AMA DISTRICT 37/GPR STABILIZERS BIG 6 GRAND PRIX SERIES/AMA WEST HARE SCRAMBLES CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 10 MARCH 11, 2014 P97
"I haven't been in a mud race
in a long time--maybe since I was
on an 80! It's probably been at
least 12 years or something," he
mused. "That was different from
the get-go.
"I knew I was in third or second
the whole race. Me and Argu-
bright were riding together quite
a bit. One of us would hit a lapper
and maybe get kind of messed
up by that and one of us would
go by [the other], something like
that.
"Eventually I was in second
and had a pretty good gap [over
Argubright] then my fork seal
blew and I have air forks! So I lost
all my air in the one fork [leg] so I
was riding a stink bug around. Hit-
ting bumps, it was like bottoming
- bam, bam, bam - everywhere!
Argubright was back behind me
so I waved him by like, 'Hey man,
this is as fast as I'm going to go.' "
Northern California's Brian
Garrahan did the hare scrambles
crowd proud by nabbing the hole-
shot on his Garrahan Off-road
Training Husqvarna and ended
up fourth. "I saw the forecast and
it looked like rain so I figured I'd
give these young kids a run for
their money in the mud because
that's what I'm good at," he said.
"It was tons of fun, a super-good
course; it wasn't muddy enough,
but it was muddy enough to have
fun. I had a smile on my face. The
main thing today is I don't care
how I do--just to get that feeling
again and I had that feeling today
the last half of the race and that's
great to have."
Three Bros KTM's Kevin Bar-
bosa claimed the Pro II win and
fifth overall after teammate Nick
Stover had an engine problem.
(Stover would be credited with
fourth in class and 12th overall.)
Wilson's Motorsports KTM-
mounted Morgan Crawford took
the Vet Expert victory with his
sixth overall followed by Heavy-
weight Intermediate winner Josh
Nunes and Pro II riders Blayne
Thompson and Michael Del Fan-
te. Purvines Racing Beta's Justin
Morrow continued his recovery
from the flu for 10th overall and
fifth Pro after a heavy crash. CN
1. Eric Yorba (KTM)
2. Jacob Argubright (Hus)
3. Colton Haaker (Hon)
4. Brian Garrahan (Hus)
5. Kevin Barbosa (KTM)
6. Morgan Crawford (KTM)
7. Josh Nunes (Kaw)
8. Blayne Thompson (Hon)
9. Michael Del Fante (Yam)
10. Justin Morrow (Beta)
