IN
THE
WIND
P24
YORBA GETS
DIRTY AT
GLEN HELEN
WCGP
F
MF/RPM Racing/Bonanza
Plumbing KTM's Eric Yorba
played in the mud and came out
smelling like a rose at the Big 6
WCGP/West Hare Scrambles
National at Glen Helen Raceway
over the March 1-2 weekend. In
wet, windy and muddy condi-
tions, thanks to a rare Southern
California rainstorm, Yorba took
top honors in the weekend's pre-
mier race - the combined AMA
West Coast Grand Prix and West
National Hare Scrambles Series.
started to creep away from Argu-
bright, who pulled off his goggles
and had trouble seeing. He fin-
ished about two and a half min-
utes behind Yorba, but still leads
the Hare Scrambles Champion-
ship having already won the first
two rounds of the series.
Third overall went to Rockstar/
Lucas Oil/JCR Honda's Colton
Haaker.
Former National Hare Scram-
bles champ Brian Garrahan,
who grabbed the early lead on
his Garrahan Off-Road Training
Husqvarna, ended up fourth,
with 3-Brothers KTM's Kevin Bar-
bosa winning the Pro II class in
fifth overall.
Eric Yorba won the combined
AMA WCGP/West National
Hare Scrambles at Glen Helen
Raceway.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
KTM-mounted Gary Sutherlin
gave Yorba a race until his bike
gave out, then Husqvarna's Ja-
cob Argubright gave chase for
a while. At one point, the two
were neck and neck until Yorba
NO TESTING
FOR MARQUEZ
Repsol Honda's Marc Mar-
quez was ruled out of the Mo-
toGP test in Australia, the World
Champion being advised by his
doctors that his broken right
fibula was not healed enough to
take part in this week's on-track action at Phillip
Island.
Marquez broke his fibula (the smaller of the two
bones in the lower leg) in a dirt track training ac-
cident. A checkup last week with Dr. Mir in Bar-
celona showed that the injury was not sufficiently
healed for the Bridgestone tire test.
"I'm obviously disappointed that I'm not in
Sepang at the moment and to miss Phillip Island is
also unfortunate, but we believe it is the best deci-
sion," Marquez said last week in a team release.
"After my meeting today with Dr. Mir, although he
was happy with the general situation of my leg af-
ter only seven days since the accident, he advised
against taking unnecessary risk. So I will take time
to rest and get myself as fit as possible to return to
Qatar for the first race in the best shape possible."
There won't be any
testing for Marc
Marquez prior to
the season opener
in Qatar.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
