Shakey crash leaves his weekend in doubt....
British Superbikes, Croft Circuit.
SHANE "Shakey" Byrne escaped serious injury in a high speed crash during today's second practice at Croft Circuit.
The championship leader suffered tissue damage to his left shoulder, lost a tooth and was left generally bruised and beaten after losing control of his Airwaves Ducati coming out of the chicane, just moments into the session.
Tomorrow morning he will meet with medics to determine whether or not he is fit to ride.
Shakey currently leads the title fight on 364 points, ahead of Rizla Suzuki's Tom Sykes on 254.
He arrived in a position to potentially sew-up the championship by close of play on Sunday night, but if deemed unable to ride, things could soon swing the other way.
Sykes has been on a charge of late, and has nothing to lose after already securing a ride for 09 with the Yamaha Motor Italia squad in World Superbikes,
And with Sykes fastest in second practice this afternoon, it's hard to say what will happen....
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Thanks for that Zoe I saw the session get red flagged and Shakey get put into the ambulance. Glad it's not serious.
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Steve
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Yeah I saw the session too! Good thing the ambulance came right away
Good thing it’s not serious.
Any update of the current condition of Shakey? hope he is doing good.