Kiwi Luke Burkhart has been dealt a cruel blow when he broke his collar bone during practice for the up-coming AMA Motocross season.
"I am going to keep this short but far from sweet," Burkhart said. "I was out riding today at a track called Milestone and had quite a big crash, the end result was a badly broken collarbone. To say that this is a devastating blow to my USA campaign is a major understatement. I landed with one wheel off the side of the down ramp of a double and high sided. I hit the ground super hard and immediately felt the crack in my shoulder. I got up off the ground and knew straight away I was done.
"I broke my right collar bone bad enough that it is almost out of the skin. I am booked in tomorrow morning at 9.00am with Doctor Reiman in Temecula for surgery. They will plate the collarbone and I should be back riding in four weeks. Doctor Reiman is the go to guy for Motocross riders in Southern California so I should be in good hands.
"This is a very tough break for me mentally as well as physically but as you all know our sport can be cruel. We will now re-evaluate and look at changing our schedule to do some races a bit later in the championship. To all my sponsors and supporters that have got me to this point I will be doing my best to get back out there doing what I do best." Burkhart concluded.
