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Annandale Honda’s Ty Howard was transported to Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado for X-rays of his left hip area following a crash in Saturday’s AMA Formula Xtreme final at Pikes Peak International Raceway.

According to Annandale Honda Team Manager Anna Johnston, Howard’s left elbow was abraded “down to the bone” but she said her rider was in “good spirits.”

Howard crashed when he tried to overtake both Jimmy Moore and Jamie Hacking in one pass while braking for turn three on lap 27 of the 29-lap FX race.

According to eyewitness accounts from Moore, Roger Lee Hayden and Steve Rapp, Howard got into the corner too fast, hit Hacking broadside and went flying through the air over the top of Hacking’s motorcycle.

Hacking did not crash in the incident.

Supersport racer Jim Davis, who crashed Saturday during Supersport qualifying, was also transported to Memorial Hospital for X-rays of his left hip area and will be kept overnight.