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Queenslander Mike Jones has spent the break since the last round of the Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship at Mallala in recovery mode after having broken his left scaphoid in a mountain bike training accident.

However he is confident of succeeding at his home track this weekend despite the setback. While preparing for this weekend’s event, Jones suffered a broken scaphoid during a mountain bike exercise, fundamentally impacting his test plans and preparations for the Queensland Raceway event.

“Unfortunately two days after the previous round I broke my left scaphoid in an incident whilst training on my mountain bike,” he said. “Disappointingly I haven’t been able to ride my Crazy Dogs Kawasaki ZX-10 and I opted to miss testing last week, so as to get the maximum amount of healing time before racing this weekend.”

The 20-year-old will be undertaking an intense physio regime in order to ensure he is best prepared for the weekend’s six races over two days.

“The cast came off [yesterday] and I’m doing some physiotherapy exercises to try and get 100 percent mobility from my hand,” he continued. “I’m hoping that it won’t be much of a hindrance for me on race day, I’m sure the adrenaline will ease the pain. I’m still confident for good results and I would really like to win and be on the podium.”

Jones enters the Queensland Raceway round 12th in the standings after finishing 10th overall at Mallala’s second round.