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To say that Yoshimura / Suzuki’s James Stewart has had a rough year might be a bit of an understatement. After his lengthy suspension, James returned in 2016 with the same lofty expectations that have followed him his entire career, but he only finished one main event in the entire 2016 Monster Energy Supercross season and he has yet to complete a single moto in the 2016 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. The #7 crashed and injured his shoulder in the opening moto at Hangtown, and while he made an attempt at returning at Glen Helen, he has not raced a moto since.
If James rode off into the sunset with his Hall of Fame stats and millions of dollars, nobody would blame the former multi-time Champion who’s second on the all-time SX wins list, but that does not appear to be on his agenda. What is on his agenda is waiting for his first child to come into this world. After that, though, the #7 just made it clear with a post from his Instagram account that he will be back on the gate trying to rebuild himself for a Championship run in 2017, and possibly beyond, with Suzuki.
Check out what James said from his @therealJS7 Instagram account below.
“Man… I seriously miss you guys. Haven’t been on here much lately because between recovering from my shoulder and now riding again to having my first kid on verge out popping out any moment. It’s been a very busy few weeks for me and I’ve just Been focused on my health & family.
This year hasn’t went well by a long shot so normally that would be stressful as a rider knowing there’s a chance you’re not going have an opportunity to showcase yourself before the end of the season. I’ve been blessed to have a team like @team_suzuki_racing that has shown me support thru this crazy year and will throughout the rest of my career. They’ve given me the time to be at home for the most important thing ever in mylife with my son’s birth ” he better hurry up” and hopefully starting at southwick to use the rest of this season to get back in top form for one more red plate run next year.
As a racer you can’t ask for more support then that & I will make good on my end. So I wanna thank all the boys on my team & Suzuki for they’re belief in me. Truly have an amazing set of sponsors that have the same belief as me when not many do. And that’s ok because it’ll be even my gratifying when we do. Truly the only pressure that is put on me is from myself because I want to get back to where I know I should be and I will.
So wanna thank you ” my fans” for the patience and I haven’t by a long shot thrown in the towel. I dry naturally 😂. Thanks peeps and I’ll be back soon to start the grind with the boys for the 17sx Title👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾 No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary!!”
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