Photo by: Chase Yocom
We are not sure what is going on with Justin Barcia‘s injury, but this is a strange one. The #51 showed up and rode at press day for the Unadilla National, but then he was later told he was not yet cleared to race. We thought he would definitely be at this weekend’s Budds Creek National, but yesterday his JGRMX / Suzuki team put out this press release.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (August 17, 2017) – After consulting with his doctor, Autotrader/Suzuki/JGRMX team rider Justin Barcia has not been cleared to race this weekend’s round of the 2017 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship series at Budds Creek. This unfortunate news comes as the result of Justin Barcia crashing in the final practice session at Washougal.
Barcia was looking forward to racing Budds Creek on Saturday, a track he has fond memories of racing at. In 2015, “Bam Bam” won the overall against a stacked field. Since turning pro in 2009, Justin hasn’t placed worse than fifth overall at Budds Creek, with an average overall finish of 2.85. We will provide an update on Justin Barcia’s status for the final round of the series, to be held at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on August 26th.
