National Enduro and GNCC racer suffers broken collarbone and partially collapsed lung – News Release
Corona, CA – February 16, 2012 – Fred Andrews Racing (FAR) Husqvarna racer Andrew Delong was injured on Saturday, February 11 while training in Florida for the National Enduro series. Delong suffered a broken collarbone and a partially collapsed lung.
“This is really disappointing to face just before the start of the 2012 GNCC series,” FAR team owner Fred Andrews said of Delong, who is slated to contest the XC2 Lites class. “At this point we’re not sure if Andrew will be ready for the opening round on March 13th, but we’re 100% behind him either way.”
Andrew is scheduled to undergo surgery on Tuesday, February 21 in Jacksonville, Florida to repair the broken collarbone.
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Husqvarna Motorcycles, a part of the BMW Group since October 2007, are widely known and respected in the off-road world for a heritage of competition and numerous motocross and enduro world championships. Originally founded in Sweden in 1903, Husqvarna motorcycles have been designed and manufactured in Varese, Italy since 1987.
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Husqvarna Motorcycles NA, LLC is part of BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North, Central and South America is located in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Husqvarna has continued to expand its professional race team to compete in AMA National Enduro, GNCC, EnduroCross, the AMA Western Hare Scrambles Series and WORCS championships. Husqvarna team riders are competing aboard 2012 Husqvarna TC250, TC449, TXC250, TXC310 and TXC511 off-road models.
