VOLUME 59 ISSUE 31 AUGUST 2, 2022 P71
CRASHING SUCKS
After Westby Racing's Superbike
rider Mathew Scholtz suffered
injuries from two crashes at Brain-
erd International Raceway on Sat-
urday and Sunday, the team made
the difficult decision to withdraw
from racing in Sunday's Super-
bike race two. Scholtz crashed
in Friday's first practice session
and bruised his shoulder. He
came back and qualified fourth
in the afternoon's first qualifying
session. On Saturday morning,
however, he crashed again in final
qualifying, and injured his wrist.
Scholtz toughed it out in Saturday
afternoon's race one and was
able to finish fourth, a solid effort
given the circumstances. On Sun-
day, the team decided that they
would withdraw from race two
rather than risk exacerbating his
injuries. "It was a rough weekend
for us," Scholtz said. "Definitely
the worst race weekend I've had
in my six years with the Westby
team. The crashes and injuries
definitely took a toll on me, and
the team felt that it was time to
call it a weekend and focus on the
next round in Pittsburgh."
ESCALANTE SITS OUT
Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki
Richie Escalante was another
crash victim at Brainerd. The
Superbike-class rookie suffered
an ankle injury after a hard crash
during qualifying.
Briefly...
