Scott Meshey is living a purpose-driven life in a results-oriented industry

SuperMotocross rider Scott Meshey is living a purpose-driven life in a results-driven industry.

On a given week, 22 riders make their way into a Monster Energy Supercross 450cc Main Event. It is easy to overlook the 50 or so riders who don’t finish in the top 10 in a majority of races. It’s even easier to skip past the riders for whom making the night show is the first and most important milestone of their weekend.

Meshey’s last Supercross Main came last year at Foxborough, Massachusetts, a race in which he finished 21st after advancing through the Last Chance Qualifier. In fact, all of Meshey’s Mains have come via that path, riding an extra race than most factory riders on those nights. Part of the reason for the hiatus is because Meshey missed five rounds with a broken hand sustained in a freak accident while training during the week following Anaheim 1. Meshey cased a jump and when he landed on its face, the momentum pushed his hand into his chest.

“I came up short on a triple into a rhythm section,” Meshey told NBC Sports. “I didn’t quite get the lift I was anticipating and my weight kind of shifted forward into the next jump. My chest hit my hand and I fractured my third and fourth metacarpal in my right hand. And I had a partial ligament tear in my thumb. I didn’t crash or anything. Surprisingly, I saved it before I took off the next jump. But that was enough. It was just about six weeks off the bike before I was able to get back on and start practicing again before going to Arlington.

“I’ve cased jumps many times. I’ve cased the triple, I’ve cased the finish line catapult, I’ve wrecked in the whoops, I’ve crashed in rhythm sections: I’ve done it all. And I can’t say that I’ve ever had something happen like that,