10 Apr 2015

US riders aim to rekindle GP dominance

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<b>GLORY DAYS:</b> Honda's Nicky Hayden flies the US flag after winning the 2006 MotoGP championship in Valencia, Spain. He'll be the only American on the grid for the 2015 US MotoGP on April 12. <i>Image: AP / Bernat Armangue</i>

AUSTIN, Texas - Ex-MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden will not only be the only American on the grid when riders line up for the Circuit of the Americas MotoGP on Sunday (April 12).

He'll also be aboard one of the factory bikes expected to challenge for the win and that's a far cry from the golden era of America motorcycle racing when an American rider won 13 of 16 MotoGP championships from 1978-93.

Kevin Schwantz, 1993 MotoGP champion, said: "The question wasn't if an American was going to win, it was which American was going to win. This was a breeding ground for champions."

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