The former World Superbike rider Simon Crafar has been seriously injured while riding an Enduro bike in Romania after being hit by a car according to reports. He was immediately air-lifted from the scene and taken to Barcelona in Spain.
It was reported that he had fractured a vertebra in the accident and has undergone a nine-hour operation to have a metal plate inserted to stabilise his spine.
The 40-year-old from New Zealand, won the Malaysia Superbike Championship back in 1991 before joining the World Superbike series in 1993.
In 1994, Crafar was riding alongside Aaron Slight on the semi-works Rumi Honda RC45 before moving to the Kawasaki team for a couple of years from 1995.
In 1998, he rode WCM Yamaha in the 500cc Championship where he took the win at Donington Park and finished seventh overall.
Crafar returned to the World Superbike Championship in 2000 as a replacement rider for Aaron Slight for two rounds and in 2002 raced in the British Superibike Championship for the Yamaha team, where he completed two podium places and ended the year eighth overall.
It is believed that Simon’s wife is with him at his bedside and that he has movement in his legs which is a good sign, let’s hope he makes a quick and full recovery.
Here is a little clip of Simon Crafar in action;
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