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Hayden Gillim had some of the best training partners and cousins that
an aspiring racer could ask for during his childhood in Owensboro,
Kentucky -- the Hayden Brothers. He’s equally as talented on a flat
track as he is on road racing circuits due to the countless hours
The Kentuckian got the invite to compete in the Red Bull Rookies Cup in both the United States
and Europe before the turn of the new decade, earning valuable experience abroad with loads of talented competitors. In 2010,
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Gillim earned the title of America’s top amateur road racer as he was awarded the AMA Horizon Award at fifteen years old. He competed
in the 2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship last year on the Cycle World Suzuki as a part of his Man In A Van With A Plan team and he ended up finishing the season in fifth place in the points chase. Gillim returns to the Superstock 1000 class this year aboard the brand new GSX-R1000 on the same program as he looks to work his way towards the front of the field. >>
of training spent at Sunset Downs.
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