by Aaron Hansel
Injury Report: Southwick
Friday, August 10, 2012 | 1:30 PM
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PrintJames Stewart – Hurt Wrist
Comment: Stewart injured his hand/wrist in a first-moto crash at Thunder Valley. He attempted to race at High Point, but experienced numbness in his wrist several laps into the first moto. Stewart returned at RedBud, finishing third via 6-3 moto scores, but pulled back out of the series, believing that he hadn’t made enough progress with his injury for it to make sense to race. According to the following Tweet from Stewart, he’s out for Southwick. “No wick for me this weekend, Hoping Dilla. They want me to wait a bit longer which i understand but we'll see. Be back sometime this year.”
Davi Millsaps – Ankle Injury
Comment: Millsaps will return to racing at Southwick after sustaining an ankle injury at RedBud.
Nico Izzi – Back Pain
Comment: Izzi crashed hard in the first moto at RedBud and sat the second moto out after experiencing pain in his back. Izzi missed Washougal, but will be back at Southwick.
Hunter Hewitt – Staph Infection
Comment: Hewitt has been fighting fatigue and after learning he had a staph infection, sat Washougal out. Hewitt will miss Southwick, but hopes to return at Unadilla.
Stewart will miss Southwick with a hand/wrist injury.
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Ryan Villopoto - Knee Injury
Comment: Villopoto is back riding after suffering a torn ACL at the Seattle Supercross. No word yet on a possible return date, but there has been some talk of Villopoto racing as a member of Team USA at the MXoN.
Jarred Browne – Nerve Damage in Right Elbow
Comment: Nerve damage in Browne’s elbow is affecting his right hand. Browne is out for the rest of the season.
Jimmy Albertson – Broken Nose
Comment: Albertson crashed hard at Washougal, but will be racing at Southwick.
Nick Wey – Three Fractured Vertebrae, Dislocated Hip and Broken Ribs
Comment: Wey had a terrible crash at Spring Creek that sent his bike tumbling into the creek and him to the hospital. Wey’s fractured vertebrae have been fused, and he will not be racing for the rest of the year.
Tommy Weeck - Broken Tibia and Fibula
Comment: Star-Valli Rockstar Yamaha fill-in rider Tommy Weeck broke his tibia and fibula practicing at Glen Helen and is out for the year.
Drew Yenerich – Concussion
Comment: Yenerich will miss the remainder of the season.
Davi Millsaps makes his return from an ankle injury.
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Gareth Swanepoel – Broken Leg
Comment: Swanepoel broke his tibia and fibula at Spring Creek. He will undergo surgery and sit the rest of the season out.
Kyle Peters – Dislocated Shoulder
Comment: Peters injured his shoulder in a mountain bike crash before RedBud. He raced through the pain at RedBud and Spring Creek, but missed Washougal and is likely to miss Southwick. Peters hopes to be back racing at Unadilla.
Ivan Tedesco – Hurt Knee
Comment: After taking some time off to heal up after a sustaining a lacerated kidney and broken rib in a big crash at Budds Creek, Tedesco hurt his knee at Washougal and will not be racing at Southwick.
Ryan Sipes - Cracked Hand
Comment: Sipes rebroke his hand in SLC when Jason Anderson ran into the back of him on the start of the parade lap. Sipes now has a plate and screws in his hand and will be racing a 250 this weekend at Southwick.
Shane Sewell – Broken Left Humerus and Torn Left Meniscus
Comment: Sewell will not return to racing until 2013.
Jessica Patterson – Broken Hand
Comment: Patterson broke her hand while practicing for RedBud, but still lined up to salvage a few points. Patterson underwent surgery for her injury, and will be racing the rest of the series.
Rockstar Energy Suzuki's Hunter Hewitt will miss Southwick after after learning he had a staph infection before Washougal.
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Matt Moss – Illness
Comment: Moss missed RedBud and Spring Creek due to severe illness. He will not be lining up at Southwick.
Brett Metcalfe – Broken Tibia and Dislocated Wrist
Comment: Metcalfe went over the bars when his bike ran out of gas in a rhythm section at Glen Helen Raceway in Southern California. Metcalfe underwent surgery for his injuries and is out for the season.
