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{{Short description|British motorcycle racer (b.1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=November 2007}}
{{Infobox motorcycle rider
| name = Jamie Hacking
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 30 June 1971
| birth_place = [[Oswaldtwistle]], [[Lancashire]], England
| Current team =
| Bike number =
| MotoGP Active years = {{MGP|2008}}
| MotoGP Manufacturers = [[Kawasaki Motors|Kawasaki]]
| MotoGP Championships =
| MotoGP Race Starts = 1
| MotoGP Race Wins = 0
| MotoGP Podiums = 0
| MotoGP Poles = 0
| MotoGP Fastest laps = 0
| MotoGP Total Points = 5
| MotoGP Last season =
| MotoGP Last position =
| SBK Active years = {{SBK|1998}}–{{SBK|1999}}, {{SBK|2009}}
| SBK Manufacturers = [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]], [[Kawasaki Motors|Kawasaki]]
| SBK Championships =
| SBK Race Starts = 10
| SBK Race Wins = 0
| SBK Podiums = 0
| SBK Poles = 0
| SBK Fastest laps = 0
| SBK Total Points = 32
| SBK Last season =
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| website =
}}
'''Jamie Alexander Hacking''' (born 30 June 1971 in [[Oswaldtwistle]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]]), nicknamed '''The Hacker''', is a 3 time AMA National champion British professional motorcycle racer who has spent his entire career in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://stusshots.blogspot.com/2010/01/3-time-ama-champ-jamie-hacking-without.html | title=Stu's Shots R Us: 3-Time AMA Champ Jamie Hacking Without a Ride Going into the 2010 Season| date=10 January 2010}}</ref>

==Early years==
At the age of 5, his father '''Brian''' gave him a small motorbike for Christmas, on which he learned the basics. At age 9 his family moved to [[Spartanburg]], South Carolina for Brian's work. By age 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 {{AMASB|1998}} he moved on to [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] with a full factory ride where he finished 3rd 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 {{AMASB|2001}} he joined the crack Yoshimura Suzuki team, and took his first AMA Superbike race win, at [[Road Atlanta]]. In {{AMASB|2003}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Racing_RiderBio.aspx?Series=12&Rider=63 | title=Countersteer Blog | access-date=23 October 2008 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094841/http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Racing_RiderBio.aspx?Series=12&Rider=63 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He narrowly failed to defend the title in 2004, also finishing as runner-up in the AMA Superstock class.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comptechshop.com/2004_ama_sstk.htm |title=GM Comptech UK Distributor for Graves Motorsports |accessdate=2008-10-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231181753/http://www.comptechshop.com/2004_ama_sstk.htm |archivedate=31 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2006 he won both the Supersport and Superstock AMA classes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biker247.com/news/7498.asp |title=JAMIE HACKING: 2006 AMA SUPERSPORT CHAMPION : News from AMA Pro Racing |accessdate=2008-10-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706194242/http://www.biker247.com/news/7498.asp |archivedate=6 July 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 2007 saw him move to Monster Energy Kawasaki where he would contend the Superbike and Supersport classes. He would finish the season 6th 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alpinestarsinc.com/jamie-hacking-sept2008 |title=Jamie Hacking | Alpinestars Inc |access-date=23 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929041118/http://alpinestarsinc.com/jamie-hacking-sept2008 |archive-date=29 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Moto GP (2008)===
Hacking raced the works [[Kawasaki Motors Racing|Kawasaki]] [[MotoGP]] bike during the US Grand Prix at [[Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca]], deputising for an injured [[John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)|John Hopkins]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://londonbikers.com/news/9088/jamie-hacking-to-make-motogp-debut-at-laguna |title=Jamie Hacking to Make MotoGP Debut at Laguna |access-date=23 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926210425/http://londonbikers.com/news/9088/jamie-hacking-to-make-motogp-debut-at-laguna |archive-date=26 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He finished a very reasonable 11th<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22072008/23/hacking-delights-kawasaki.html|title=Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News | Live Scores | Results}}</ref>

===Superbike World Championship (2009)===
Hacking also raced in the [[Superbike World Championship]] in 2009 for the [[Paul Bird Motorsport]] [[Kawasaki Motors Racing|Kawasaki]] to replace injured rider [[Makoto Tamada]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/147069/1/hacking_joins_pbm_kawasaki_for_miller.html |title = Hacking joins PBM Kawasaki for Miller|date = 20 May 2009}}</ref> Finishing his first race in an impressive 7th place at [[Miller Motorsports Park]]. This earned Hacking the next 2 races at [[Misano World Circuit|Misano]] and [[Donington Park]] although he failed to score in both.

==Personal==
Hacking currently resides outside of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. He lives there with his wife and 2 children. Hacking also owns a car performance business, JHR Performance.

==Grand Prix career statistics==

===Races by year===
([[Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Year
! Class
! Bike
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! 18
! Pos
! Pts
|-
!align="left"| [[2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2008]]
!align="left"| MotoGP
!align="left"| [[Kawasaki Motors|Kawasaki]]
| [[2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix|QAT]] 
| [[2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] 
| [[2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix|POR]] 
| [[2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix|CHN]] 
| [[2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] 
| [[2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|ITA]] 
| [[2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix|CAT]] 
| [[2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] 
| [[2008 Dutch TT|NED]] 
| [[2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix|USA]] 11
| [[2008 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix|CZE]] 
| [[2008 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|RSM]] 
| [[2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix|INP]] 
| [[2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|JPN]] 
| [[2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUS]] 
| [[2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix|MAL]] 
| [[2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix|VAL]] 
! 20th
! 5
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{sports links}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071208233012/http://www.jamiehacking.com/ JamieHacking.com] - Official site
*[http://www.amasuperbike.com/article.php?UID=BHrlgLZ6tuUKuFmULGPn9LJDc7HxYH&sc=1120&aid=10857 2007 AMA racing results]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hacking, Jamie}}
[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English motorcycle racers]]
[[Category:English emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:People from Oswaldtwistle]]
[[Category:Superbike World Championship riders]]
[[Category:Kawasaki Motors Racing MotoGP riders]]
[[Category:MotoGP World Championship riders]]

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