JACOB ARGUBRIGHT: 2019 KENDA/SRT AMA HARE & HOUND NATIONAL CHAMPION
P90
Interview
into three parts for you. You
started out strong—I think
you won the first two rounds
and had the points lead—but
then Beta's Joe Wasson came
back, won a couple rounds
and took the points lead from
you mid-season and going
into the summer break. Then
you rallied back to win the
last three rounds and capped
it off by winning the finale. At
one point there, you had to be
somewhat worried Joe had
gained too much momentum
for you to come back.
Yeah, like at round three in
Idaho, I finished about three
seconds behind him. We were
super-close and I wasn't wor-
ried. When we got to the Utah
rounds, I struggled with those
this year. Usually, those are the
two I do okay at; I've won them in
the past. But Joe was better and
Dalton Shirey was really good. At
the first Utah round, I got out-
ridden. Joe won that one, and
he was absolutely on fire. I was
worried there for the next round
which was a couple weeks later.
I was like, "It's another round in
the trees" and I'm already cal-
culating points. It's funny—at the
Sugarloafers round, we go out to
Desert Mountain [during the race]
and I don't know why, but that
big open field, I'm just not that
good at it for some reason. It's
weird. Anyway, at the next [Utah]
round, we ran into the [Little
Sahara] sand dunes. I actually
had a really good battle with Joe.
I was third off the start and Dalton
was leading then Joe, then me,
and I ended up catching Joe in
the dunes from a minute down
or something; he was pretty far
ahead off the start. So I was like,
"Cool! This is good for my con-
fidence." I kept going and that's
the round I had a muffler issue
and he ended up getting me back
and I finished third. I lost another
five points and going into the
[break], I was a little worried, but
I knew I had the whole summer
to train and reset, and having that
confidence of catching him dur-
ing the race was awesome.
The point where I was re-
ally worried was at [round six in]
Panaca, [Nevada] after the break.
Once again in the trees, he was
able to get me. I couldn't get him
and I lost another five points. At
that point, I was nine points down
[with three races left] and I was
like, "Well, worst-case scenario if
he goes 2-2-2 for the last three,
I have to win them." At that
