VOL. 50 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
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Pat Smage dominated this year's AIReS MotoTrials National Trials Series.
GE AGAIN!
so far this year.
When the top Pros finally got
to section nine, Smage took two
points when he lost his balance
in the slippery creek that was the
centerpiece of the section. He
went on to finish the lap with a
total of three points for the first
loop.
Webb, in the meantime, finished the lap with two points after
taking a one in section nine and
another one in section 12.
Smage was able to clean section nine on his second lap; however, section 12 was a different
story.
"I knew Cody was riding well,
so I did my best to correct my errors from lap one," said Smage.
"On the second lap, I was riding smoother and was clean up
to section 12. However, I didn't
make a big splatter out of the
creek in that section and that
left me with a five. I had a feeling
Cody had these sections figured
out, and that five would put me
out of contention for a win."
Webb did have the sections
figured out, indeed, and finished
the second and third laps with
clean cards, giving him a total of
two points for the day.
Smage also cleaned the entire
final lap, but it was too little too
late as Webb took the win with a
total of two points compared to
eight for Smage.
"It feels really good to get this
win after coming off my TKO win
last week," said Smage. "There
aren't too many people in the
world who could do that (win
an extreme off-road race and a
National Trials on back-to-back
weekends)."
Third went to Bryan Roper,
finishing just three points behind
Smage. Meanwhile, Roper's
Sherco USA teammate Logan
Bolopue was fourth, ahead of
Gas Gas USA's Eric Storz in fifth.
Sunday
After getting beaten soundly by
Webb on Saturday, Smage was
on a mission on Sunday, and
he came out and dominated the
event, dropping only one point all
day, despite a small mechanical
problem before the start.
"Today started off terribly,"
said Smage. "I had been running
a special clutch from the factory since Arizona, and it worked
