Stewart Officially Out of X Games
August 1, 2009, 2:03pm
As reported on Supercross Champion James Stewart's website (www.js7.com) earlier this evening....
After an unfortunate turn of events this morning during a Moto X SuperMoto qualifying session, James injured his left shoulder and now finds himself out of X Games 15 before his two main events have even started. “I was coming around a corner and kind of washed the front end,” James told us this afternoon. “The tire caught a little bit and I ended up slamming my shoulder against the wall pretty hard."
After a visit to a physician, it was determined that James could risk additional serious injury should he continue riding. “Yeah, I’m hurting pretty bad right now. It is very, very painful, and I can’t lift my shoulder above my side at all. If I could ride the bike I would, but there’s just know way at this point.”
Before the accident, James had moved his Graves-backed factory Yamaha into the third qualifying position, and was continuing to pick up speed. “I was feeling really good on the bike and was having a ton of fun. I was really looking forward to tomorrow’s events, but I’d still like to thank all of my sponsors for making this happen and getting me this far. I also want to thank Graves Yamaha for hooking up the bike, ESPN for all of the coverage, and all of my fans for sticking by me!”
After an unfortunate turn of events this morning during a Moto X SuperMoto qualifying session, James injured his left shoulder and now finds himself out of X Games 15 before his two main events have even started. “I was coming around a corner and kind of washed the front end,” James told us this afternoon. “The tire caught a little bit and I ended up slamming my shoulder against the wall pretty hard."
After a visit to a physician, it was determined that James could risk additional serious injury should he continue riding. “Yeah, I’m hurting pretty bad right now. It is very, very painful, and I can’t lift my shoulder above my side at all. If I could ride the bike I would, but there’s just know way at this point.”
Before the accident, James had moved his Graves-backed factory Yamaha into the third qualifying position, and was continuing to pick up speed. “I was feeling really good on the bike and was having a ton of fun. I was really looking forward to tomorrow’s events, but I’d still like to thank all of my sponsors for making this happen and getting me this far. I also want to thank Graves Yamaha for hooking up the bike, ESPN for all of the coverage, and all of my fans for sticking by me!”
