Trivia

In his first full season as a AMA Superbike rider he came within six points of winning the title which went to a multi-time winner.

Former team-mate to 4 time 250GP Champion Max Biaggi

Races under the #69

Started racing at the age of six

2005 First Moto GP win was in Laguna Seca USA after an 11 year absence. It was a flag to flag victory, Started from pole, lead every lap, then took the checkered flag

Was racing a factory ride (Professional Level) with Honda while still in high school at 17

People magazine voted him one of the top 50 most eligible bachelors, appeared on NBC's Today Show, and he appeared with his brothers Tommy, and Roger Lee on the Tonight show with Jay Leno in August of 2005.

Lists 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong as one of his personal heroes

From 1998 to 2002 he was a team-mate of Miguel Duhamel - the first Canadian to win the AMA Superbike Championship

In 2003 he was a team-mate of multi-time Moto GP World Champion Valentino Rossi

After winning the 2002 AMA Superbike Championship Honda released a 2004 autographed street legal 136 hp 1000cc v-twin RC51 Replica

1999 AMA Supersport Champion - The youngest ever

2002 AMA Superbike Champion - The youngest ever

2006 World Moto GP Champion.

Owns a custom built billet framed Fast50s.com / FastMinis Honda Repsol crf70. One of only 4 ever built in the world.

Currently races the Repsol Honda RC211V in Moto GP (2005)

Currently racing the Ducati Desmosedici GP9 for Team Ducati Marlboro. (September 2009)

Inducted into the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.