Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Priority Racing/Irish Bike’s Simon Turner broke both bones in his lower left leg Friday morning in a crash during CCS practice at Daytona International Speedway.

“We wanted to try some stuff with the motor and try the Bridgestones,” Priority Racing’s Per Hogdahl told Roadracingworld.com Friday in the Daytona paddock. “They’ve been lobbying for our business for a while now. They were working pretty well. We were trying a new profile front tire, but I don’t think that had anything to do with the crash. I suspect he highsided coming out of the International Horseshoe because his bike was lying in the middle of the track at the exit.

“He broke both bones in his lower left leg. It’s well above the ankle. So that’s good. He’s in the infield care center being stabilized right now.”

Turner finished fourth in the 2002 AMA 250cc Grand Prix Championship.