Hudson Kennaugh

Hudson Kennaugh is a South African motorcycle racer, born 12/01/1981. He is a former South African Superbike champion, and is spending 2008 in the British Supersport Championship, riding for the Raceways Yamaha team. His surname is of Manx descent and is pronounced 'Ken-Oh'.

Early Years

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. Four years of 250cc racing followed.

outh African Superbikes

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.

Britain and Beyond

He did one off races in the GSX-R Cup in both 2003 and 2004, and contested the championship fulltime in 2005, winning the title. He also made two World Supersport Championship starts at the end of 2005, with the Moto - 1 team.

For 2006 he moved to England, 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 [http://www.bikersweb.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?ArticleId=1315] , without much success [http://londonbikers.com/news/1614/hudson-kennaugh-returns-to-raceways-yamaha] . For 2008 he mounted a challenge for the British Supersport Championship, taking on Australian Glen Richards' Triumph, taking a dominant win at Mallory Park [http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/june/23-29/jun2908-mallory-park-supersport-hudson-kennaugh-win/?R=EPI-101460] and three poles [http://www.superbikenews.co.uk/mcn/croft-british-supersport-hudson-kennaugh-pole/] . He ultimately finished second to Richards in the standings, despite a further win at Silverstone.

He also wildcarded in the World Supersport rounds at Brands Hatch and Donington Park, finishing 10th and 5th [http://www.superbike-news.co.uk/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=12777&z=54] [http://www.superbike-news.co.uk/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=12583&z=54]