Hudson Kennaugh

Hudson Kennaugh
Nationality	South African
Born	(1981-01-12) 12 January 1981
Current team	Trik-Moto Bahnstormer BMW
Bike number	3
Website	hudsonkennaugh.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 2 (2010-2011) TT wins 0 Podiums 0

Hudson Kennaugh (born 12 January 1981) is a South African motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR. He is a former South African Superbike champion, he rode the 2009 British Supersport Championship, for the Linxcel-Seton Tuning Team. His surname is of Manx descent and is pronounced 'Ken-Oh'.(Although, the surname on the Isle of Man is pronounced as 'Kenyk' rather like the word 'cognac' only starting with 'ken' rather than 'con')

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 aboard a Yamaha YZ125 road bike. The Yamaha YZ125 road bike featured a hydroformed exhaust manufactured by Hylton Spencer. Four years of 250cc racing followed.

South 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 full-time 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, without much success. For 2008 he mounted a challenge for the British Supersport Championship, taking on Australian Glen Richards' Triumph, taking a dominant win at Mallory Park and three poles. 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

In 2009 Hudson Kennaugh joined the Linxcel-Seton Tuning Team, again in Supersport on a Yamaha. He recorded two pole positions but his best race result was a pair of fourth places.On 14 August Kennaugh announced on his website that him and the Linxcel-Seton Tuning Team had gone their separate ways. He joined Gearlink Kawasaki to replace the injured Chris Martin, but results did not improve.

In 2010 finished second in the British Superbike Evo class starting on a kawasaki zx10 and after the team folded moved to the splitlath Aprilia rsv4 recording multiple wins losing the championship by one point. Went on to compete in the BSB championship in 2011 with a few point scoring rides.

2012 saw a change to superstock kawasaki machinery, this season was a set back because at Thruxstone Hudson crashed on the opening lap and broke his back. Upton return from injury he rode for the GR Aprilia Superstock team changing back to the Ionic balance Kawasaki for the final round finishing 4th

2013 meant joining forces with Tony Homer Racing, the team recorded 5 victories, multiple podiums and the British Superstock Win. Hudson was the first South African to win a British Title since Jon Ekerold won the world championship in the 1980's

2014 Hudson switched to BMW machinery recorded one victory, multiple podiums and came 4th in the championship with Linxcel BMW race team.

2015 was the birth of the Trik Moto BMW race team. Hudson recorded mulple victories and podiums and competed at the isle of man TT races where a crash in the lightweight race at bradden bridge saw Hudson receive a broken back which hindered his Superstock challenge ending the year in 3rd place.

2016 sees the continuation of the trik moto BMW team partnered by Bahnstormer BMW and Spoortech with high expectations.

Career statistics

All Time

Years Active	Series		Races	Poles	Podiums	Wins	2nd place	3rd place	Titles
2010	British Superbike (EVO)		10	2	9	3	4	2	0

British Supersport Championship

* Stats correct as of 13 April 2010
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts	Ref
2008	Yamaha	THR 4	OUL 2	BHGP 1	DON Ret	SNE 4	MAL 1	OUL 2	KNO 5	CAD 4	CRO 3	SIL 1	BHI 10	2nd	187
2009	Yamaha	BHI 4	OUL DNS	DON 14	THR 8	SNE 4	KNO 13	MAL Ret	BHGP Ret					9th	58
	Kawasaki									CAD 17	CRO Ret	SIL 10	OUL 4

British Superbike Championship

Yr	Class	Team	BHI		THR		OUL		CAD		MAL		KNO		SNE		BHGP			CAD		CRO		SIL		OUL			Pos	Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
2010	BSB	Kawasaki	18	15	DNF	19	14	9	16	18	18	17																	21st	10
	BSB Evo		2	2	DNF	3	1	1	2	3	2	1																	1st	187

External links

• Personal Website