Josh Hayes

Josh Hayes
Nationality  American
Born April 4, 1975 (1975-04-04) (age 36)
Gulfport, Mississippi
Current team Graves Motorsports
Bike number 1
Website JoshHayesRacing.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years 2011
Manufacturers Yamaha
Championships 0
2011 Championship position 19th (9 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 9

Joshua Kurt "Josh" Hayes (born April 4, 1975 in Gulfport, Mississippi) is a professional motorcycle roadracer who turned pro in 1996.[1] He currently races in the AMA Superbike series on a Graves Yamaha YZF-R1. Hayes is noted for his achievement in having won the 2003 AMA Superstock Championship riding Attack Suzuki's GSX-R750, and both the 2006 and the 2007 AMA Formula Xtreme Championship for Erion Honda on board the CBR600RR, and the Willow Springs Raceway Toyota 200 endurance race three times in a row.

In 2008, Hayes won the Daytona 200 but was disqualified soon after for an illegal crankshaft.[2]

His wife, Melissa Paris, made her professional debut in the Daytona Sportbike class at the Daytona 200, with the couple racing against each other at the event.[3] She will participate as a "wild card" rider at the World Supersport Championship race at Miller Motorsports Park in 2009 as part of the Superbike World Championship meet.

In 2009 Josh Hayes competed in the AMA Pro Racing American Superbike championship alongside Ben Bostrom. He also spearheaded the Yamaha Racing effort in the annual Daytona 200 race.

For 2010 Hayes is back with Yamaha in AMA Superbike. Riding the graves Yamaha R1 Superbike he convincingly clinched his first AMA Superbike Championship for 2010, with 11 podium finishes including seven wins.

He won his second AMA Superbike Championship for 2011 after a breathtaking last round.

Hayes made his MotoGP debut at the 2011 Valencian Grand Prix riding a Tech 3 Yamaha, replacing countryman Colin Edwards, who suffered arm injuries in the fatal crash that aborted the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix. Having avoided a first corner crash that eliminated four other riders, Hayes finished the race in seventh place.

Contents

Career Statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By Seasons

Year Class Moto Team Race Win Pod Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
2011 MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 Tech 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 19th –
Total 1 0 0 0 0 9 0

By class

Class Seas 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Pod Pole FLap Pts WCh
MotoGP 2011 2011 Valencia 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 2011 1 0 0 0 0 9 0

Races by year

(key)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2011 MotoGP Yamaha QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER USA CZE IND RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
7		 19th 9

AMA Pro Racing

Year Class Team Bike DAY
 INF
 MIL
 RAM
 BAR
 M-O
 LAG
 N-J
 Pts Pos
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2
2011 SBK Graves Motorsports Yamaha R1 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 1 2 363 1st
Year Class Team Bike DAY
 FON
 RAT
 INF
 RAM
 M-O
 LAG
 VIR
 N-J
 BAR
 Pts Pos
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2010 SBK Graves Motorsports Yamaha R1 13 6 4 2 6 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 7 466 1st
Year Class Team Bike DAY
 FON
 RAT
 BAR
 INF
 RAM
 LAG
 M-O
 HRT
 VIR
 N-J
 Pts Pos
R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2009 SBK Graves Motorsports Yamaha R1 8 6 6 5 4 5 4 1 4 17 25 4 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 1 406 2nd
Year Class Team Bike DAY
 BAR
 FON
 INF
 MIL
 RAM
 LAG
 M-O
 VIR
 RAT
 LAG
 Pts Pos
2008 FX Erion Racing Honda CBR600RR DSQ 7 2 2 2 12 N/A 1 1 1 2 287 2nd
Year Class Team Bike DAY
 BAR
 FON
 INF
 RAM
 MIL
 LAG
 M-O
 VIR
 RAT
 LAG
 Pts Pos
2007 FX Erion Racing Honda CBR600RR 6 1 1 1 1 2 N/A 1 1 1 DNS 324 1st
Year Class Team Bike DAY
 BAR
 FON
 INF
 RAM
 MIL
 LAG
 M-O
 VIR
 RAT
 MID
 Pts Pos
2006 FX Erion Racing Honda CBR600RR 2 2 3 4 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 358 1st
Year Class Team Bike DAY
 BAR
 FON
 INF
 PPK
 RAM
 LAG
 M-O
 VIR
 RAT
 Pts Pos
R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2005 SBK Attack Performance Kawasaki ZX-10R DNF 39 6 7 DNF 5 8 5 3 6 DNF 5 DNF 7 6 6 6 302 9th
Year Class Team Bike DAY
 FON
 INF
 BAR
 PPK
 RAM
 BRD
 LAG
 M-O
 RAT
 VIR
 Pts Pos
R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2004 SBK Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R DNF 21 29 6 7 5 6 7 DNF DNF 6 6 6 5 27 5 7 6 316 8th
SStk Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 7 30 8 5 DNF 2 2 4 5 11 8 235 8th

References

  1. ^ "Josh Hayes Racing Profile". AMAProRacing.com. http://www.amaproracing.com/archive/2006/ama_sb_06/joshua_kurt_hayes.html. Retrieved 2007-03-11. 
  2. ^ "Hayes Disqualified For Illegal Crankshaft Preparation". SuperbikePlanet.com. http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Mar/080308jhdqt.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  3. ^ "MXi 2 Eye Feature: Josh Hayes". SPEEDtv.com. http://www.speedtv.com/articles/moto/supercrossmotocross/34449/. Retrieved 2007-03-11. 

External links

Preceded by
Mat Mladin		 AMA Superbike Champion
2010-2011		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
(1976) Reg Pridmore • (1977) Reg Pridmore • (1978) Reg Pridmore • (1979) Wes Cooley • (1980) Wes Cooley • (1981) Eddie Lawson • (1982) Eddie Lawson • (1983) Wayne Rainey • (1984) Fred Merkel • (1985) Fred Merkel • (1986) Fred Merkel • (1987) Wayne Rainey • (1988) Bubba Shobert • (1989) Jamie James • (1990) Doug Chandler • (1991) Thomas Stevens • (1992) Scott Russell • (1993) Doug Polen • (1994) Troy Corser • (1995) Miguel Duhamel • (1996) Doug Chandler • (1997) Doug Chandler • (1998) Ben Bostrom • (1999) Mat Mladin • (2000) Mat Mladin • (2001) Mat Mladin • (2002) Nicky Hayden • (2003) Mat Mladin • (2004) Mat Mladin • (2005) Mat Mladin • (2006) Ben Spies • (2007) Ben Spies • (2008) Ben Spies • (2009) Mat Mladin • (2010) Josh Hayes • (2011) Josh Hayes