The Haydens: Nicky, Tommy, & Roger from OWB to MotoGP by Chris Jonnum
The Hayden's wins independent publisher book award!!August 8
PHOENIX, Ariz.—David Bull Publishing is pleased to announce that Chris Jonnum’s The Haydens: Nicky, Tommy, & Roger, From OWB To MotoGP was recently awarded a Silver Medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards. That this is Jonnum’s first book makes the honor all the more significant.
The book, which was published by Bull in 2007, tells the story of brothers Nicky, Tommy, and Roger Lee Hayden, who began racing motorcycles by age three and have since won many prestigious championships, including Nicky’s 2006 world title in MotoGP, the Formula One of motorcycle racing. Jonnum is the editor of Road Racer X magazine.
The Haydens won the Silver Medal in the Sports/Fitness/Recreation category, one of 64 national categories covered by the awards program. Established in 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards is open to independent publishers who produce books for the North American market. The 2008 awards for books published during the previous year attracted more than 2,500 national entries.
The Haydens is available through bookstores, specialty motoring booksellers, and directly from the publisher. Orders can be made by calling 602-852-9500 or by visiting the Web site at www.bullpublishing.com.
The world of top-level motorcycle road racing is so competitive that reaching it is an achievement reserved for only the very best riders.
For more than one member of the same family to make it into this elite group is practically unheard of, but that didn't dissuade Tommy, Nicky, and Roger Lee Hayden.
The brothers from Owensboro, Kentucky (or "OWB," as they refer to it by its three-letter airport code) all ride for factory teams and have won many prestigious championships, including Nicky's 2006 world title in MotoGP—the Formula One of motorcycle racing.
As dramatic as the brothers' professional accomplishments are, they're matched by inside stories from their early days of racing that few people know. Led by their racing parents, Earl and Rose, all the Haydens began competing at age 3 (including sisters Jennifer and Kathleen) before going on to hone their craft on the dirt tracks of the American Midwest. Crisscrossing the country in a trusty box van, the young Haydens often fudged their ages to race against older and more experienced competition. The brothers soon advanced to U.S. national road racing championships, and Nicky and went on to international glory.
Written by Road Racer X Editor Chris Jonnum, and illustrated with previously unpublished family photographs and memorabilia, this is a compelling personal account of how one family's dedication, humor, and devotion to one another has made each of them successful and taken them to the peaks of motorcycle road racing.
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