AMA SBK: Waters airlifted after Californian testing crash
Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters has crashed during a shakedown test with the Rockstar Makita Suzuki AMA Superbike team at Willow Springs International Raceway in California.
Suzuki's Josh Waters crashed in testing at Willow Springs overnight.
American publication Roadracing World is reporting that reigning Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters has crashed during a shakedown test with the Rockstar Makita Suzuki AMA Superbike team at Willow Springs International Raceway in California.
It’s reported that Waters was airlifted from the circuit as a precaution after suffering a concussion and a soft tissue neck injury, combative as medical staff were putting him into the helicopter. It’s a normal procedure to transport riders with closed head injuries via helicopter at the desert-based Willow Springs venue.
Waters was testing in preparation for the upcoming Mid-Ohio round of the AMA Superbike Championship on 16-18 July as a replacement for injured Suzuki regular Blake Young, also scheduled to contest the Laguna Seca round alongside the MotoGP World Championship on 23-25 July.
Willow Springs is a non-championship circuit based in Southern California, Waters’ crash coming on the ultra fast run between Turns Eight and Nine during the morning of the test after he had an off-track excursion according to sources.
Stay tuned for an update on Waters, the 23-year-old also currently defending his ASBK title, which is set to continue at Queensland Raceway on 20-22 August.
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