Currently racing for the Ducati team, Nicky Hayden is a professional motorcycle racer with an estimated net worth of $12 million in 2012. Known for his nickname The Kentucky Kid, Nicky Hayden is the 2006 MotoGP World Champion.

After winning the AMA Superbike championship, Nicky Hayden was immediately tapped to join Repsol Honda, a premier MotoGP racing team. On his first year at MotoGP, he was lucky to be selected as the teammate of Valentino Ross, the defending series champion at that time.

In 2007, he agreed to a two-year deal stipulating that he would race for the Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) team in 2007 and 2008 MotoGP seasons. In 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Ducati and a year later, he was signed by the team to a two-year extension contract.

Aside from MotoGP, Nicky Hayden has also competed for Ama Superbike, AMA 600 Supersport, AMA 750 Superstock and AMA Formula Extreme.

This American motorcycle racer was born as Nicholas Patrick Hayden on July 30, 1981 in Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.A. He has two sisters named Kathleen and Jenny, and two brothers, Roger Lee and Tommy, who are both professional motorcycle racers. Roger Lee competes for the Superbike World Championship while Tommy participates in AMA Racing.