VOL. 54 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 P29
CRUTCHLOW INJURES FINGER
F
ollowing an accident while at his training base
in Italy Sunday, September 4, Cal Crutchlow
suffered an injury to the index finger on his left
hand. He was admitted to Pistoia Hospital and
seen by Dr. Riccardo Simonti, who diagnosed
a "lesion of the extensor tendon of the second
finger," which was subsequently sutured.
The LCR Honda MotoGP rider, who is currently
eighth in the MotoGP Championship, then trav-
eled to Parma to the headquarters of the Clinica
Mobile, where he was evaluated by Dr. Michele
Zasa and Dr. Luca Guardoli. He had surgery to
repair the finger.
Crutchlow still hopes to race at the San Marino-
Rimini Riviera Grand Prix at Misano World Circuit
Marco Simoncelli, September 10.
"Unfortunately, I sliced my finger with a knife
yesterday and it severed the tendon on my left
index finger," Crutlow said. "I slept on it, but as
the bleeding continued this morning, I went to the
emergency room at Pistoia
Hospital, where it was dis-
covered that the tendon was
severed. I then had an opera-
tion on my finger to reattach
the tendon and then stitch it
all back up.
"I was taken care of very
well at the hospital, they did a
good job. Since then I visited
a hand specialist in Parma
who made me a splint for the
finger to give me every oppor-
tunity to ride at my best this
weekend for the San Marino
GP. I am sure it will be diffi-
cult, but I will try one hundred
percent as always. Let's see
how it goes." CN
LCR Honda
MotoGP's Cal
Crutchlow had
surgery on his
injured finger
and hopes to
still race the
San Marino GP,
September 10.
FIRE RAVAGED TRAILS
RE-OPENED IN CALIFORNIA
T
he Bureau of Land Manage-
ment has reopened nearly
100 miles of trails in the Fort
Sage Off Highway Vehicle Area
near Doyle, California, giving
OHV riders and drivers access
to the area after a temporary
closure caused by the Long Val-
ley Fire.
The blaze burned with vary-
ing intensities across the OHV
recreation area about 40 miles
north of Reno. In some areas,
the fire-which started July 11
and burned more than 83,000
acres before it was contained
on July 24-completely burned
grass and shrubs, while in oth-
ers the fire burned in a mosaic
pattern, leaving islands of un-
burned plants. CN
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
