Copyright 2003 Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Kevin Schwantz has three broken metacarpals in his left hand, the result of a STTARS supermoto race crash Sunday, April 6 at California Speedway in Fontana, California.

In a phone call to Roadracingworld.com Tuesday, Schwantz confirmed the fractures in the bones that run from the knuckles to the wrist, adding, “Everything’s lined up, and the breaks are toward the back at the big parts of the bones, which is better for healing than if it were the smaller parts of the bones.

“I’ll be getting a cast here in a couple of days. I’ll have that on for two, three weeks then probably go to a splint. But I should be ready for the first (AMA) Supermoto National in July.”

Schwantz plans on competing in the entire AMA Red Bull Supermoto National Championship on a modified Suzuki DR-Z400.