Jamie Hacking

Jamie Alexander Hacking (born 30 June 1971 in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England), nicknamed The Hacker, is a three-time AMA National champion British professional motorcycle racer who has spent his entire career in the United States.

Early years At the age of five, Hacking's father Brian gave him a small motorbike for Christmas, on which he learned the basics. At the age of nine, his family moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina for Brian's work. By the age of 12, he began competing in local motocross events and won a BMX bicycle championship. He progressed on dirt and eventually began to receive support from Kawasaki and Honda. By 1994, he turned his attention to road racing and competed in some CCS events and later progressed on to the WERA series.

Professional career

AMA Supersport & Superbike (1997-2009) Hacking entered the AMA Supersport Championship series in 1997 with a sponsorship with Kinko's Kawasaki and managed to qualify on the pole in Phoenix. In 1998, he moved on to Yamaha with a full factory ride where he finished third at Daytona on his debut, and won the AMA Superbike Rookie of the Year despite missing much of the year through injury. In 1999, he took two AMA Supersport wins plus several Superbike podium finishes.

In 2001, Hacking joined the crack Yoshimura Suzuki team, and took his first AMA Superbike race win, at Road Atlanta. In , he lost his ride with Suzuki in the Superbike class and returned to Supersport with Yamaha. This proved to be one of his best years, winning the AMA Supersport Championship with four wins and three further podiums. He narrowly failed to defend the title in 2004, also finishing as runner-up in the AMA Superstock class. In 2006, he won both the Supersport and Superstock AMA classes. 2007 saw him move to Monster Energy Kawasaki where he would contend the Superbike and Supersport classes. He would finish the season sixth in Superbike and runner up in Supersport. In 2008, he scored six podium finishes in AMA Superbike, and briefly threatened the supremacy of Yoshimura's Ben Spies and Mat Mladin.

Moto GP (2008) Hacking raced the works Kawasaki MotoGP bike during the US Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, deputising for an injured John Hopkins. He finished a very reasonable 11th.

Superbike World Championship (2009) Hacking also raced in the Superbike World Championship in 2009 for the Paul Bird Motorsport Kawasaki to replace injured rider Makoto Tamada. Finishing his first race in an impressive seventh place at Miller Motorsports Park. This earned Hacking the next two races at Misano and Donington Park although he failed to score in both.

Personal life Hacking currently resides outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. He lives there with his wife and two children. Hacking also owns a car performance business, JHR Performance.

Career statistics

MotoAmerica Superstock Championship By year

AMA Supersport Championship By year

MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship

Superbike World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2009 Kawasaki AUS AUS QAT QAT SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA RSA USA7 USA19 SMR16 SMR22 GBR21 GBRRet CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 30th 9

Grand Prix motorcycle racing Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts 2008 MotoGP Kawasaki QAT SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA 11 CZE RSM INP JPN AUS MAL VAL 20th 5