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Annandale Honda’s Ty Howard underwent surgery at about 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to pin together a fracture in his left hip and place a skin graft on his left forearm.

According to Annandale Honda Team Manager Anna Johnston, Howard was in good spirits, said he would be out of action for four weeks and hoped to return to race at Mid-Ohio July 25-27.

Johnston said she wasn’t sure of the exact location of Howard’s fracture, but said that doctors told her that it was in the best possible location for a hip fracture.

Johnston said that Howard’s bike would be waiting for his return but did not rule out the possibility of putting another rider on Howard’s Hondas at Road America, Brainerd and Laguna Seca to “give exposure to Honda, Michelin and all our sponsors.”

Howard suffered his injuries when he collided with Jamie Hacking during Saturday’s Formula Xtreme race and crashed in turn three.