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some success, but it didn't
seem like you reached the
goals you and Husky had, for
whatever reason.
I think I was still developing
my speed and racecraft at that
point. I never really figured it
out until some years later. I was
developing as a rider [still] and
I was too young. It was a big
change. I think it took me the
first year to really understand
how the factory worked—I was
with them for four years—and
what they expected. Then I think
it was just finding my racecraft;
I wish I would've applied myself
[then] as I do now. I wasn't that
young, but I didn't work as hard
as I do now, having no one to do
it for me.
In 2018 you were on Yama-
has with Chidester Transport
Racing and you were only
there for the year. It seems
like that was an interim step
before getting back on Ka-
wasakis and wearing your
trademark orange helmets.
Yeah, it was a one-year deal
and I liked Chidester—it was
cool—but at that point, I just
wanted to ride a Kawi [again].
Actually, I was going in to buy
new Yamahas and I went to go
see my old Kawasaki dealer (Ka-
wasaki of Simi Valley, California),
and I looked at one. About 20
minutes later, I walked out with
a Kawi. I had such a rough year
with Chidester, not because of
[team owner Dallas Chidester];
it was just bad luck and I kind of
just said, screw it. I'm going to
do this. What else do I have to
lose?"
Had you not done that,
where do you think you'd be
now?
Probably still with a Yamaha,
I would say. I probably would've
been riding by myself as a
privateer. I didn't necessarily
agree with Chidester and all his
sponsors he had [for the team].
I just wanted to do things myself
and have total control [over my
program].
I think a lot of people like
having control over their race
programs, but you've been
one of the exceptions in
"OH MY GOD,
I'M GOING
TO DO THIS!"
NO ONE
ELSE WAS
AROUND ME
AND NO ONE
ELSE CAN
SHARE THAT
EXPERIENCE
BUT ME. I WAS
LIKE, "WELL,
THIS YEAR
WAS MINE."
Argubright and his wife
share a special moment
after wrapping up the 2019
hare and hound title.
