Garry Hayes started his road race career racing a Yamaha RD250LC.  He quit racing in 1985 due to a lack of money and a need to finish college.  That was probably a good thing as time was to show that he was a better race engineer than motorcycle racer!  At that time he started working with then club hot-shot Kev Mawdsley.  Garry worked with Mawdsley for nine seasons which culminated in three National Championships, many National wins and a wild card entry to the 1993 British 125cc Grand Prix.

Team Hayes Racing started in 1991 when Mawdsley was unable to secure competitive machinery for that year.  Garry purchased a new Suzuki RGV250 for Kev to race in the British Supersport 400 series.  Mawdsley started the season on a great note by winning the British Supersport 400 Spring Cup series, beating factory machines from Yamaha and Suzuki.  Later in the year, Garry did a deal with Raceways Motorcycles where Kev would ride a new Honda RS125 in the British 125cc series and John Atkins would race the Suzuki in the MCN British Superteen series.  For 1992 and 1993 Garry worked again with Mawdsley with the 125cc Honda where Kev was the man to beat in Britain.  He also scored numerous top five finishes in the Spanish 125cc Championship and a 19th place in the British 125cc GP.

At the end of 1993 Garry took a sabatical from racing until he moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1996.  Once there he worked with AMA 250GP rider Kent Shoemaker for two seasons, winning two Expert Championships.  Then for 1998 Garry worked with Tom Jenson who won 53 races on a Suzuki GSXR750 and proved to be one of the top Amateurs in the US that year,  A chance meeting at the Isle of Man TT put Garry in touch with New Zealand factory rider and TT winner Shaun Harris.  They put together a one-race deal for Shaun to race the AMA Supersport and Formula USA races at Daytona for 2002.  Garry had three weeks to build a new Suzuki GSXR600 which Shaun took to 16th (second non-factory rider) in the AMA race and 6th in Formula USA.  Later in 2002 Garry built a new Yamaha R1 for Stacey Young to race in the GLRRA series.  Young rewarded Team Hayes with a victory on the machine on his first outing.

2003 saw Team Hayes Racing expand to a two rider team with Tom Jenson on a new Yamaha R6 and Young on the Yamaha R1.  Jenson was impressive all year with many wins, a WERA regional championship and a strong showing at the Grand National Championship.  Young was running strong in the WERA Expert championships until a huge crash at Barber Motorsports Park effectively ended his season.  The highlight was undoubtably Shaun Harris' one-off ride at Grattan on the R6 where he had a monumental battle with track champion Larry Denning.

2006 proved to be a phenominal year for Team Hayes Racing with relative newcomer Dave Grey.  Garry Hayes went to a track day in Florida in January 2006 with Dave and started working with him on motorcycle set up - it was clear that Dave had huge ability.  Despite Dave only having raced a handful of times, at the end of the weekend he was a second off the class National lap record at Jennings on a two year old Suzuki GSXR750.  The deal was made for Dave to ride with Team Hayes Racing for 2006.  With a new 2006 Kawasaki ZX6-RR Dave made headlines at Jennings with front row qualifying and top ten finishes.  He followed that up at BeaveRun, PA with his first ever win. He scored his first National podium at Autobahn in the rain and was denied his first National win when he slid off while leading.  Dave Grey was really catching the headlines!

At the close of the regular season Dave had won one WERA Expert Championship, finished second in five others and third in three more.  An incredible feat.  The final race of the season was held at Mid Ohio, the AMA Sports Grand Championship Finals.  Dave was quick in qualifying with a first, two seconds and a seventh.  In the National Championship events Dave scored a second and a third and he got a respectable sixth in the Pro Am race.  He was one of three riders in the running for the prestigeous AMA Horizon Award, previously won by riders such as 2006 AMA Superbike Champion Ben Spies and factory rider Jason DiSalvo.  Unfortunately Dave crashed out of the lead of his final race ending his chances but it still showed what a great season he had had.  Team Hayes Racing are proud to be associated with Dave Grey in a very successful 2006 race season.