USA-backed Alex Niederer
finishing sixth with 139.
Sunday saw another
group of challenging sec-
tions—slippery and difficult,
even though the forecasted
rain held off.
Cody Webb, the 2010
U.S. MotoTrials champion,
was among Smage's chal-
lengers on Sunday, flying in
at the last minute after win-
ning the Last Dog Standing
race on Saturday in Califor-
nia. Webb crashed hard on
the second lap of the trial,
however, and DNFed the
event.
Smage once again domi-
nated the event, taking the
lead from the first section
and holding it to the finish.
Once again, Putt and
Roper battled over second
place with Putt taking his
second runner-up finish in a
row, and Roper once again
rounding out the podium.
At the end of the day,
Smage stood atop the
podium after dropping 37
points on the day. Putt was
second with 69, and Roper
third with 88.
Putt turned in his most
productive weekend of the
series with a pair of sec-
onds and moved to within
three points of Roper in the
standings, as the two riders
sit second and third, respec-
tively, behind Smage in the
standings.
Gas Gas USA's Alex
Niederer finished fourth on
Sunday, with Blanc-Gonnet
and Bolopue rounding out
the top six.
Shan Moore
VOL. 52 ISSUE 24 JUNE 16, 2015 P45
(Left) Pat Smage
dominated both days at
the MotoTrials round in
Nebraska.
(Below) Andrew Putt
turned heads with two
second-place finishes.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RYAN
BREHOB
