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Aaron Gobert lost control of his Graves Yamaha YZF-R1 during Formula Xtreme practice Friday afternoon and hit an unpadded concrete wall at Road America.

Gobert was riding on slicks and it had just started to sprinkle when the crash occurred.

Gobert’s bike bounced back onto the track and the session was red-flagged.

According to eyewitness Chris Ulrich, who was behind Gobert when he crashed, Gobert highsided up over his bike exiting Canada Corner but hung onto the handlebars. Gobert was dragged along the left side of the bike, which turned left and headed directly into a bare concrete wall, past haybales positioned in normal impact areas exiting the turn.

The front end of Gobert’s Yamaha was broken off by the impact.

When cornerworkers arrived to move the machine, it leaked fluids on the track.

Cleanup efforts took just about an hour.

AMA Pro Racing officials issued the following statement:

“Yamaha rider #96 Aaron Gobert–has been transported to Valley View Hospital after going down in turn 12. Update to follow.”


This just in: According to Yamaha’s Tom Halverson, Gobert suffered a broken left wrist and a concussion.