Ty Masterpool Injures Hand in Supercross Season Debut—Do We See Drew Adams Race 250SX West?

San Diego, CA San DiegoMonster Energy AMA Supercross Championship Ty Masterpool had a tough go in his Monster Energy AMA Supercross season debut in San Diego, California. After Levi Kitchen switched to the 250SX East Region after an illness just days ahead of the Anaheim 1 SX opener, Masterpool jumped into the 250SX West Region alongside Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki teammate Garrett Marchbanks.

In San Diego, Masterpool qualified eighth overall then finished fourth in his heat race. In the main he was running eighth and battling championship leader Jo Shimoda until he had a wild get off on the eighth lap. In the section where some riders were pulling the triple-quad, the #26 machine went long and had a big crash. Luckily, he did not take out Shimoda, who was dealing with two broken fingers in his left hand.

Related: Jo Shimoda Finishes Seventh at San Diego SX with Two Broken Fingers on Left Hand

Masterpool got back on his bike and rode around the very outside of the track before pulling off, ending his race early. He earned one single point for 21st (Lux Turner scored 22nd after a mechanical problem earlier in the race).

In our Racer X Review Podcast with Jason Thomas and Jason Weigandt, Steve Matthes said Masterpool suffered broken fingers in his crash. Matthes stated:

“Masterpool broke fingers also. He was in a cast or a soft wrap after the race. Mitch Payton not happy, not happy that he’s out. …Looks like we might see Drew Adams. The reason Drew’s wasn’t racing is because the team’s short on parts, it’s a brand-new bike, so, short on parts, short on mechanics, they need an injury to put Drew Adams in. So, they got an injury, unfortunately, so Drew might jump in, I would think. I don’t know.”

Jason Thomas added, “Yeah, I think they need two guys, per contract stuff.”

“Yeah, so we’ll see what happens there,” Matthes added.

Unfortunately, there is no injury noted about Masterpool in either of the Kawasaki post-race press releases, just that he withdrew from the race after a crash.

Adams is currently on a Supercross Futures deal with the potential to fill-in if there is an injury. Do you think we will see Drew Adams race 250SX West? 

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Rider Time Interval Best Lap Hometown Bike 1 Julien Beaumer 16:10.796 53.850 Lake Havasu City, AZ KTM 250 SX-F Factory Edition 2 Jordon Smith 16:13.882 3.087 54.018 Belmont, NC Triumph TF 250-X 3 Haiden Deegan 16:16.569 2.687 53.512 Temecula, CA Yamaha YZ250F 4 Cole Davies 16:18.744 2.176 54.061 Waitoki, New Zealand Yamaha YZ250F 5 Ryder DiFrancesco 16:19.528 0.784 54.066 Bakersfield, CA GasGas MC 250F Factory Edition 6 Coty Schock 16:27.169 7.642 53.749 Dover, DE Yamaha YZ250F 7 Jo Shimoda 16:38.634 11.465 55.181 Suzuka, Japan Honda CRF250R Works Edition 8 Garrett Marchbanks 16:40.815 2.182 55.105 Coalville, UT Kawasaki KX250 9 Michael Mosiman 16:46.198 5.384 55.398 Sebastopol, CA Yamaha YZ250F 10 Hunter Yoder 16:48.366 2.168 55.855 Menifee, CA Kawasaki KX250 11 Anthony Bourdon 16:48.702 0.337 55.448 Hossegor, France Yamaha YZ250F 12 Cole Thompson 16:58.159 9.457 55.507 Brigden, ON Yamaha YZ250F 13 Jett Reynolds 17:00.025 1.867 56.052 Bakersfield, CA Yamaha YZ250F 14 Brad West 17:19.570 19.546 55.691 Menifee, CA Yamaha YZ250F 15 Parker Ross 16:15.667 1 Lap 56.678 Herald, CA Honda CRF250R 16 TJ Albright 16:22.102 6.434 56.368 Mt Marion, NY Yamaha YZ250F 17 Nico Koch 16:31.892 9.791 56.911 Germany KTM 250 SX-F Factory Edition 18 Gavin Towers 16:44.991 13.099 56.062 Venetia, PA Honda CRF250R 19 Dylan Walsh 16:30.560 1 Lap 58.164 Wildomar, United Kingdom Kawasaki KX250 20 Joshua Varize 17:10.447 39.887 57.438 Perris, CA KTM 250 SX-F Factory Edition 21 Ty Masterpool 6:19.595 9 Laps 55.571 Paradise, TX Kawasaki KX250 22 Lux Turner 4:01.700 3 Laps 56.590 Gardnerville, NV KTM 250 SX-F Full Results