Kyle Cunningham – Injured Ankle
Comment: Cunningham did further damage to an already injured ankle when he hooked a rut with his boot at Budds Creek. Cunningham will not be racing at Southwick.
Comment: Huddleston is undergoing physical therapy and hopes to be racing at The Lake Elsinore National.
Sayaka Kaneshiro - Injured Wrists and Ankle
Comment: Kaneshiro sustained injury while practicing for RedBud and is out for the season.
Myles Tedder – Broken Foot and Labral Tear in Shoulder
Comment: Tedder crashed at Budds Creek on the last lap of the first 250 moto, breaking a bone in his right foot and tearing the labrum in his left shoulder. Tedder was looking at a three week recovery, but opted to take some additional time off to have surgery to repair a nagging problem with his shoulder. Tedder may be back for the final race at Lake Elsinore.
Jarett Pesci – Injured Knee and Calf
Comment: Pesci hopes to return to racing at some point in August.
Amanda Maheu - Torn Labrum
Comment: Maheu’s injuries will keep her out of competition for the rest of the year.
Darryn Durham - Dislocated Shoulder and Torn Labrum
Comment: Durham injured his shoulder practicing before the start of the outdoor season and is out for roughly three months.
Tedesco is back on the sidelines after injuring his knee at Washougal.
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Dean Wilson - Injured Shoulder
Comment: Wilson attempted to race Hangtown with a shoulder injury sustained in supercross, but it didn’t work out. Wilson underwent surgery, and is likely to miss the rest of the outdoor season.
Cole Seely - Ruptured Kidney, Lacerated Liver and Whiplash
Comment: Seely crashed hard in SLC and while there is not an exact timetable on his return, he is expected to miss most of the outdoor season. Seely recently tweeted the following: “Well everything with my injury is good except my kidney. Having surgery on it soon then I should be able to ride shortly after that.”
Bryce Vallee - Lacerated Liver and Kidney, Two Broken Femurs, Three Pelvic Fractures, Shattered Left Elbow with Radial Nerve Damage, Fractured Collarbone and Multiple Fractures in Lower Spine
Comment: Vallee suffered a horrible crash while leading a race at Pala Raceway. After being landed on multiple times, he was airlifted to Palomar Hospital and underwent two surgeries, with rods inserted in both femurs and three plates and 33 screws used to repair the left elbow. After multiple surgeries, a month in the hospital and much hard work and therapy, Bryce is now walking again much to the surprise of his doctors. With the help of Eddie Casillas of Asterisk Medical and Charles Dao of ICON Sports, here is a video of Bryce walking for the first time on May 30th at the ICON facility in Murietta, less than 2 months after the crash. Donations for medical expenses can be made at www.brycevalleemx.com.
PJ Larsen - Foot and Knee Injury
Comment: In Toronto, Larsen went down hard during practice in a rhythm section, sustaining injuries to his knee and foot. It is unlikely that Larsen will return to racing in 2012.
After suffering a big crash at Washougal, which resulted in a broken nose, Top Jimmy will be racing Southwick.
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Jimmy Decotis - Torn ACL
Comment: Decotis crashed while practicing and tore his ACL. The injury effectively takes Decotis out of action for the rest of the year.
Chad Reed - Broken Tibia and Fibula, Broken Ribs, Broken T6 Vertebrae and a Torn ACL
Comment: Reed is back on the bike, but it is unlikely that he’ll enter any of the remaining Nationals.
Trey Canard - Injured Back
Comment: After a terrible crash in Los Angeles, Canard was released from the hospital on January 29 and was able to return home. Canard plans on making his return to racing in 2013.
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Ummmm, JS is not hurt. Pingree just sent out a pic of Stewie practicing at Elsinore.
Anyone know why Josh clark isn't racing?
How is it that Jimmy Decotis is still out with an ACL but RV is already on the bike??
.Also how about the respect for RV even talking about him for the MXD!!
It is an easy way to keep your name out there- just keep saying you will race, and then not show up. A lot easier than actually racing...
I seen Bubba practicing too. If Suzuki keeps telling him to lay off,
why does he keep riding. At least that's what he says the people around him
tell him. Stick to SX only, you'll hopefully at least stay together for the season.
