has for years!
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Thanks to the great folks at RoadRacerX.com for this great interview with RLH95:
http://www.roadracerx.com/features/tuesday-conversation/tuesday-conversation-roger-hayden-3/
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You can check out the World Superbike Assen round this weekend on SpeedTV on Sunday April 25th at 3-5 PM EDT.
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