{"id":129889,"date":"2026-01-12T05:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/129889\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T05:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:14:13","slug":"justin-barcia-extremely-beat-up-after-frightening-anaheim-1-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/129889\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Barcia \u2018Extremely Beat Up\u2019 After Frightening Anaheim 1 Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Justin<\/a>Justin Barcia walked away from a scary Anaheim 1 crash \u201cextremely beat up\u201d but without major injury, ending his 450SX main event early.<\/p>\n

Justin Barcia escaped major injury following a scary opening-lap crash at Anaheim 1, the 450SX veteran revealing that he is \u201cextremely beat up\u201d after a dramatic start to his debut aboard the Ducati Desmo450 MX.<\/p>\n

Barcia was on the pace early in the evening, taking third place in his heat race and signalling a strong start with Ducati\u2019s new machine. However, lady luck deserted him in the main event when Malcolm Stewart doubled the first triple in heavy traffic, leaving the 33-year-old with nowhere to go. The resulting collision sent both riders violently to the ground, ending both riders\u2019 nights prematurely.<\/p>\n

In a nearly two-minute video update, Barcia detailed the aftermath. \u201cWhat\u2019s up, guys? I hope everyone is well. Just wanted to get back to everyone. Scary night yesterday. It was tough practice sessions, the qualifier went better, and then the main event wasn\u2019t good. Unfortunately, someone rolled the triple, I was already committed, and I\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019s about all I remember from there \u2013 a tough one. I am happy to say I was able to walk out of the hospital under my own power. I got extremely lucky. God was looking after me yesterday. It was a really scary one, it really shows you one minute everything can be going good, and the next minute it can be gone like that. I\u2019m extremely beat up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barcia reflected on the severity of the crash: \u201cI\u2019ve throughout my career had some heavy hits, but this one is the heaviest of them. I\u2019ve never been so sore in my life. I can\u2019t really move my neck, and my back hurts really bad. That was a big worry for us, my back and I got away with it. I only broke a little wing on my back so no surgery. My spine is stable. Everything\u2019s really good so I just need to recover from here on out.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cBut I\u2019m thinking my body\u2019s feeling okay. Obviously, it\u2019s really sore. I think the next few days will show a lot more stuff. But all in all, I think we\u2019re good. I appreciate everyone reaching out to me, sticking behind me. I haven\u2019t seen the crash yet and I don\u2019t think I really want to see it. I heard it was pretty bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barcia concluded on a positive note, looking ahead to recovery and the season: \u201cThank you, everyone, very much. I appreciate it. The first race on Ducati was going good, and unfortunately, these things happen and looking forward to getting back out with my team. Thank you and see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malcolm Stewart also shared his thoughts on the incident via social media, writing, \u201cFirst and foremost, sending prayers to the Barcia family. I\u2019m gutted by how this situation unfolded and truly hope he\u2019s okay. I did sustain a shoulder injury and will update you all after further evaluation. I\u2019m going to do everything I can to be back out there. Appreciate all the love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

With both riders attending to their injuries, the focus now shifts to recovery and preparing for the next round of the 2026 AMA Supercross Championship, where Barcia will aim to resume his debut season with Ducati.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Barcia walked away from a scary Anaheim 1 crash \u201cextremely beat up\u201d but without major injury, ending…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-129889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}