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Jacob Argubright (22 seconds
behind) and Rocky Mountain
ATV/MC Yamaha-mounted Jus-
tin Morgan (another 30 seconds
back). However, both would run
into problems that dropped them
backâArgubright smashing the
clutch cover on a rock badly
enough to warrant replacing it in
the pits, and Morgan foiled by an
apparent electrical gremlin that
kept killing his engine. Argu-
bright managed to fight back to
17th overall, 11th Pro/AA, while
Morgan dropped to 51st overall
and 15th Pro/AA.
With those two no longer a
factor, SRT's Graffunder gladly
took advantage after a less-than-
ideal start. "I knew I probably
wasn't going to get a good start,
but I thought [the four-stroke]
would be better overall [here],"
he explained. "I had to battle
through the pack. I never ride
out here so I don't know this
area. It hard to push and be ag-
gressive when you don't know if
you're going to fly off a cliff."
About an hour into the two-
and-a-half-hour race, Graffunder
found himself in second, but
there was no catching Burson
while Coy also shadowed Graf-
funder, staying within striking
distance in third. It marked the
first podium finish of the season
for last year's series number two
who said, "A few of the guys
made mistakes early, like Cory
and I think Axel [Pearson] so I
was able to get by them. Cory
got me back, but all in all it was
a good race; I'm happy with
where I finished. So far, this
year's been tough for me so to
get back up on the podium, I'm
super-happy."
Purvines Racing Beta's Pear-
son finished fourth after a crash
or two followed by Alex Dorsey,
Kudla, Justin Bonita and Ryan
Smith. Justin Sanders and Vet A
winner Quinn Cody rounded out
the top 10 overall. Mark Kariya
One of the best races of the
weekend saw Tyler Kipp (left) come
back from injury to top the Pee Wee
class, though he had his hands
full fighting off a determined Betsy
Edwards.
Dante Olivera won
the FMF Pro 250
class for the second
time this season,
giving him a few
more points over
Max Parker, who
finished third at
Gorman.
