Young Gun Elena Myers, age 14, was seriously injured Sunday when she crashed her Kawasaki ZX-6R in practice during a WERA West weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway in Buttonwillow, California. Myers is hospitalized with a lacerated spleen and a concussion, according to her father, Matt Myers. She also suffered a second-degree burn on her leg as a result of being trapped under the crashed motorcycle until emergency crews arrived. More information will be posted as it becomes available. This just in: In a phone call to Roadracingworld.com Monday at 3:30 p.m., Elena Myers reported that she is currently at Kern Medical Center but may be released as early as Tuesday morning. She also reported that it took an ambulance about 40 minutes to transport her from Buttonwillow Raceway to Kern Medical Center, and that her friends told her that she was prone and under her crashed bike for what seemed to be about five minutes (at least two laps) before the practice was red-flagged and an ambulance crew dispatched to help her. Her phone call interrupted by a move to another room, Elena Myers called back at about 3:45. “I feel pretty good, my knees are sore and my arms and my ankle hurt, and I have a burn on my leg from being caught under the bike,” she said. “I’m doing fine. I’ll be at (the AMA National at) Infineon (spectating) next weekend.” A link to a local news story follows: ~http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/A_SPORTS/805130329~