Nicky Hayden's dramatic and emotional first MotoGP victory at Laguna Seca was named one of the top moments of the decade.

Nicky Hayden's 2005 win at Laguna Seca makes SPEED's top-ten list

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, SPEED TV put together a panel of motor sports producers and broadcasters and told them to come up with a list of the Top Ten Motor Sports Moments the network has aired in its young history.

The good news for motorcycle fans: Nicky Hayden's emotional breakthrough win at the U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in 2005 came in second on the list.

The not-so-good news is this is still a car-centric nation, and SPEED reflects that. Only one other motorcycling moment (Kenny Roberts Jr.'s World Championship in 2000) made the list.

SPEED plans to air a retrospective, tentatively scheduled for May, featuring the top ten moments. Here's the list as provided by SPEED:

1. Formula One driver Michael Schumacher milestones. The Ferrari phenom’s records for most F1 championships (seven) and most F1 wins (84) were set on SPEED. SPEED has been the American television home for Formula One since the network debuted in 1996.

2. American motorcyclist Nicky Hayden wins his first career MotoGP race in 2005 at Laguna Seca, starting from the pole for the first time in his career. It was the first MotoGP race in the United States since 1994 and the first-ever live broadcast of a MotoGP event on American television.

3. The three-way photo finish between drivers Rick Crawford, Travis Kvapil and Robert Pressley at the 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season opener from Daytona. It was the first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race aired on SPEED and Crawford won by 0.027 seconds over Kvapil and Pressley.

4. Sports Car acrobatics: In 1999, at Le Mans, a Mercedes-Benz CLR piloted by Mark Webber went airborne on the Mulsanne Straight in dramatic fashion during morning warm-ups for the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car also had flipped during qualifying, but Mercedes, making its first run at Le Mans in decades, believed they had solved the aerodynamic issues. Five hours into the actual race, however, the CLR repeated the stunt, as Webber’s teammate Peter Dumbreck flipped end-over-end in the air before landing amongst tree tops just off the track. Webber’s car immediately withdrew from the event and Mercedes has not returned to Le Mans.

5. Dane Tom Kristensen wins the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Audi R8. Kristensen’s seventh victory at the historic endurance event breaks the record held by Belgium’s Jacky Ickx. Kristensen scored all seven of his victories on SPEED.

6. Corvette wins the overall title at the 2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona with drivers Ron Fellows, Chris Kneifel, Franck Freon and Johnny O’Connell. NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt along with son Dale Jr., joins Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins in a second Corvette that finishes second in class and fourth overall.

7. Kenny Roberts Jr. wins the Moto Grand Prix 500cc Class World Championship in 2000 on a Suzuki, becoming the first second-generation champion in series history. Kenny’s father won the title three consecutive times from 1978-80.

8. At the 1997 European Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher led Jacques Villeneuve in the championship standings by one point, 78-77. On lap 48, as Villeneuve was passing Schumacher, the pair got together, damaging Schumacher’s Ferrari enough to knock it out of the race. Villeneuve continued, finishing the race in third place and winning the 1997 Formula One Drivers Championship by three points. Schumacher was disqualified from the Drivers Championship for causing what was determined to be an avoidable collision.

9. Citing fears their Michelin tires would not perform at speed through Turn 13 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 14 Formula One drivers pulled their cars off the track and into the pits after the formation lap, leaving six cars to compete in the 2005 U.S. Grand Prix. Michael Schumacher went on to win the debacle — the only F1 race in the U.S. — on Bridgestone tires.

10. Tommy Kendall wins 11 consecutive events in 1997 en route to his fourth Trans-Am championship. Kendall’s dominant performance earns the California driver Driver of the Year honors.