Broken Femur sidelines Tucker
Two weeks ago at Mill Creek MX, Tucker broke his femur! At the Goodtime National Championship, he was running in 8th place with three turns to go on the final lap and hit some HUGE breaking bumps. He flipped and the femur snapped about 3 inches below the hip. After being airlifted out of the track, he had surgery the following day where two pins were placed into the leg. Unfortunately, due the location of the break there was an enormous amount of pain and he didn't get to come home for 4 days.
However, all that is over now and Tucker is home and improving quickly. He anticipates being off the bike for approximately 3 months, but is anxious to ride again and continue with the enormous improvements he made in 2007. Unfortunately, he is going into his 2nd straight year with an injury that prevents winter training, but he will bounce back and do great things!