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Current D16 schedule for 2009.  A meeting is being held in Madison on March 21st to finalize plans for 2009.  Watch the forum for time and location of the meeting. 

Date Location Club Contact
May 16-17 Wauzeka WI WOTA Mark Doll - (608) 875-5645
June 7 Elkhorn WI WOTA Noel Smage - (262) 723-4773
June 27-28 Polo IL NITRO Ralph Littlefield - (815) 335-2749  NitroTrials.com
July 26 Baraboo WI (Mountain Road) WOTA Jim Voightlander - (608) 434-5530
August 15-16 Dickeyville WI WOTA Dan Cotter - (608) 348-3308
Sept 12-13 Baraboo WI (Hwy 12) WOTA Jim Voightlander - (608) 434-5530
Sept 26-27 Hixton WI WOTA Steve Kirschner - (715) 299-5821

Watch the forum leading up to the event for updates.

OK, I still like Live Maps because the Satellite imagery is better than Google Maps, but Google Maps can be embedded.  So here you go, the event localtions for the 2009 D16 Observed Trials Series are:

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Bill Smage sent in over 90 photos from the Duluth National in August, and you can view them all at this Smugmug gallery.  He has photos of pretty much every class, probably pretty near every competitor.  Lots of great stuff, and here’s one of my favorites.

Pat Smage launching at speed.

Completely missed in the results from Sunday at the Duluth national was the fact that Noel Smage, father to some other pretty good trials riders, won the Senior 50 class.  Congrats Noel, and sorry for missing this the first time!

Patrick Smage won 2 out of 3 days at the Duluth National to repeat as the NATC champion for the second year in a row.  Despite the back problem he suffered from earlier in the year, Patrick was still able to win 4 out of 6 rounds in 2008, never finishing below second.  The only rider to top Patrick on the year was Cody Webb, who won one round in Colorado, and one in Minnesota.

Patrick’s weekend in Duluth didn’t start well, dropping 11 points in the first lap on Friday, the only double-digit lap points he dropped all weekend.  He improved from there by dropping only 5 points on the second lap, and cleaning the third lap.  But it wasn’t enough to beat an on-his-game Cody Webb, who finished the day 5 points ahead of Patrick, 11 to 16. 

On Saturday Patrick came back strong, winning by 8 points over Cody Webb.  It appears that Section 11 was the toughest on the day, taking 3 or 5 points from every PRO rider on every lap, except for Cody who went 3-3-1 in the section, and Patrick, who cleaned it on his third lap for an excellent 3-1-0 on the section.

And on Sunday, Patrick again had a strong day, though this time it was Will Ibsen who kept pace with him through the first and third laps, and only dropped 5 points more than Patrick on the second lap.  For some reason, hopefully explained later on TrialsCentral or in our Forum, time penalties were more frequent and higher on Sunday than the two previous days in Duluth, though in the end, none of the finishing positions were changed due to the penalty points incured. 

All of WOTA would like to extend it’s congratulations to Patrick for repeating as National Champion.  The other PRO class riders seemed to be a bit closer this year, which hopefully means we’ll have an even better showing than last year at the Trials des Nations which is being held in La Rabassa, Andorra, September 28-29.

Also on the Wisconsin front, Brad Villand won the Expert-Sportsman class in 2008, winning 3 out of the 6 rounds.  And Paul Philbrick competed all three days in Duluth in the Senior 35 class.  He was right in the thick of things each day, with a best finish being a 2nd on Saturday.  Congratulations to Brad and Philly!

Full event results are available on the NATC website results page:  http://www.natctrials.org/results.htm