James Stewart Injury Update 2

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (March 23, 2012) – James Stewart will not race round
12 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship this Saturday at
the Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON. Stewart, who suffered a crash at last
weekend’s event in Indianapolis has been thoroughly examined by his
medical team and the determination has been made that he is not yet
ready to return to racing.





“Unfortunately injury is a part of sports,” said team owner Coy Gibbs.
“The safety of our riders is our highest priority and we want James to
have time to recover and not risk further injury by coming back too
soon.”





Stewart’s teammate, Davi Millsaps will be on the gate in Toronto. SPEED will begin live coverage at 7:30 p.m. (EST).


*Update From James himself:

"Note from James Stewart"

It really hurts me to say this, but
after spending the last couple of days under the observation of doctors
and my family, it looks like it would be best for me to sit out this
weekend’s race in Toronto. The fall at Indy was big but aside from the
obvious, it aggravated a couple old injuries and I’ll need time to fully
recover from that.  



I know you haven’t heard a lot from me
over the last few of days, but we’ve been working hard to see what I
could and should do. I’ve tried to push through it to see where my
limitations are. And unfortunately it looks like that I wouldn’t be able
push myself at the pace needed to run with the guys out there. I’m
sorry for that.  


So at this point, there's no real time
line for my return. But we’ll be working at it again next week to
reevaluate my abilities for the race in Houston.  



Trust me, this was a hard decision to
make. And it really came down in the last few hours. After assessing
myself again today, talking to my team, my sponsors and my family, it’s
clear that I need to give myself the time to heal. So I just want to say
thank you for supporting me. To my team, thanks guys and good luck this
weekend to Davi; keep that podium streak alive! I’ll be back soon. To
my sponsors, you guys are the best, I can’t say that enough. Thank you
for the always sticking with me. And to my fans; man all you guys. I
mean all you guys on Facebook with me, my Twitter followers, all you
guys at the races or watching at home. Thank you for the love. You guys
really are the greatest. I’m working so we can get back out there soon,
win some more races and have a couple more dinners.            



Thank you all,

- James Stewart #7