Saturday Evening Moto News - James Stewart & Hopper

It turns out that the injury which James Stewart took at the Phoenix AMA Supercross round. The x-rays missed a broken bone in his hand, but an MRI picked it up. So, he must undergo surgery soon and Dr. Arthur Ting, well-known sports surgeon, completed the surgery on Friday. Stewart could be out for six weeks!

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It is FINALLY official; John Hopkins has signed with Team Hammer to campaign their M4 Monster Suzuki GSX-R1000. He has done it a few times before, and the field is much more limited than usual. It looks like Hopper will pick up another Championship in Daytona SportBike - could happen, right?

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John Hopkins is Out of World Superbike for 2009

Apparently, Hopper injured his brain - causing a small hemorrhage which has stopped bleeding - when he fell at Nurburgring in Germany. Dr. Ting, in the US, discovered the damage and has told him to sit out the rest of the 2009 season and to be observed over the next 6 weeks. It seems that Hopper is cursed...

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