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© SUZUKI-RACING

DID STEW WIN?
£ Sadly the MEC
comeback did not
go to plan for James
Stewart

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With apologies to the Red Bull Straight
Rhythm race the week before the
MEC, Yoshimura Suzuki’s James
Stewart was back at his first real
race since last summer, as his FIM
mandated suspension ended. Stewart
qualified sixth, got a bad start in the
first main event and then hit the deck
with Trey Canard after that. An 18th
wasn’t good, but hurting his wrist and
sitting out the next two mains was
even worse. JS7 is fully focused on
getting into shape after a long time
off, and we still have every confidence
he’ll come out swinging at Anaheim,
but we haven’t felt this let down by a
return since Mark Barnett in 1989 with
TUF Racing.

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