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demption. My hat's off to him."
Jacob Argubright claimed the
final spot on the podium, just as
he did at his last WORCS event
over two years ago. Argubright
has spent most the year recov-
ering from a wrist injury, but it
didn't show in his performance
this weekend as he battled for
the final podium spot with Justin
Morgan for several laps.
"I was riding behind Justin
[Morgan] for quite a while, but
he ended up stalling his bike,
and I took third," said Argubright.
"I'm pretty happy with third. I
planned on doing all of these all
year, but this is the first one I've
been able to make it to, and I'm
glad to be back. The pros are re-
ally coming back, so it's getting
a lot more competitive."
Seeds was riding a "classic"
Kawasaki KX250 in Washington.
He started fast, but faded near
the end. "That was a hard-fought
race," said Seeds. "I got off to
a great start. I was leading for a
while, but Ricky was on it. I let
him go rather than clean myself
out. I tried to run his pace, but
those guys really know how to
run these woods. This 12-year-
old KX250 can still show people
up at the start."
For Seeds, his top-five finish
boosted him into the top-five in
the championship.
The WORCS points leader
Robby Bell returned to competi-
tion this weekend after a hard
crash three weeks ago at Glen
Helen, which knocked out nine
teeth and fractured his jaw.
Despite not riding since the
accident, Bell salvaged some
valuable points this weekend,
finishing seventh and eighth on
Saturday and Sunday.
"I came here just to finish, so
I'm ecstatic with my finishes,"
said Bell. "I figured if I lost 25
points or less [it would be good
enough]. I did better than that.
I came in here to make sure I
didn't hurt my ankle anymore
and not catch my face on a tree.
I'm leaving here healthy so that's
good."
Bell's finishes in Washington
allow him to hold onto a 39-point
lead going into the final two
races of the season.
While Eric Yorba finished
ninth on Sunday during the
Main event, he was on fire on
Saturday as he went on to claim
his first WORCS Pro win in the
WORCS X race.
"I got a decent jump and was
able to put the power down,"
said Yorba. "After the first turn,
I was running my own race.
I could hear Gary [Sutherlin]
behind me, and it was scary. He
was a little further back than I
thought he was, though, so I just
kept enough of a gap and got
the victory."
Ty Tremaine rounded out the
WORCS X Pro podium behind
Sutherlin on Saturday for a KTM
podium sweep. Tremaine was in
the running for another podium
finish on Sunday when he went
down and mangled his motorcy-
cle, forcing him out of the race.
Fortunately for Tremaine he was
not injured in the get off.
In the Pro2 class, Dalton
Shirey claimed both wins in
Washington which gave him a big
boost in points over Justin Wallis
finishing in second and third.
Logan Chambers claimed the
Pro 2 Lites class win in domi-
nant fashion on Saturday during
WORCS X, but the top honors
on Sunday went to Dante Oliveira
with the win followed by Carson
Giles and Mitch Anderson.
Harlen Foley
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
HARLEN
FOLEY
It was a rough weekend for KTM's Gary Sutherlin,
especially after starting Sunday's race with a crash off the
start, but he rebounded to collect runner-up honors.
