Daniel Blair Out for Remainder of 2010 Supercross Season

San Marcos, CA (February 2, 2010)- Monster
Energy Supercross Lites rider #125, Daniel Blair, announced this past weekend
he will sit out the remainder of the 2010 Supercross Season.

Daniel posted the following on his website, www.Blair125.com:

“I
am pretty bummed to announce that the 2010 SX season is done for me. Last
weekend I re-injured myself pretty bad and although I was hoping that I would
be able to ride through the injury and salvage the season, I don’t think
it is going to be possible. After talking it over with my family as well as my
agent, we have decided the best move is to have surgery and take care of the
problem. This was a very hard decision for me to make. I have put so much work
into the last 3 years and I know that this year I was ready to take that step
and contend for the podium, staring in Indianapolis.

I am not
sure how long I will be out exactly. My number 1 priority is to make sure that
I am 100% before I come back and whether that takes 6 weeks or 6 months, I have
to make sure I do what’s right for my body. I will continue to update
this website and keep you all posted on my recovery.

I want to
thank everyone for their support! I would like to thank all the great sponsors
who have teamed up with me for the 2010 season and I can’t wait to get
back out there. Thank you Bully Dog Technologies, O’neal, TCCI,
Americraft, AiRide Suspension, Jardine, C4MX, Gaerne, Renthal, Factory Backing,
EVS, Scott Goggles, Dunlop, Works Connection, UFO, Motorex, No Toil, Vanquish,
Faction MX, EVOMX, Ride Engineering, Slaton Racing, DVS, and Speed Factory.
Most importantly, I would like to thank my family, my wife Maggie, and Todd
Ballard at NXTagency.”

Blair hopes to be ready to race in SX at this Summer’s
X Games before preparing for the 2011 SX season. Daniel and his brother
Vincent, who also races SX, will also be working on some new music to be
released this Spring.

Be sure to follow Daniel Blair on his road to recovery at http://www.Blair125.com, http://www.Twitter.com/Blair_125
and on http://www.facebook.com/DanielBlair125