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(A-D) Jayson Uribe ran into the back of Kyle Wyman (33) in Turn
Two on the fi rst lap of the Saturday MotoAmerica Superbike race at
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and both crashed. Jake Gagne
(32) and Cam Petersen (45), escaped involvement, and David An-
thony (25) avoided hitting the sliding Uribe. Photos by Brandon Swift.A
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t the start of MotoAmerica Superbike Race One at WeatherTech
Raceway Laguna Seca, Jayson Uribe was too far to the inside en-
tering Turn Two (which he later said was caused by another rider
pushing him to the inside in Turn One), couldn’t get slowed down enough,
hit Kyle Wyman, and both crashed. It quickly got worse for Wyman, when
cornerworkers tried to drag his bike out of the gravel trap without making
sure it was in neutral—and while pushing on the front brake lever—and
when that didn’t work, concluded that the bodywork was dragging in the
gravel and proceeded to rip bodywork, mounts, and attached wiring off the
Ducati Panigale V4 R racebike. After Wyman put it in neutral and helped
push, the bike was moved out of the gravel—and Wyman discovered he
had another problem.
“I was trying to [help] the cornerworkers push my bike and I felt my
wrist moving in a place that it shouldn’t be,” said Wyman. “As it turns out
I have a fractured scaphoid in my left hand.”
Wyman subsequently had surgery at the hands of orthopedic sur-
geon Dr. Maury K. Harwood, who stabilized the non-displaced fracture
with a screw. According to Wyman, Harwood told him it was a best case
scenario and that he shouldn’t have any of the problems suffered by other
racers who have broken their scaphoid bones.
60—Roadracing World, August 2019