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According to Corona Extra Suzuki spokesman Tim Saunders, Jimmy Moore was injured when he hit a tree outside turn one at Brainerd, after crashing and sliding along on his back for about 230 yards.

“They measured it off,” said Saunders Friday morning. “He said he remembered everything, watching the woods coming up. He was fine until he hit the tree.”

Saunders said the tree Moore hit was about 4.0 inches in diameter.

Moore suffered a badly broken arm, broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and a broken hip in the incident.

Turn one at Brainerd is taken at near full throttle in top gear, at about 170 mph on a GSX-R750 like Moore was riding. Moore tucked the front approaching the corner apex and lowsided, according to eyewitness reports.