Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Pierce Brown suffered a scary-looking crash during Saturday night’s 250SX East main event in Tampa, Florida, on February 8.
Pierce was leading the race when he crashed in the middle of the whoops, landing headfirst into the face of a whoop. The race was red-flagged so he could be attended to by the medical crew.
Pierce later revealed that he suffered a broken T5 vertebra.
“I felt great all night, leading my heat and main,” Brown said. “Halfway through the main, I crashed in the whoops and unfortunately broke my T5 vertebrae. I had surgery to get it fixed so that I could get back to racing. I want to thank all my family, friends, fans, and the team for all of their support.” CN
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