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Jordon Smith’s season has been plagued by injury, the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider opened up about the issues he’s currently dealing with in yesterday’s Supercross round table.

After being sidelined for just shy of a year, Smith’s return to action started with a massive crash in the opening round of the 250SX West at Orlando 2. The crash nearly cost him his season, but he’s been able to line up for all four rounds so far.

Since that crash in the opening round, he’s hit the ground a few more times, picking up a host of injuries to manage as the season rolls on, which he addressed in the media round table on Wednesday.

“From day-to-day stuff,” Smith explained. “I’ve got a pretty big hematoma on my collarbone, it doesn’t bother me a whole lot riding, but my tailbone is pretty painful. Sitting in the corners and stuff it’s hard for me to sit, especially on a track like [Arlington 2] we had a few seat bounces on to three-ons, and those flat tight turns that got bumpy. I was struggling pretty bad with the tailbone bruise on that.”

Smith’s no stranger to injury, having been sidelined multiple times over the last few seasons. This season he’s decided to fight through the injuries he’s picked up as opposed to miss any action.

“At this point I just want to be racing,” he continued. “That’s what I like doing, I like going out and racing. I’m not getting any better sitting at home on the couch, so I’m just trying to go out, race, get some laps in and try and improve every week.”

He will take to the track Saturday for the last race of the Arlington residency, where he’s looking to finish the race and get to recovering and testing in the three-week break that follows.

“We have two weekends off, three weeks, [following Arlington] I think that should give my body some time to heal and give me some time to get more laps in. I think that’s what I’ve really been missing this year.”

“From December first to Orlando, I think I only had six days on supercross, with no more than 40 laps in one day, which is nothing for me I’m used to doing 60 laps, four days a week at MTF during the offseason.”

“I’ve only done maybe six supercross races in two years, so it’s just getting back into the battle and having people around you, doing more starts and just getting used to that again, I think is the end goal. We’re going to try to get some podiums and maybe a win before the end of the season.”