Ryan Villopoto’s Seattle Crash Causes Knee Injury, Forces Surgery, Out For 2012 Season
The 2012 Seattle Supercross proved to be a major turning point for Ryan Villopoto. RV’s two year wining streak came to an abrupt halt in front of his hometown fans. Villopoto had already claimed the 2012 Supercross championship in Houston, the earliest any rider has clinched a Supercross title in 39 years. Unfortunately, as posted in an earlier ChronicMX.com report, RV took an odd first turn spill, in front of his loyal Seattle fans, and suffered a severe knee injury. The packed stadium watched in dismay, as the champion rolled around on the ground grasping his leg.
Team Kawasaki assured everyone that Villopoto had no significant injuries…but the sad news soon emerged that they were mistaken. We reported an Update shortly after the event, that X-Rays and an MRI, possibly revealed a torn ACL or some other possible knee damage. Unfortunately, not only will Villopoto not make the 2012 Salt Lake City Supercross next weekend …he is also out for the entire 2012 Outdoor Motocross season. The two time AMA Supercross champion and defending AMA Outdoor national champ will be sidelined for the rest of the year.
After getting the MRI results, Villopoto realized his injury was much worse than originally thought and shared the bad news…planned surgery and an end to his 2012 racing schedule. RV’s knee surgery was today, April 26th, and RV seems to be ok. The surgery is a fairly routine procedure, and there have been no reports of any major complications. As expected, RV fans are very disappointed. The entire motocross community seems to now be focused on something else…the one big question: Is this the motivation that James Stewart needed to ride the outdoors?
RV get well soon! Stay tuned for updates via: http://www.facebook.com/ChronicMotoX . Cheers Rocket 88.
Kenny G.
My intire 2012 year is now turned up side down.No need to watch the outdoor now.Jake Wimer for gods sake please answer the Kawasaki call, you can do it.Just kidding. On a serious note though.It took our hero Dale Earnhardt to lose his life before nascar put up soft walls.Injuries in Motor X have plagued many riders in the past.I don’t know what the answer to all the knee injuries are but I wish AMA would look in to it. My wife and I love the sport and can’t wait for january to come.As a racer many years ago and still a regular rider today I no what extreme physical demand is on these guys to win.I watch in truly amazment though at the tallent and physical conditioning these kids are in .Ryan hope you have a good recovery you are our next hero.
brian
chad reed should get christophe pourcel to ride he’s bike now that ben townley is out
Chronic MX
That would be pretty cool. No doubt Pourcel can fly. Not sure how the Aussie and the Frenchman would get along though! LOL
brian
Well if chad reed realy wants a title for two two he realy needs to hire bubba lol
Chronic MX
That would be one hell of a thing to see! Bubba on team two two working for REED! they would certainly have a shot at any title…unfortunately it will never happen, but hilarious to envision
RD4EVER
The visions that pop into my head when I hear people say that reed should hire Bubba just make me laugh. It seems as though everyone has forgotten, to put it bluntly, hate each other! Now imagine putting the two under the same tent with Reed calling all the shots. If Bubba can’t even last 1 year with JGR then he defiantly can’t last 1 race with Reedy as his boss. It amuses me that people even suggest that haha!
Chronic MX
It sure would be one heck a funny site to see! Just think about the drama that would ensue. NO MORE DRAMA. Lets get back to racing and leave the drama for reality shows