Oakland, California (January 24, 2015) – Round four of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series is set to get underway with morning qualifying at noon today in preparation for tonight’s action. Missing from today’s program will be AutoTrader.com/Toyota/JGR Yamaha’s Weston Peick, who underwent a second surgery on his foot this past Monday. According to team manager Jeremy Albrecht, Peick’s surgery went well and his is expected to miss from four to six weeks before returning to action.
Peick first broke the foot at the Phoenix round and doctors inserted a screw in the break the following week. Peick was advised he could ride Anaheim 2 provided he could stand the pain, however, early in practice the Yamaha ride landed hard over a jump and re-broke the bone.
“Weston said he felt it snap when he landed from the finish line jump at A2 and he pulled in and got it x-rayed at Asterisk Mobile Unit and you could see that the same little piece broke off,” said Albrecht. “So he flew back with us and he went to a specialist that Joe (Gibbs) thinks is the best and he ended up having surgery on Monday, and basically removed the piece.”
Peick’s first checkup with be 12 days from this past Monday and Albrecht says they will know more once the foot is evaluated.
