The 2015 Arlington Supercross marked the beginning of RJ Hampshire’s professional supercross career, and the GEICO/Honda rider got a warm welcome in practice from the fresh red clay inside of Texas’ AT&T Stadium. Even with this gnarly intro to Monster Energy Supercross, RJ qualified for the show with the 11th fastest lap-time, qualified for the main with a 5th in his heat race and went on to finish 7th in his first-ever main event.
Not a bad debut for a healthy rookie, but today @RJHampshire posted that RJ went to the hospital and found out he was racing with broken ribs, a bruised lung with some small punctures and some internal bleeding. All of a sudden RJ’s debut went from a solid ride to an incredible performance. The @RJHampshire Instagram post went on to say “The bleeding has since subsided and he will be okay! He is still hanging out in the hospital for a little while longer while they wait for the blood in his abdomen to dry up. Believe it or not, he still wants to race this weekend.”
Big props to RJ, and we hope to see the freshman on the line in Atlanta next weekend. You can check out RJ’s crash in the video below.
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