Casey Keast Injury Update
After a weekend that saw young #77 Casey Keast from Kelowna, British Columbia, get his first-ever moto podium (3rd in moto 2) in the 250 class at Sand Del Lee, Casey crashed while practicing at the track early this week and was taken to the hospital by Keylan Meston to get checked out.
We spoke very briefly with Casey Wednesday evening and he said that he’s still waiting for the results of the tests on his knee and added, “…but I will be racing either way this weekend.”
We spoke with him again Thursday and he described the crash. He was coming into a corner, put his leg out and his handlebar somehow got stuck in the top of his boot forcing him to go in the opposite direction of his momentum.
After spending 6 hours in the emergency department, the doctor said they will have a radiologist have a closer look at the x ray and get back to him with what they find.
The pain is up high behind his knee and he has been walking around gingerly on it. We joked that if he gets good starts this weekend the pain will magically disappear. It’s if he gets bad starts where it may be a problem…
Casey said he will speak with his physiotherapist to discuss what can be done with taping to get him through this final round of competition this week.
Hopefully, the results of the tests will be good, but, regardless of what they find, we should be seeing Casey trying to back up that great result from last week as we return to the same track for the fifth and final round of the 2020 Rockstar Triple Crown Tour Canadian MX Nationals.
Good luck, Casey.
