Aggravating injuries will keep the Yoshimura Suzuki star out of action when the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship concludes in Southern California this weekend
Following an excellent performance that culiminated in a National win at the Millville, Minnesota round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in July, Yoshimura Suzuki’s James Stewart has hit the skids again, and that bad luck will keep him out of this weekend’s Lucas Oil season finale at Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park in Southern California.
Crashes and injuries in the past two rounds have kept the 2008 AMA National Motocross Champion from finishing motos, and now it appears that the crashes have detuned Stewart enough to end his season early.
The following is a press release from Yoshimura Suzuki:
Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing announced today that James Stewart will sit out the final round of the 2013 AMA Pro Motocross season this weekend in Lake Elsinore, California. Due to recent injury, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider plans to take time to fully recover so that he can focus his efforts on preparing for the upcoming AMA/FIM Supercross season, which starts in January 2014.
“This was a tough call to make, especially since we’ve had some good momentum going after the win at Millville,” Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing Team Manager Mike Webb said. “But as a team, we all agreed that after the setbacks at the last two races, James’ time would be best spent recovering so that he can focus on Supercross testing in September. After that, we can turn all of our attention to winning the Supercross championship in 2014.”
Prior to ending the 2013 AMA Pro Motocross season one race shy of completion, Stewart raced his Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450 to overall victory at the Spring Creek National (Millville) and finished on the podium at three additional events. Furthermore, Stewart was fastest qualifier in multiple rounds and picked up five holeshots this season. In the 2013 Supercross season, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider became one of just three racers ever to have gone nine straight seasons with a win.
Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing’s next race will be round one of the 2014 AMA/FIM Supercross Championships on Saturday, January 4th, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
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