Corona Honda's Neil Hodgson had to get off the floor in order to finish sixth at the Laguna Seca AMA Superbike round after being skittled by Yamaha's Ben Bostrom.

In a race that was littered with incidents including Tommy Hayden launching off the start when the start lights came on then pulling off the track and using a Mazda people-carrier as a safety car after the Bostrom/Hodgson interface.

"That was pretty scary, because I saw a crash happen before it happened, because, out of the corner of my eye I saw, I'm sure it was Bostrom, go up the inside, obviously way too fast," said Hodgson.

"Obviously you know the door's already closed because people had turned. So I'd sat up before the crash had happened. Because I knew the position I was on the track I was going to get collected. So I sat up thinking I'd just missed it all. And then the next thing, you never know, it happened so fast I was on the ground. And it just instantly knocked  the wind out of myself, which it just always seems to happen to me, which is horrible.

"I've got a big rib cage, so I think I'm prone to getting winded. So I laid there for a bit until I could breathe and then got up and thankfully they stopped the race. I'd already got my bike anyway.

"The marshals had put it to the side and like leaned it on the floor. It was just like lying down. I picked it up and said, I'm not done yet. And then the re-start, I got an average start and I literally rode as hard as I could. That was pretty much the limit for me."