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his chance to get around Kelly,
figuring if he couldn't pass Kelly,
no one would be able to pass
him either.
It paid off as Kamo sneaked
past Kelly with an inside pass
dropping into a sand wash. From
there, he followed Wasson's
lead, trailing by 1:26 at the end
of the first loop, but the rougher
second loop forced him to cede
some ground due to severe blis-
ters on his left hand especially—
evidence of lack of seat time.
"The last five miles of the race,
Argubright started reeling me
in. My hands were shot!" Kamo
said. "I knew once I got to the
main sand wash, I was good
because it's pretty high-speed,
and I knew I could kind of hold
on, but the whoops, I could not
hold on!"
Kamo was 3:10 behind Was-
son at the finish and managed
to keep Argubright at bay by a
scant 20 seconds. But more
important, with Shirey's DNF,
Kamo's second straight runner-
up finish earned him the points
lead with three rounds left. He's
led before—2009 and 2010—so
it's somewhat familiar territory
and he added, "I've been in this
position before so hopefully third
time's the charm! I definitely
should probably start training."
For Argubright, the Muley run
was his first National completed
since winning round one and
breaking his arm at round two.
"Mentally, I told myself it didn't
matter [that I haven't raced much]
and I was going to push the
whole time and that's what I had
to do today," he said.
Getting sideways and stall-
ing his bike off the start on the
first silty hill dropped him from
second behind Shirey to about
sixth. "After that, I went to work
as much as I could. I felt really
good. This course is like an easy
Supercross [in that] everyone's
really close; there's not a lot to
separate guys so I knew I had to
put a lot of intensity [in] which I
did."
Pearson ended up fourth on
his Pearson Farms KTM followed
by Johnny Campbell Racing
(JCR) Honda's Preston Camp-
bell, 3 Bros./SRT Husqvarna's
Ryan Smith, Wasson's teammate
Zane Roberts, Kelly, Reflex Rac-
ing Yamaha-mounted Daemon
Woolslayer and Garrett Off-road
Racing Husky's Corbin McPher-
son, the Pro 250cc winner.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL
1. Joseph Wasson (Bet)
2. David Kamo (KTM)
3. Jacob Argubright (Kaw)
4. Axel Pearson (KTM)
5. Preston Campbell (Hon)
6. Ryan Smith (Hus)
7. Zane Roberts (Bet)
8. Evan Kelly (Hon)
9. Daemon Woolslayer (Yam)
10. Corbin McPherson (Hus)
Ruffin Dodson first
overalled the Youth
race, winning the Big
Wheel 150cc (12-15)
class to extend his
points lead. He then
went out and overalled
the C class.
