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Recently crowned BooKoo Arenacross
Champion.Josh Demuth dealt with var-
ious injuries throuShout the season, in
particular
a broken hand suffered at the
opening round in Fort Worth, but he
still manated to put his Team BabbitCs
Enxus Oil Kawasaki on the box enouth
times to claim the championship title in
the inaugural BooKoo Arenacross
Series. The 27-yeer-old, who is also a
two-time AMA Arenacross Champion,
rode with severe
pain
at the final event
in Tulsa, but he held on to finish wath
enough
points
to edte Suzuki Fun
Center's Shane Bess for the title.
Somethint that made the title extra
special for him was the fact that his
father, Randy, who has worked as his
mechanic lor the entire series. was on
hand !o witness the memorable event.
cn: How docs it f€cl to finallg
g€t
th€ titl€ wrapp€d up?
i€hdemuth:
This
year
was oire of the
tolEhest
years
I have
qrer
had in racing.
I think I only raced one evenr rhis
year
rviere I wasn't busted up. lt wa.
iust
a
struggle, ard I am
going
through a few
personal
things at homes, as well, which
iust
made for a tou8h
year.
HavinS my
hther with me this
year
and having faith
cn: How big a fartor was
having
gour
dad
wftfr
gou
this
gcar?
ioshdemuthr
lt was
$ed.
My dad and I
haw b€€n racint for
a
really
long time,
but I have ne,rer won any championships
with him - |
won them with
lack
Yost
when I rode for Motion
Cycle Sports.
For u3 to win a championship totether
was
sorylething
I
have always wanted to
do
for
him, and we accomplished it. All
of thore y6ars of us ridin8 toSether when
I was a little kid, and now all the trainint
and riding has finally
paid
off. He
has
never
Siven
up on
me; a lot of
people
had written me ofr after last yerr
-
after
ye.an
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