Andrew McFarlane & Zach Osborne Updates

Andrew McFarlane Motosport Xtreme Kawaski Update
Andrew McFarlane crashed at the Kawasaki Supercross track
last week while getting ready for San Francisco, which left
him with a dislocated bone in his hand. We hear the doctors
did what they could to get the errant bone back in place
without surgery…even putting him under so that they could
manipulate it. But in the end, they had to opt for surgery,
which means he’ll be out of action until the outdoor series.

While Andrew will be ready for the outdoor season, his
Motosport Xtreme Kawaski team is looking to fill his spot on
the team through the end of the ’08 Wet…er, West season.
Unfortunately, most of the riders with the speed and talent
necessary are already on other teams, and with the recent
rains in So. Cal., there are few places to try out a new team
member. It will be very interesting to see if they can fill the
spot in time for the final four rounds. vitalmx.com

Zach Osborne Update
We just got a call from Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy's Zach
Osborne and he gave us an encouraging update regarding the
status of his shoulder he injured in his heat race at the
season opening Anaheim Supercross. Zach had high hopes
of producing good results in this year's indoor season with
his new team, and after the practice times, things were
looking positive. It was not to be, however, as he went down
hard, dislocating his shoulder and breaking the scapula bone.
Here's what he had to say:

"Yeah, it was a bummer. I felt good on my new bike, I just
made a little mistake there and seat bounced over the bars.
I did the right thing though and took the time to get it healed
up. I actually went back east to see Dr. Medsker, then I've
been rehabbing it for two hours a day. It's actually back to
full strength already, so I'm going to get back on the bike
and see where I'm at for San Diego."

Zach also commented that the new competition rules for
2008 stipulate that once a rider so much as rides practice in
one series he may not switch coasts. racerxill.com
pics from tedescophoto.com