Team Husqvarna off-road specialist Jacob Argubright logged another rapid run aboard his FMF, Moose Racing Husqvarna FC450 with a second place finish in the West Hare Scrambles Series at Anza, California at the weekend. Argubright led most of the challenging 2.5-hour sprint but a minor crash allowed eventual winner Justin Bonita to slip by, dashing hopes for another Argubright win.
“It wasn’t the best day, but I am happy to keep Husqvarna on the podium and maintain my points lead!” Argubright said. He now takes the series points lead into round 5 of 9 at Lake Shasta, California in April.
Andrew DeLong’s GNCC Hopes Drown Out In Georgia
What started out a promising GNCC Rd. 2 in Washington, Georgia ended in disappointment for Team Husqvarna rider AndrewDeLong this week.
Racing motorcycles in wet conditions is nothing new to Team Husqvarna’s Andrew DeLong, but massive amounts of water sidelined his #10 Husqvarna on the opening lap of the second round of the GNCC “The Maxxis General” at Aonia Pass Motocross Park.
DeLong had been looking forward to competing in the miserably wet conditions that should have favored him and although the rain had stopped at race time, conditions remained bad enough for organizers to shorten the 3-hour event down to just two hours.
“I got a good start, around fifth place, and I’d worked my way up to third when I hit a hole and killed the engine,” said DeLong. “I didn’t crash and I was okay but I couldn’t get my bike restarted.”
Realizing that Andrew was not making any progress, his mechanic Joey Maurer located him on the course to diagnose the situation.
“At that point, Joey and I pushed the bike back to the pit. It was pretty clean inside although the air cleaner was waterlogged and it might have sucked in some water when I hit the hole,.” said Andrew. “Not sure what the actual cause was and we won’t really know until we get back to the shop.”
Next race: Sunday March 30, 2014 – GNCC Rd #3 FMF Steele Creek at Morgantown, NC