From Racerx,
January 13, 2004
Antunez coming back to AX ... and he might be bringing a friend
Five-time arenacross champion Buddy Antunez is set to return to the confines of the National Arenacross Series this weekend in Baltimore, MD. The Bud Man has been sidelined with a torn ligament on the back of his thumb.
"It was one of those injuries that started out as a nagging pain, and I never gave it time to heal, so it kept getting worse and worse," said Antunez. "I only started riding last week and I could only go for about five minutes at speed. By the end of the week, though, I could do 20 minutes, no problem. I am going to hang it out, now, because I've got nothing to lose."
Buddy also mentioned that Mr. Supercross himself, Jeremy McGrath, may be showing up at the Arco Arena in February for the Sacramento round of the Arenacross series. Antunez and his team have spoken with Jeremy about the possibility of loaning him a Honda 250F for the weekend (Jeremy already has a CR250) and MC sounded genuinely interested. The dates of that round are February 20th and 21st. Stay tuned to Racer X Online for more info....