SMAGE TOPS NEBRASKA U.S. MOTOTRIALS
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at Smage continued his dom-
inance of the Aires AMA U.S.
National MotoTrials Series with
an impressive double victory at
rounds five and six in Nehawka,
Nebraska, June 13-14. The Sher-
co USA rider now has six-straight
wins and enjoys a comfortable
lead in the championship.
On Saturday, Smage topped
up-and-comers Andrew Putt and
Bryan Roper in an event that
most considered the toughest
round held so far this year. Rain
the week before the event left
the area saturated, which made
the sections extremely slippery
and difficult. Despite the circum-
stances, Smage coped with the
conditions much better than his
rivals and steadily pulled away
from the field on each of the
three laps, taking Saturday's win
by 44 points over second place
in the high-scoring event.
Putt and Roper faced off in a
titanic battle for the runner-up
slot, with Putt getting the nod by
just four points over Roper after
36 sections of competition.
At the end of the day, Smage
stood in the center of the po-
dium after dropping 40 points.
Putt was second with 84 points,
and Roper third with 89.
Sherco riders Logan Bolopue
(130 points) and Daniel Blanc-
Gonnet (135 points) rounded
out the top five with Gas Gas
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