Press Release

Demuth Wins To Capture Third AMA Arenacross Series Championship on Night One in Denver









AX
Catanzaro Wins Lites Western Regional Title for
GPF
Championship Sweep






DENVER, Colo.
(March 26, 2010) – It was
a night of champions inside the Denver Coliseum as night one of the 2010
AMA
Arenacross Series finale from Denver crowned a pair of champions in both
the
AMA Arenacross class and the AMA Arenacross Lites Western Regional
Championship.
In the premier class, it was Babbitt’s Monster Energy/TiLUBE
Kawasaki’s Josh Demuth, of North Richland Hills, Texas, capturing his
sixth win of the season en route to claiming his third AMA Arenacross
Series
title. A first-time winner stood atop the podium in the Western Regional
Championship, but it was GPF/Babbitt’s Kawasaki rookie A.J. Catanzaro,
of
Middlefield, Conn., who relied on a runner-up effort to secure his
first-career
championship.






As the
gates dropped on the AMA Arenacross
class main event, it would be a battle between Babbitt’s teammates and
close friends Demuth and Chad Johnson, of Rhinelander, Wis., to
determine the
outcome of the 2010 title. Coming into the race, Demuth held a 22-point
lead
over his teammate, putting Johnson in a must-win situation in order to
stay
alive in the title hunt heading into Saturday night’s final race.






Tuf
Honda’s Heath Voss, of Mico, Texas,
took advantage of the opportunity to compete on one of the series’ best
rides, grabbing the holeshot and the early lead. As the 25-lap main
event
approached the halfway point, Voss looked to have things in control but
tipped
over heading into the rhythm section. Demuth was able to take advantage
of
Voss’ misfortune and led the rest of the way while Triple Effect
Kawasaki’s
Gray Davenport, of Lehi, Utah, kept him honest with a runner-up effort.
Voss
recovered to rebound third.






With a
healthy 20-point lead over his closest
competitor, Catanzaro could take a conservative approach to the 18-lap
main
event. U Motors Honda’s Tanner Redimann, of Bismarck, N.D., grabbed the
holeshot off the gate and went on to dominate the remainder of the race,
leading every lap for his first-career arenacross victory. Catanzaro’s
runner-up effort was enough to take the Western Regional Championship
while Gnarbars/Colorado
Powersports Honda’s Kyle Calderini, of Colorado Springs, Colo., finished
third in front of his hometown crowd.






The 19th
and final race of the
2010 AMA Arenacross Series kicks-off tomorrow night from the Denver
Coliseum,
beginning at 7 p.m. MT.






Tickets
for all rounds of the 2010 season can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com
and www.arenacross.com.





For more
information on the AMA Arenacross Series log on to www.arenacross.com.





AMA
Arenacross Class Results (Denver, Colo.)
– Night One



1.            
Josh
Demuth, North Richland Hills, Texas, Kawasaki



2.            
Gray
Davenport, Lehi, Utah, Kawasaki



3.            
Heath
Voss, Mico, Texas, Honda



4.            
Chad
Johnson, Rhinelander, Wis., Kawasaki



5.            
Jeff
Gibson, Thornville, Ohio, Honda



6.            
Dave
Ginolfi, Hopatlong, N.J., Suzuki



7.            
Willy
Browning, Pleasantville, Ohio, Honda



8.            
Nathan
Skaggs, Chillicothe, Ohio, Honda



9.            
Tanner
Reidman, Bismarck, N.D., Honda



10.         
Zach
Ames, Prospect, Ohio, Honda



 



AMA
Arenacross Lites Class Results (Denver,
Colo.) – Night One



1.            
Tanner
Reidman, Bismarck, N.D., Honda



2.            
A.J.
Catanzaro, Middlefield, Conn., Kawasaki



3.            
Kyle
Calderini, Colorado Springs, Colo., Honda



4.            
Hunter
Meyer, Black Forest, Colo., Kawasaki



5.            
Tanner
Moore, Auburn, Kan., KTM



6.            
Ricky
Draper, Bellevue, Neb., Honda



7.            
Travis
Smith, Lancaster, Calif., Yamaha



8.            
Rustin
Meyer, Black Forest, Colo., Honda



9.            
Jake
Locks, Dixon, Calif., Kawasaki



10.         
Brandon
Jones, Denair, Calif., Kawasaki



 



AMA
Arenacross Class Points (After Race 18 of
19)



1.            
Josh
Demuth, North Richland Hills, Texas, Kawasaki – 376 



2.            
Tyler
Bowers, Danville, Ky., Kawasaki – 348



3.            
Chad
Johnson, Rhinelander, Wis., Kawasaki – 347



4.            
Jeff
Gibson, Thornville, Ohio, Honda – 294



5.            
Nathan
Skaggs, Chillicothe, Ohio, Honda – 278



6.            
Zach
Ames, Prospect, Ohio, Honda – 261



7.            
Gray
Davenport, Lehi, Utah, Kawasaki – 235



8.            
Dave
Ginolfi, Lake Hopatlong, N.J., Suzuki –201



9.            
Tyler
Bright, Lexington, N.C., Yamaha – 185



10.         
Willy
Browning, Pleasantville, Ohio, Honda – 164



 



AMA
Arenacross Lites Class Western Regional
Points (After Race 9 of 10)



1.            
A.J.
Catanzaro, Middlefield, Conn., Kawasaki – 197



2.            
Cory
Green, Nowata, Okla., Kawasaki – 160



3.            
Jim
Neese, Clinton, N.C., Yamaha – 113



4.            
Travis
Merrill, Quincy, Ill., KTM – 95



5.            
Travis
Smith, Lancaster, Calif., Yamaha – 87



6.            
Ricky
Draper, Bellevue, Neb., Honda – 86



7.            
Brandon
Jones, Denair, Calif., Kawasaki – 73



8.            
Jake
Locks, Dixon, Calif., Kawasaki – 65



9.            
Parker
Eckman, Tustin, Calif., Honda – 63



10.         
Tanner
Reidman, Bismarck, N.D., Honda – 59



 




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