“Halfway through the main I crashed in the whoops. Unfortunately I broke my T5 vertebrae. I had surgery today to get it fixed so that I could get back to racing. I want to thank all my family, friends ...

T5, the level referenced in Trout's injury, is the fifth thoracic vertebra. For context, it is positioned at about the level of the upper part of the shoulder blades. Compounding the anatomy in ...