IZZI, glad your back but scared to see you on that Yam.
Stewie @ CompEdge video on MXA website. ...Yeah. looks real hurt.
Obviously, you don't get back off the couch and go do a national. It takes training to get back in shape to ride at national caliber speed. Reed's back on the bike and so is poto, but no bags on them. Everyone seems to a doctor or knows how they feel. I don't know why everyone is a JS7 hater. I would like to see anyone on here go to Comp Park and try to keep up with him.
Guys I went to Loretta Lynns this year and they did an intro for the 2013 KX450F models and they talked to Ryan about the mxdn. He said that yes he thinks he could be ready for the mxdn by the time it comes around, but no he is definately not up for it unless he was forced to by team usa. He said that theres a whole lot more for him to lose at the mxdn than there is to gain. However he did say that it is totally a go for the monster cup in october. It sounded like our best team would be Dungey, Barcia, and Baggett
@gfd971,, I think its beacuse Zuk wants him to do more testing.. Just my opinion..
What a Joke, The guy that has no injury is the one with the biggest write up.
If Stewart was on workmans Comp he would be arrested and charged with Fraud for faking an injury... And the media should go down with him for aiding a criminal.
"Nice RacerX, Deleting my post now??? hurts when the truth be told I guess"
Josh Clark Is gonna race the rest of the Canadian nationals, jimmy decotis is going to be back in October on the bike,
ACL surgeries, like racers, are not all created equal. Someone like RC or RV can afford to have someone snuffed that matches their blood type. There's a huge market for this in Central America (skin color does not matter, weird eh?).
Privateers on the other hand. must wait for a wino to expire on their own, (wink wink), and even then, they may have to do the surgery themselves in the garage. Or, worse yet, have their own damaged knee be repaired like in the olden days. A painfully slow recovery.
Yes, Decotis got dropped.
Hey biker143
Last I checked, Stewart is not even getting paid to race this summer. His contracts starts in 2013. He's not on workmans comp. In fact he's not even getting paid when he shows up at the races. If he feels like he needs more time let him take it.
If he shows up in 2013 doing the same thing, Then I would say your point has some merit. And even then, we just don't know whats going on behind the sense, so I'm always willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt.
The way Stewart gets hated on in these forums, you would think he slapped some ones mom. All he is doing is NOT racing.
I don't care if Stewart never raced again, I'm still gonna respect him. I have seen this guy do things with a bike that no one else has. 40th to 1st with plenty on time still on the clock in that moto. He could have passed another 20 guys. In his prime he was a beast. He didn't just beat guys, he left them way way in the dust. He pretty much invented the Bubba Scrub.
All I'm saying is show some respect to all the top riders, They have all done way more then we ever did.
I think the 5 may have broken James' brain. Even though 7 won Freestone, (great ride) it had to be a bit unsettling for him to know that Dunge was EXACTLY the same speed. James seems to thrive on blazing lap times and intimidation, but that has no effect on Ryan. You can't intimidate the 5. We may not see James again till A1.
"Moss missed RedBud and Spring Creek due to severe illness." That doesn't sound good at all. I wonder what's up with him.
Not a Stewart hater but if he does not race at Unadilla i doub't you will see him until A1.
Sad about Hewitt! But at least he knows what's wrong and getting better! MX Bob: You are right about Moss. I wonder what's wrong?
Stewie is out practicing on a certain track, getting an unfair advantage, so he can look like a hero for all his fanboys at the end of the MX season.
Yeah, looked really injured in the video posted at lake Elsinore! Adding to his credentials I guess.
And Yup Yup, the reason js7 gets hated on so much here is that even when he us out "injured" he gets more press than the guys in the top 5 of the series. Even the guy leading! Why is that? Kook at his record of not racing vs. Racing. This is nothing new.
SX/MX is basically a year round sport and when you only do half the year(and the half I consider filler)you find others to follow that do it the way real men have done it for years,fans of the Nationals are the hardcore fans of the sport and you say your not doing them cause you prefure your little cookie cutter 17 rounds of the same track week after week your gonna get s#%t.
I hope JS7 stays out and fades away, also loses big time this winter at SX. Tired of his whining and poor sportsmanlike behavior.