March 16, 200818 yr Left to right: Chris Florin, Will Ibsen, Patrick Smage, Cody Webb, Josiah Mizell Day 1 results for the Pros: 1 - Patrick Smage - 1 point 2 - Will Ibsen - 22 points 3 - Cody Webb - 29 points 4 - Chris Florin - 42 points 5 - Colton Haaker - 101 points 6 - Josiah Mizell - 115 points 7 - Ronnie Commo III - 125 points The guys will ride again tomorrow and their cumulative points total will determine how the prize money gets split up. OBTW, thanks to our fantastic sponsors, generous donations from many sources, and the spectators, the purse has climbed from $5,000 to $6,400. More info tomorrow! The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful...
March 16, 200818 yr Left to right: Chris Florin, Will Ibsen, Patrick Smage, Cody Webb, Josiah Mizell Day 1 results for the Pros: 1 - Patrick Smage - 1 point 2 - Will Ibsen - 22 points 3 - Cody Webb - 29 points 4 - Chris Florin - 42 points 5 - Colton Haaker - 101 points 6 - Josiah Mizell - 115 points 7 - Ronnie Commo III - 125 points The guys will ride again tomorrow and their cumulative points total will determine how the prize money gets split up. OBTW, thanks to our fantastic sponsors, generous donations from many sources, and the spectators, the purse has climbed from $5,000 to $6,400. More info tomorrow! The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful... The USA's #3 rider (Florin - a great rider) got 42 TIMES as many points as Smage!? Either it's a typo, or the 17 year-old Smage is on his way to becoming a trials GOD.
March 16, 200818 yr WoW! What a point spread! Glad to see we got a point out of Patrick! And look at them young guns jumping in the frey, Go Jo!
March 17, 200818 yr Author Can you say "World Class" ? Great job Pat!Most definitely "World Class"! Yesterday evening late, after almost everyone had left, I could hear the sound of a small-bore trials bike being flogged. I went for a walk and found Pat putting his 125 through a tough workout. He rode our event on his 2.9, but since he's headed back to Europe in a few weeks he was back on the 125 getting some practice time. He appears to me to be the complete package; he has the physical ability AND a head for the game - not to mention that he's only 17! A rare and unique talent for sure. I hope he goes all the way to World Champion. If you haven't seen him ride yet, make time this year to watch him. Now for the other good news - Will Ibsen looks like he could have a breakout year this year just like Patrick did in 2006, and Cody Webb is right there swapping sections with Will. It's nice to see that Will and the GasGas seem made for each other. This should be a very exciting year. Edited March 17, 200818 yr by clarkp
March 17, 200818 yr Yesterday evening late, after almost everyone had left, I could hear the sound of a small-bore trials bike being flogged. I went for a walk and found Pat putting his 125 through a tough workout. That's what I love to hear. By the way, Phillip was up in Minneapolis this past weekend for the FIM Supercross. He raced in the Mini-Moto (pit-bikes) class they hold at the event and won handily. Shan Moore was covering the event for Cycle News and said Phillip was quite impressive. Say, how'd Noel do?
March 18, 200818 yr Author It looks like Noel was 5th both days in a field of about 18 riders in the Expert class.
March 19, 200818 yr Noel was staying over untill all this rain! Yikes! I hope they made it through and are not floating down towards the Mississippi! We got slammed today with 6-8 inches of rain!
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