ASBK rookie sustained concussion in heavy crash.
727 Moto Racing’s Broc Pearson has provided an update following his weekend ending fall at Wakefield, stating he avoided any major injuries in that warm-up crash at round two of the Mi-Bike Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) despite being knocked out.
Pearson made the step up to the premier class this year following championship success in Australian Supersport last season, a highlight in 2022 coming when he qualified P8 on debut at Phillip Island.
After qualifying 14th at Wakefield, Pearson was pushing to get things sorted in Sunday’s warm-up session when he high-sided at turn six, bringing an end to the session and his round three.
“On the Sunday morning warm-up session, when I high-sided I landed on the back of my head pretty hard, I had a concussion – I knocked myself out for a couple of minutes,” Pearson explained to CycleOnline.
“Once I sort of woke up, I guess I hit my head quite hard, it felt quite heavy, I couldn’t really lift my head off the deck, then from that, they thought maybe I picked up a neck injury.
“That’s why I got transported down to Canberra, just to take some precautionary scans to make sure everything was fine, but I got cleared later that day that there were no fractures or injuries, just a bit of bruising around in that area that was causing the pain. Other than that, was just a concussion.
“Got cleared to come home, will probably have to have a couple of weeks off the bike, but other than that I’m okay.”
Round four of the 2022 Mi-Bike Australian Superbike Championship takes place at Hidden Valley Raceway on 17-19 June, giving Pearson seven and a half weeks to recover and build before the next stop on the calendar.