Dylan Walsh injured at FatCat - faces fitness race for Canada Heights
By Press Release on 31st May 21
Motocross Canada Heights Dylan Walsh FatCat
REVO Seven Kawasaki team leader Dylan Walsh could be forced to sit out the third round of the 2021 REVO ACU British Motocross Championship fuelled by Gulf Race Fuels following a huge crash yesterday at the Michelin MX Nationals opener at FatCat Motoparc.
The British-born Kiwi who is currently sitting second in the ACU series, just seven points behind pace-setter Tommy Searle crashed heavily and at speed in the second half of Sundays opening Fastest 40 moto, causing the race to be red-flagged.
Dylan Walsh
The good news is that the MX1 front-runner, who took two third-placed finishes in Saturdays motos at the challenging South Yorkshire sand track, hasnt broken his right leg that took the brunt of the force of the crash but hes badly beaten-up and theres now a question mark hanging over his appearance at the Kent circuit this coming Sunday.
Dylan Walsh
Dylans crash was a full-on Cooper Webb job, said team principal Mark Yates. Along the pit straight there was a load of rollers and he must have hit a kicker. Were talking 40mph, pinned in third on a 450. He was on the front wheel over two rollers with the throttle bouncing off the rev-limiter before he went over the bars and the bike drove him into the ground. The bike must have then gone another 30 feet down the track and ended up on the start straight. Its totally, utterly destroyed.
Dylan Walsh
Fortunately, nothings broken but hes got a haematoma and swelling from what the doctor said must have been a very heavy impact. Hes going to be very sore but hes a tough lad.
Dylan was the sole REVO Seven Kawasaki rider in action at the weekend while his team-mate James Dunn continues his recovery from a crash at the opening round of the ACU championship at Culham.
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