Stuart Easton Update
Under: Maxxis Sport on
27 May 2011
Stuart Easton has surprised doctors with his resilience and
progress after his serious accident at the North West 200 road race
last Thursday. The MSS Colchester Kawasaki rider is being cared for
at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and will be undergoing an
operation to pin his pelvis and femur on Friday.
Stuart's wife Claire had this to say to Nick Morgan team boss
today, "Stuart is having his op on Friday, maybe even earlier if
they feel he's up to it. Fingers crossed. He wants to sleep a lot
so his body recovers. They were thinking of moving him onto a ward
today but we feel happier if they kept him where he was in
intensive care. The bruising is all starting to come out, he will
be black and blue by the end of the week! They are really happy
with his progress and gobsmacked by how strong and tough he
is!"
For the Thruxton round of the British Superbike series Alex
Lowes will stand in for Stuart on the Maxxis
sponsored MSS Colchester Kawasaki team. Alex (20) who is currently
leading the BSB 'Evo' series has been without a ride since the
Croft BSB round.
Team owner Nick Morgan said, "The thoughts of our whole team are
with Stuart, Claire and Finlay and their families. He has lots of
work to do and will need plenty of support which I know he will
get. With regards to Thruxton this is a really difficult decision
to make at such an exceptionally sensitive time and if I'm honest
both ourselves and Alex feel terrible over the timing. That said
Alex has no ride and when we approached him he was keen to try and
ride the bike and continue the great development job that both
Stuart and Gary have carried out".
Alex added "It's a strange situation because I really wanted to
get a BSB ride but this isn't how I wanted it to happen obviously.
It's a great opportunity to get out on the MSS bike but the focus
has got to be on Stuart's recovery. He's a mega racer and a real
inspiration to lots of young riders, we all want to see him back
where he belongs at BSB".
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