VOL. 50 ISSUE 47 NOVEMBER 26, 2013
P75
NSHIP SERIES
(Left) Nick Burson keeps an eye on
Axel Pearson who's just passed him
for the lead early on loop two.
(Below) Justin Morrow found himself
in the thick of the fight for first after
a decent start and no dust, so he
went with it. Here he leads eventual
winner Argubright.
Champion Kurt Caselli who died
in the 46th Tecate SCORE Baja
1000 just over a week ago.
That lack of dust promised
close racing and indeed it doesn't
get much closer in desert racing
with four riders swapping the lead
back and forth the entire way. In
the end, Off-Road Support/Kawasaki of Simi Valley's Jacob Argubright came out on top for the
second time this season to seal
second place in points, but his
win didn't come easily. Purvines
Racing Beta swept the next three
positions with Nick Burson lead-
ing Justin Morrow and Axel Pearson; each of the top four led at
one point or another.
This race was originally scheduled to run in October but was
rescheduled due to the government shutdown in effect at the
time. On that original weekend,
a number of people came out to
ride the course and enjoy a more
relaxed time.
Those who did, however, had
no real advantage in trail familiarity because the co-hosting clubs
simply laid out new courses and
got them approved by the BLM in
time.
Burson, though, was familiar
with one section of the course
and it paid off when he got to
the bomb first aboard his Motul/
Dunlop/6D Helmets-backed 498
RR, though it was short-lived.
"I finally nailed the start at a
National!" he said. "Luckily for
Briefly...
his trusty Kawasaki. He intends to
sign with another team, the official
announcement coming on December 17. Another rider who is changing his program is Ryan Smith who
plans to campaign the Nationals
next year aboard his own YZ250.
me, the [AMA] District [37] race
[here] about two months ago had
that same exact bomb so I already had a line [picked out].
"I had a pretty big lead at the
end of the bomb, but I knew it
was wet so it was kind of a hindrance to be in the lead. I stayed
on the ribbon and Jake stayed
down in a wash - maybe 10 feet
difference - and he bagged me. I
stayed behind him trying to push
and then Justin and him were just
on another level from me today in
