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Roadracingworld.com’s Chris Ulrich underwent surgery at Dr. Art Ting’s clinic in Fremont, California, today. Dr. Ting used a plate and 11 screws to repair a displaced fracture of Ulrich’s left fibula.

Ulrich broke his leg when he went off-road to avoid crasher Chris Peris and jumped an embankment between turns three and four on the first lap of the WSMC Toyota Cup F1 race at Willow Springs Sunday. While he managed to keep his GSX-R1000 upright, Ulrich’s left foot slipped off the peg and his left leg was caught between the footpeg and the ground when the bike landed.

Ulrich was riding a Roadracing World project GSX-R1000 which had been put together by Ken Hill of Hayward Kawasaki Motorsports and which first rolled on a racetrack on Friday, November 14.