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Wasson On A Role
T
hree weeks ago, Beta USA's
Joe Wasson had yet to overall
a round of the Kenda/SRT AMA
Hare & Hound National Cham-
pionship Series, Presented by
FMF. After round three in Murphy,
Idaho, he joined that elite crowd
of overall winners.
And now, at round four—the
59th Cherry Creek Hare &
Hound, hosted by the Sugarloaf-
ers Motorcycle Club at the Little
Sahara Off-Highway Vehicle
Area—he backed that initial tri-
umph with a second consecutive
victory.
In doing so, he moved into a tie
at the top of the points table with
Off-Road Support/TBT Racing
Kawasaki privateer Jacob Argu-
bright, 106-106, with 3 Bros./SRT
Husqvarna's Dalton Shirey split-
ting them in second place for the
day. Wasson's record through the
first four rounds is 3-2-1-1, while
Argubright has gone 1-1-2-3.
"I'm ecstatic right now, so ex-
cited!" Wasson said. After a pretty
good start, the Motul/GPR Stabi-
lizers/Fly Racing-backed 430 RR
rider continued, "I think I came
out about fourth [at the bomb].
I was able to get past [Purvines
Racing Yamaha rider Nick] Bur-
son, and I think [Garrett Off-road
Racing KTM's] Kadin Guard was
in front of me maybe.
"So I was able to [hold] sec-
ond, and we had a pretty quick
pit [at the end of the 25-mile first
loop]. As Dalton pulled in for gas,
I was able to sneak by him right
there and I just kind of put it in
overdrive and set the cruise control
and went for it."
Shirey had pulled the holeshot
on his FMF/Zip-Ty Racing/Troy
Lee Designs-sponsored FX 450,
and though he led the first loop,
he confessed he struggled. "I was
leading the whole first loop, but I
was riding super-tight—I had arm
pump and stuff," he said.
After getting passed while pitting
the first time, it got worse, Shirey
said.
Joe Wasson scored
his second career and
second consecutive
H&H National victory
at Cherry Creek.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
(Above) After running
away with the Pee Wee
race for the fourth time
this season, Maddix
Park and Taeson Smith
(left) celebrated with
the post-race sparkling-
cider spray.
