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on the third lap, though he
thought Argubright was still with-
in striking distance so he kept
charging, eventually completing
the race with nine minutes, 30
seconds in hand over Burson.
"I rode my ass off because
I thought he was right there
behind me. I guess he made a
mistake and went down," Brabec
said.
Argubright did indeed go
down later; the Husky racer
said. "It was tough. Like Ricky
said, we were really, really push-
ing trying to go fast.
"It was the easiest tough race
because there was nothing
[technically] tough on it, but it
was so tough! It was physically
taxing, for sure."
After hurting his knee, Argu-
bright couldn't maintain pace,
so when Burson came up on the
final lap, he simply let the Beta
by. Burson had issues in the
beginning but felt better as the
race wore on.
"I was right behind [Argubright
off the start], then I crashed on
the first lap," Burson explained.
"I struggled to ride the rest of the
first lap. I actually got passed [by
local star Travis Porter] and went
back to fourth. I stopped and got
gas and got some new goggles
and just kind of regrouped and
started riding better."
Ryan Smith finished a close
fourth, six seconds behind Ar-
gubright to equal his career and
season best finishes aboard his
LG Electric/Rick's Custom Shut-
ters & Blinds/MSR YZ450FX.
Rocky Mountain ATV-MC/
Precision Concepts rider Justin
Morgan was still feeling the ef-
fects of his heat-induced DNF at
Last Dog Standing and settled
for fifth followed by Joe Wasson,
the FMF Pro 250 winner for the
third round in a row.
Mark Kariya
O/A:
1. Ricky Brabec (Hon)
2. Nick Burson (Beta)
3. Jacob Argubright (Hus)
4. Ryan Smith (Yam)
5. Justin Morgan (Yam)
6. Joseph Wasson (Yam) Pro 250
7. Travis Porter (KTM)
8. Grant Statley (Yam)
9. Nick Stover (KTM)
10. Tyler Lynn (Yam)
A number of the mini racers
signed a "get-well, Destry" pit
board on Saturday, and Brabec
dedicated his victory on Sunday to
the five-time H&H champ.
Joe Wasson, once again,
mixed it up in the top 10,
finishing sixth overall in
winning the FMF Pro 250
category.
