air filter in his Kenda/FMF/ Fly
Racing-sponsored 430 RR,
he quickly got his bike running
again but not before Argubright
slipped past after stopping first
to ask if he was okay. They fin-
ished a second apart, Argubright
first through the chute to clock
two hours, 56 minutes and 20
seconds for the 123-mile race
on his Kawasaki of Simi Valley/
Golden Tyre/Fly Racing-backed
KX450.
"I was worried, for sure, [after
that horrible start]," Argubright
said. "I knew it was going to be a
long race. You've just got to keep
chugging along, and I was just in a
hurry the whole day. I don't know
how to describe it. Like leaving
the pits [and] coming into them, I
gave the pit guys a nod that I was
going to stop because they were
freaking out [that I wasn't going
to stop, but] I slammed on the
brakes, and I made it."
In the final 43 miles, Argubright
nearly threw the race away when
he slammed a rock with the rear
rotor guard, which then rubbed
against the rotor and left him with
no rear brake for the last half of
that section.
"I was still right behind him at
that point, [but I thought], 'I don't
know if I can do this,' " Argubright
admitted. "But then I caught a
little bit of a break, and he had his
issue."
After a fourth-place start behind
STI/3 Bros. Husqvarna's Dalton
Shirey, Garrett Off-Road Racing
KTM's Kadin Guard and STI/3
Bros. Husqvarna's Ryan Smith,
Wasson was able to get past
Smith and Guard, but it wasn't
until Shirey's chain reportedly
broke that the Beta rider moved
into the lead with Argubright in tow
a couple minutes behind.
"It was a bummer because I led
the whole thing," Wasson said. "It
was a lot of effort."
VOLUME 56 ISSUE 37 SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 P37
(Left) Jacob
Argubright came
from behind
to nab his first
win since round
two at the Dirty
130 National
Hare & Hound.
(Right) Daemon
Woolslayer's
chances for the
Pro 250 title got
a boost when
he won for the
second time this
season, while
points leader
Zane Roberts
DNF after
crashing in the
first turn. PHOTOS:
MARK KARIYA
