Texas Tornado Colin Edwards was happy with his qualifying form at Laguna Seca despite having to have pain killing injections in his neck. The Tech Yamaha rider even thought he might have to pull out of the US MotoGP round because the pain was so bad.
Edwards encountered problems in finding a set-up to absorb some of Laguna Seca’s notoriously bumpy sections and seventh place ended Edwards’ impressive 2008 qualifying record as he finished outside of the top six for the first time this season.
“It wasn’t great to be honest given how well I've qualified all year, but considering I thought I was going to be on the plane home last night, I can’t complain too much," he said.
"My neck was really bad yesterday but today it was unbelievable. I had some injections and also a couple of sessions of massage at the Clinica Mobile and I feel great. But it has been a tough weekend so far and I’m expecting a tough race tomorrow. I don’t remember the track being this bumpy but on the qualifiers when you need to go so much faster, I could barely see where I was going. My head was bouncing around all over the place on the bumps."
