Justin Brayton Sidelined With Hand Injury
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2020 DAYTONA SUPERCROSS | COMPLETE COVERAGE
We saw that Justin Brayton looked beaten up on our walk back from the track to the pit lane after the 450 Main Event at the 2020 Daytona Supercross, as the Team Honda HRC rider kept with his left arm propped up and the visor on his Shoei helmet was knocked out of sorts as he walked over to the Alpinestars Mobile Medical Unit. It turned out that Brayton had a last-lap run-in with Vince Friese in a battle for 10th place, an incident that Friese acknowledged in our post-race interview.
We reached out to Brayton on Sunday morning to see if he was okay and he quickly responded that he knew his hand was broken and that he would undergo a full checkup on Monday, but was hopeful to be on the line for Indianapolis.
Unfortunately, the checkup revealed the full extent of the fracture in Brayton’s left hand and it’ll put him on the sidelines for a few upcoming rounds of the 2020 Monster Energy Supercross Series. “Unfortunately I got taken down on the last lap in Daytona which resulted in a broken hand. I was still able to finish the race in tenth but knew right away something was wrong,” shared Brayton in an Instagram post. “Gonna take a couple weeks off then have it re-evaluated. Hate I have to miss a race or two but I don’t think it’s worth risking it with limited strength in my hand.”
The Team Honda HRC press release added some more context to the situation and explained that he had fractured the metacarpal in his pinky finger, with recovery expected to take three to six weeks and aims to re-evaluate at the three-week mark, around the Seattle Supercross.
There was no indication that Team Honda HRC would field a fill-in rider for the time being, something they are not obligated to do since the team does not have a title sponsor. We will share more information as it becomes available…
