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Hudson Kennaugh (born 12 January 1981) is a South African professional
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. He currently competes in the British National Superstock 1000 championship aboard a
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. He is a former South African
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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

Born in Natal, South Africa, 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 Superbike championship

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

Kennaugh 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
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starts at the end of 2005, with the Moto – 1 team. Kennaugh moved to England in 2006 and contested that year's British Superstock Championship for the Raceways team. He started 2007 in Superstocks, but also contested several rounds of the
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on a Virgin
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, without much success. For 2008 he mounted a challenge for the
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, taking on Australian Glen Richards'
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, taking a dominant win at
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and three poles. He ultimately finished second to Richards in the standings, despite a further win at
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. Kennaugh was also a wildcard entry in the
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World Supersport rounds at
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and
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, finishing 10th and 5th. In 2009, 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 he and the Linxcel-Seton Tuning Team had gone their separate ways.Password Protected Content
/ref> He joined Gearlink Kawasaki to replace the injured
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, but results did not improve. In 2010 finished second in the British Superbike Evo class starting on a
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and after the team folded moved to the split lath
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recording multiple wins before losing the championship by three points. Went on to compete in the 2011 British Superbike Championship with a few point scoring rides. 2012 saw a change to super stock Kawasaki machinery. This season was a setback because, Kennaugh crashed on the opening lap at the
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and broke his back. Upon return from injury, he rode for the GR
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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 championship. Kennaugh was the first South African to win a British Title since
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won the world championship in the 1980s In 2014 Kennaugh switched to
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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. Kennaugh recorded mulple victories and podiums and competed at the
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races where a crash in the lightweight race at Bradden Bridge saw Kennaugh receive a broken back which hindered his Superstock challenge ending the year in third place. 2016 sees the continuation of the Trik Moto BMW team partnered by Bahnstormer BMW and Spoortech with high expectations.


Career statistics


All Time


British Supersport Championship

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


British Superbike Championship

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References


External links


Personal Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennaugh, Hudson 1981 births Living people People from Natal British Supersport Championship riders British Superbike Championship riders Isle of Man TT riders Supersport World Championship riders South African motorcycle racers 21st-century South African sportsmen