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Jacksonville Supercross
– "It was devastating, and it
looked like it was not really
over, but it was going to be a
close race after that.
the next step, and one that put looked like it was not really over,
me on top.
but it was going to be a close race
after that. But then James [StewYou started the Supercross art]ended up DNFing a race, too,
season with a couple of wins so it evened out. It was a blessing
and you built a good lead,
on my part that [James] DNFed,
but then in Jacksonville, you
because it could have gone a
crashed in your heat and then
again in the LCQ and that different way if he hadn't. It's all
cost you a lot of points in the racing, though. I DNFed, James
title chase. What were your crashed and Trey Canard ended
up winning that night. But it all
thoughts after that?
It was devastating, and it wound up working out in the end.
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How did it feel to finally get
that championship? When you
moved from the Lites class,
everyone was expecting you
to make an immediate impact,
and you did, but it took a while
to get the championship.
It felt good, I had a shot at winning it last year but I got hurt. And
then to come back and win it this
year, especially with everybody in
the class - nobody was out, nobody was hurt - that was pretty
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