AMA DISTRICT 37/GPR STABILIZERS BIG 6 GRAND PRIX SERIES/AMA WEST HARE SCRAMBLES CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 10 MARCH 11, 2014 P95
few laps of the featured AMA West
Coast Grand Prix trading first with
fellow KTM racer Gary Sutherlin-
-until he dropped out with engine
trouble just past the halfway mark
in the 90-minute race.
"After that, I just kind of tried to
ride a smooth race," Yorba said. "I
kind of backed it down a little bit
and then Jake [Argubright] ended
up catching me and he got by me
in the pits as I was getting goggles
[then] I got by him before he left
[the pits], too. After that, I just kind
of picked it up again and just rode
a smooth race."
He added, "This is probably the
second time I've raced in the mud
in a while!
"I actually thought the track was
going to be a lot worse than it was.
It was fun. I just focused on riding
smooth instead of just riding fast."
Bel-Ray/FMF/Moose Racing
Husqvarna's Argubright, of course,
had won the first two rounds of the
hare scrambles series, but this
was his first venture into the Big 6
GPs this year, as well as the first
mud run in a while. Though he
didn't get the best start, he kept
creeping up through the pack un-