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Having been out of action since Tampa Supercross in February, Monster Energy/Yamaha Star Racing’s Pierce Brown made his long-awaited return to racing at round 9 of the Pro Motocross Championship at Ironman on Saturday.
In his first action since suffering a a broken T5 vertebrae in Tampa, Brown qualified 10th in the 250 combined sessions Saturday morning, but found himself 24th on the opening lap, and then unfortunately had a big crash around the halfway mark, ending his day early.
According to a team statement, Brown sat out of Moto 2 as a precaution and will seek further evaluation after the weekend.
“The day started off well, and we had a good qualifying,” Brown said in a press release. “Unfortunately, I got cross-jumped and hit the deck in Moto 1, and sat out of the second moto as a precaution. I woke up pretty sore this morning, so we’ll get some scans early this week to make sure the body is all good. We haven’t had a lack of adversity this year, but the goal hasn’t changed.”
“Unfortunately, Pierce had a big crash in the first moto,” said team manager Wil Hahn. “He will get looked at this week and will see how the week goes, and hopefully see him at Unadilla.”
An update on his status will follow at a later time.
