Jordan Jarvis knows how tough it is to blaze a new trail in SuperMotocross

When things get tough, sometimes they only seem to get tougher and that’s how the weekend went for SuperMotocross rider Jordan Jarvis at Daytona International Speedway. 

Set to be the only female rider taking on the 2023 edition of the Ricky Carmicheal-designed Supercross course at Daytona International Speedway, Jarvis went into the weekend with high hopes, even though she only had the chance to train for Supercross since mid-October, unlike the top riders that have been training since October and racing for the last eight weeks. 

Luck would not be on her side this weekend. The weight of her preparation lay heavy on her shoulders.

During Media Day for the Daytona Supercross race, Jarvis made a mistake on a small jump when she missed her back brake pedal and was sent to the ground. In the split-second decision, she pulled her arms in and the impact of the fall radiated through the bottom half of her arm and elbow. 

Unwilling to quit, Jarvis checked in with Alpine Stars medical team before Saturday’s free practice, got taped up, popped an Ibuprofen and headed to the course. But the writing was on the wall before she completed her first jump as her dad had to help her zip into her suit.

“When that happened,” Jarvis said to NBC Sports, “I was guessing that it wasn’t going to work.  And when I took off towards the front of the group and hit a couple of breaking bumps it hurt.”

She thought to herself: “The whoops are going to suck.”

“I just came over the face of a jump and was in excruciating pain,” Jarvis said. “I cried out immediately, in tears trying to just push through it, but I couldn’t, so I just pulled off the track.”

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Still, this year Jarvis made it