Hudson Kennaugh
| Hudson Kennaugh | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kennaugh in 2008
|
|||||||||||
| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1981 | ||||||||||
| Current team | Trik-Moto Bahnstormer BMW | ||||||||||
| Bike number | 3 | ||||||||||
| Website | hudsonkennaugh.com | ||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Hudson Kennaugh (born 12 January 1981) is a South African professional motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR. He is a former South African Superbike champion, he rode the 2009 British Supersport Championship, for the Linxcel-Seton Tuning Team. His surname is of Manx descent and is pronounced 'Ken-Oh'.(Although, the surname on the Isle of Man is pronounced as 'Kenyk' rather like the word 'cognac' only starting with 'ken' rather than 'con')
Born in Natal, South Africa, Kennaugh began racing mini-moto aged 5, winning the Junior South African Motocross championship in 1993. He turned to road racing a year later, and in 1995 he came 4th in the South African 125cc championship aboard a Yamaha YZ125 road bike. The Yamaha YZ125 road bike featured a hydroformed exhaust manufactured by Hylton Spencer. Four years of 250cc racing followed.
Kennaugh contested the South African Supersport 600cc championship in 2002 and 2003, finishing 8th and 3rd in the championship. He then moved up to the 1000cc Superbike class, winning the title at his first attempt.
Kennaugh did one-off races in the GSX-R Cup in both 2003 and 2004, and contested the championship full-time in 2005, winning the title. He also made two World Supersport Championship starts at the end of 2005, with the Moto - 1 team.
Kennaugh moved to England in 2006 and contested that year's British Superstock Championship for the Raceways team. He started 2007 in Superstocks, but also contested several rounds of the British Superbike Championship on a Virgin Yamaha, without much success. For 2008 he mounted a challenge for the British Supersport Championship, taking on Australian Glen Richards' Triumph, taking a dominant win at Mallory Park and three poles. He ultimately finished second to Richards in the standings, despite a further win at Silverstone. Kennaugh was also a wildcard entry in the 2008 World Supersport rounds at Brands Hatch and Donington Park, finishing 10th and 5th.
...
Wikipedia