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Contrary to early reports from AMA Pro Racing officials that Yamaha’s Damon Buckmaster was declared medically unfit to race at Barber Motorsports Park, Buckmaster may indeed race Sunday.

That’s the word from Yamaha Team Manager Tom Halverson. “Damon wants to race,” Halverson told Roadracingworld.com. “We, the team, are trying to determine if it’s safe for him to race or not, if he has the grip strength or not.

“There’s nothing broken. He just has a hole in his right elbow; something punctured there. And he was some soft tissue damage in his right shoulder. He must have landed on it or something, but he feels he can ride.”