Tim Neave at Oxford - UPDATE

A good night's racing at Oxford Speedway last night was overshadowed by a heavy crash involving Sideburn #10 cover star and Suzuki team rider Tim Neave, pictured above during his recent Springfield success. Several riders were involved in the pile-up on the 15th lap of the GNUK final and damage to the safety fence meant that final placings were awarded on the results of the semi final, leaving defending champion Aidan Collins winner of the third round of the championship, having dominated the night's racing with five wins. More news on Tim and the others involved as we get it. MP

This just in from Tim:
Mick, I can't remember quite what happened... caught my bars in fence coming off turn 2, went down... can't remember anything else, was knocked out! Broken left collar bone and left radius. tear in spleen and hole in lung... drugged up now, but on the mend, thanks...
Thanks to Co-Built's Anthony Brown for the pic.

And this from Short Track UK, where you can read the full report:
...disaster struck on lap 6 when it seemed that Tim Neave found some drive which ran him wide into the safety fence with his bike bouncing back into the fast approaching pack. Eight riders just piled into each other as they were flat out on the back straight, resulting in many broken bikes and injured riders on the track. After a long delay most riders managed amazingly to get their feet but Tim Neave came outof it the worst...


UPDATE 2: And, as Jamie has said in the comments, Tim's twin brother Tom knacked himself up and broke bones too. I doubt it will slow either of them up. Get well soon Tom. We weren't ignoring you, just out of the country and hearing bits and pieces over the internet and text message.