Cypress California, February 8, 2008 – Yamaha Factory riders
Grant Langston and Broc Hepler will unfortunately be out of
action at this weekend’s San Diego Supercross due to injuries.
Team Yamaha Supercross Lites rider Broc Hepler suffered a
broken thumb in a small crash during practice at Anaheim III.
Broc immediately flew home to Pennsylvania on Sunday
morning after the race to have his doctor check out the extent
of the injury. Minor surgery was deemed necessary and Broc
had pins placed in his thumb on Tuesday. Luckily no incisions
were necessary. As for the length of recovery, Broc is expected
to be out 4-6 weeks. He should be back in action baring any
complications in time to finish up the West Coast Lites series in
Seattle and race the season ending finale in Las Vegas. After
that Broc is looking forward to focusing all his attention on the
AMA Motocross Lites Championship.
Team Yamaha Supercross rider Grant Langston decided not to
race at Anaheim III after suffering from blurred vision in his
left eye that made focusing very difficult. After escalating the
issue through three different eye specialists, a diagnosis was
made at the prestigious UCLA Medical Center that Grant has a
cluster of leaking blood vessels near the retina in his left eye.
Grant is scheduled to begin treatment for this condition early
next week. The expected recovery period is 4 weeks. Grant
will definitely be out for San Diego and Houston, after that
things will be revaluated. supercross.com & Yamaha Motor
Corp. pic from tedescophoto.com