world-famous Hayden brothers and had been a leading racer for nearly all of his 20 seasons as a professional.The massive success enjoyed by all three Haydens made them perhaps the best-known brother trio in the history of motorcycle racing. An entire generation of fans grew up watching and rooting for the Hayden brothers. Perhaps the highlight of their career as a racing family, was when Nicky, Tommy and Roger swept the podium at the 2002 Springfield TT AMA Grand National. It marked the first and only time in the long history the AMA Grand National Championship that brothers completed a podium sweep.“Yoshimura and Suzuki have felt like a family to me,” Hayden said. “Don (Sakakura) and Pat (Alexander) are more like friends to me than a boss. We talk about life, sports, you name it and it’s just been a pleasure to be part of the team. I’ve had some of my greatest success with Yoshimura Suzuki and the entire team has always worked hard at giving me great motorcycles to race.”After the final race the entire team gathered for a retirement dinner for Hayden and the occasion was marked with both laughter and tears.The entire 2018 campaign ran under the backdrop of the team’s 40th anniversary of becoming Suzuki’s official factory entry in American road racing.In 1978, Suzuki and Yoshimura made a formal partnership, making the Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing squad the official factory entry in AMA Pro Road Racing. It proved to be an incredibly fruitful alliance. In 40 years of racing, Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing has become the most successful team ever in MotoAmerica/ AMA Superbike. Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing boasts 14 MotoAmerica AMA Superbike Championships and a total of 198 wins. That helped give Suzuki both the all-time record for MotoAmerica/ AMA Superbike Championships and series wins by a manufacturer.In addition to the premier Superbike class, 22Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing has also won numerous support class championships. Marking the 40th anniversary of Yoshimura and Suzuki, the team showcased a bold, all-new race bike livery and there were a series of commemorations during the 2018 MotoAmerica Championship season bringing back past riders from the team like Wes Cooley and hanging a massive banner showing graphic highlights of four decades of racing.2018 was definitely a season to remember.“IN ADDITION TO THE PREMIER SUPERBIKE ClASS, YOshIMURA sUZUKI FACtORY RACING hAs AlsO WON NUMEROUs sUPPORt ClAss ChAMPIONshIPs”
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