VOL. 50 ISSUE 28 JULY 16, 2013
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2006 Hayden Does It Again
•Nicky Hayden wins his second straight U.S. Grand
Prix at Laguna Seca and leaves with a 34-point lead in
the World Championship.
•Valentino Rossi, the man who would end up
challenging Hayden for the title, suffers a DNF when
his Yamaha looses coolant and expires.
•Dani Pedrosa and Marco Melandri make it a Honda
Kenny Roberts Jr. rode his father's motorcycle to fourth place in his home GP.
sweep of the podium.
•Kenny Roberts Jr. rides his dad's KR211V to fourth
place; John Hopkins and Colin Edwards finished sixth
and ninth, respectively.
Nicky Hayden streaks past
his crew en route to his
second successive Red Bull
U.S. Grand Prix victory.
This won't work – at least not in 2006.
Valentino Rossi (46) blows the Corkscrew
and almost hits Loris Capirossi (65).
Rossi's Yamaha would later fail him and
force him out of the race.
