SYKES AND HAYDEN STRIKE IT BIG
T
here could hardly have been
two more contrasting days
and results at the Sepang World
Superbike in Malaysia, May
14-15, a weekend in which Nicky
Hayden grew the list of MotoGP
race winners—who have also
won WorldSBK races—by one.
We have to start at the very
beginning, as it is the only logi-
cal place to start in a weekend
now with race days on Saturday
and Sunday. But Hayden wrote
the biggest story of the week-
end for Sunday reading, in any
case.
A front-running win for Tom
Sykes [Kawasaki Racing Team]
in a dry race-one on Saturday
boggled the mind of his rivals,
who all expected him to slow
as the laps unfold. His long-
waited "drop" remained in the
Prosecco bottle all the way to
IN
THE
WIND
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