Chad Reed Crash?

Question

Does anyone know the deal with Chad's shoulder? I saw the race where he hurt it in qualifying. Whats the deal!

Answer 1

He claims he's spitting up blood and broke his scapula. He crashed and went over the bars. He made it to the main event and got 8th or tenth some where in there.

Answer 2

i was there 4 rows up and watched it happen he took a hard digger but never landed on his shoulder he went over the bars and landed hard on his back (anyways chad lies bout his injuries)

Answer 3

He broke his shoulder in practice and the vomiting of blood was due to abdominal contusions.  He was taken to hospital but checked himself out and tried do the last chance qualifier but pulled off due to pain and the fact that he was only allowed to take shelf level pain killers under ama regulations.  He then used his provisional entry option to get into the final and went out  but went down in the first turn ending up in 21 place but worked his way up to 12th.  Chad has a 16 point lead against Kevin Windham and only a week to recover enough to race again.

Going over the bars is also enough to break the bone in the back of your shoulder and both my sons have done it.