2019 Hangtown Motocross | Savatgy & Oldenburg Out

2019 HANGTOWN MOTOCROSS | COMPLETE COVERAGE

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The start of the 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship is just days away, but unfortunately, two factory-backed riders have confirmed they will not be on the starting line due to injuries each sustained in the closing portion of the 2019 Monster Energy Supercross Series. On Tuesday, both Mitchell Oldenburg and Joey Savatgy announced their absences via Instagram and stated it’s not certain when they will make it back.

For Oldenburg, the injury is a severe burn on the back of his leg, which occurred in his 250 LCQ crash at the 2019 Las Vegas Supercross. When we walked by the Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha rig that night, we noticed a large amount of melted material on the exhaust system of Oldenburg’s bike and the team told us that yeah, he had been burned by the full extent wasn’t quite clear. It sounds like Oldenburg didn’t know for much of the next week, either, because a trip to see a doctor on Thursday revealed it was a third-degree burn that needed a skin graft. Oldenburg underwent the procedure on Sunday and will be in the hospital for observation a few more days. 

Savatgy’s issues stem from his crash at the 2019 Nashville Supercross and 2019 Las Vegas Supercross. The Monster Energy Kawasaki dislocated his shoulder after a slide-out during the 450 Main Event in Nashville, but he managed the issue enough to get through Denver and East Rutherford in points-scoring positions. Battered and bruised already, Savatgy went down during the First Timed Qualifying session in Las Vegas and suffered a massive hematoma on his thigh; he attempted to overcome the pain to race the final round yet was unable to do so. The focus of the last few weeks have been on getting the two injuries handled in time for Hangtown through therapy and rest, but it hasn’t been enough to fully heal both issues. We reached out to the Monster Energy Kawasaki team and they have told us there will be no fill-in rider hired for Savatgy’s place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Been dreading making this post but I figured I should keep y’all posted! As most of you know I fried my butt cheek in vegas😂 on Thursday (5/13) I went down to San Diego to see a burn specialist just to make sure we are getting this thing taken care of. Turns out it was WAY worse than any of us had thought… the burn was 3rd degree and full thickness meaning it wasn’t going to heal. They admitted me to the hospital immediately and had scheduled surgery for a skin graft. I had surgery Sunday morning and am stuck in the hospital for minimum 5 days.. completely gutted to miss the beginning of the @promotocross series.. can’t believe something this stupid has me stuck in the hospital for 10 days or more.. sticking to the plan and not giving up💪🏻 I’ll be back👊🏻 (3rd pic is of the graft they took from my thigh)

A post shared by Mitchell Oldenburg (@freckle66) on May 14, 2019 at 3:12pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Unfortunately I won’t be lining up for the start of the outdoor series. Between my nagging shoulder injury and my leg issue from Vegas, the goal right now honestly is Colorado at best. I’m bummed, haven’t missed a start of the mx series since 2014.. but I want to get healthy and come back 100%.. sorry to let the fans down but I’m doing my best to return ASAP. #Team17

A post shared by Joey Savatgy (@versacesavatgy17) on May 14, 2019 at 5:24pm PDT