Yoshimura Suzuki will not travel to Round 5 of Monster Energy Supercross in Glendale this weekend. Both team riders, James Stewart and Blake Baggett, will miss the event with injury.
Stewart, who has been dealing with concussion symptoms since a crash at the opener, wrote on Instagram earlier this week: “I’m gonna listen to my body and come back when IM ready to race. It could be this weekend or a month from now but I’m gonna do what’s best for me and not what’s best for the rest.”
According to team manager Mike Webb, Stewart underwent a series of tests earlier this week to find a source for the blurred vision he experienced in Oakland which forced him to pull out of the main event early.
“After retiring from the race with vision problems in Oakland, we encouraged James to undergo further testing and make sure he is 100 percent healthy before returning to racing,” said Webb in a team statement.
Blake Baggett, who broke his collarbone, ribs, and scapula during the pre-season, landed on his surgically repaired shoulder in a heat race crash in Oakland. He was able to make the main event in his first race back, finishing fifteenth. According to the team, Baggett did not re-break his collarbone.
“Blake took a big hit to the same shoulder he just had surgery on this past weekend. Fortunately, he hasn’t re-broken the shoulder, however it is deeply bruised and at this point he only has limited range of motion,” said Webb. “Blake is fairly confident that he should be ready to go by the following round in San Diego.”