2017 NATC Motorcycle Trials season explained

The 2017 NATC trials season was the 44th season. It consisted of eight trials events in three main classes: Pro, Expert and Women's Pro. It began on 2 April, with round one in Texas and ended with round eight in Rhode Island on 25 June.

Season summary

Patrick Smage would claim his ninth NATC Trials Championship in 2017.[1]

2017 NATC trials season calendar

[2]

RoundDateTrialVenuePro classExpert classWomens Pro
11 April TexasAmarillo1) Marc Freixa
2) Patrick Smage
3) Andrew Putt
1) Olivier Clamagirand
2) Alexander Myers
3) Jerome Gregorowicz
1) Madeleine Hoover
2) Christy Williams
3) Kylee Sweeten
22 April TexasAmarillo1) Patrick Smage
2) Andrew Putt
3) Marc Freixa
1) Alexander Myers
2) Josh Roper
3) Drew Fortner
1) Madeleine Hoover
2) Christy Williams
3) Kylee Sweeten
38 April KansasSedan1) Patrick Smage
2) Marc Freixa
3) Bryan Roper
1) Josh Roper
2) Alexander Myers
3) Drew Fortner
1) Madeleine Hoover
2) Christy Williams
3) Kylee Sweeten
49 April KansasSedan1) Patrick Smage
2) Marc Freixa
3) Andrew Putt
1) Andreas Niederer
2) Ty Cullins
3) Aaron Thistle
1) Madeleine Hoover
2) Christy Williams
3) Kylee Sweeten
517 June OhioCleveland1) Marc Freixa
2) Patrick Smage
3) Andrew Putt
1) Drew Fortner
2) Andreas Niederer
3) Alexander Myers
1) Madeleine Hoover
2) Kylee Sweeten
3) Christy Williams
618 June OhioCleveland1) Patrick Smage
2) Marc Freixa
3) Andrew Putt
1) Alexander Myers
2) Andreas Niederer
3) Jerome Gregorowicz
1) Madeleine Hoover
2) Kylee Sweeten
3) Christy Williams
724 June Rhode IslandExeter1) Patrick Smage
2) Marc Freixa
3) Andrew Putt
1) Drew Fortner
2) Josh Roper
3) Andreas Neiderer
1) Christy Williams
2) Madeleine Hoover
3) Kylee Sweeten
825 June Rhode IslandExeter1) Marc Freixa
2) Patrick Smage
3) Andrew Putt
1) Andreas Niederer
2) Drew Fortner
3) Alexander Myers
1) Madeleine Hoover
2) Christy Williams
3) Kylee Sweeten

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in each class. All eight rounds counted for the Pro class, and the best of seven in Expert and Women's Pro classes were counted.

NATC Pro final standings

[3]

PosRiderMachineTX
TX
KS
KS
OH
OH
RI
RI
PtsNotes
1 Patrick SmageSherco21112112225
2 Marc FreixaMontesa132212212112016 NATC Champion
3 Andrew PuttSherco32433333169
4 Bryan RoperGas Gas44344444147
5 Alexander NiedererGas Gas65675655123
6 Daniel Blanc-GonnetMontesa56766566121
7 Samuel FastleSherco87887777109
8 Quinn WentzelScorpa99998888100
9 Karl Davis JrScorpa7855----59

NATC Expert final standings

PosRiderMachineTX
TX
KS
KS
OH
OH
RI
RI
PtsNotes
1 Alexander MyersScorpa2126314395 (170)
2 Andreas NiedererBeta5541223180 (165)2016 Expert Champion [4]
3 Drew FortnerGas Gas4334141278 (163)
4 Josh RoperSherco7215452485 (148)
5 Jerome GregorowiczGas Gas3977536661 (116)
6 Luke LittlefieldSherco10101010121011-44 (74)
7 Aaron ThistleSherco8663----64
8 Alan ShirleyGas Gas--9111012121161
9 Andres SandrockSherco6488----59
10 Jose Rivas SrGas Gas9859----53
11 Brian WojnarowskiSherco----6810951
12 Cody BradonGas Gas----7981050
13 Chris SpoonagleSherco----87912482016 Sportsman East Champion [5]
14 Olivier ClamagirandMontesa17------44
15 Micah HertrichGas Gas-----678422016 Expert 125 Champion [6]
16 Skyler BusswoodBeta----911131338
17 Jonathan EnglishBeta------57302017 Canadian Champion [7]
18 Ty CullinsBeta---2----25
19 Travis FoxGas Gas-------516
20 Aaron KomerScorpa----11---10

NATC Women's Pro final standings

PosRiderMachineTX
TX
KS
KS
OH
OH
RI
RI
PtsNotes
1 Madeleine HooverGas Gas11111121210 (235)
2 Christy WilliamsMontesa22223312176 (197)2016 Women's Expert Champion
3 Kylee SweetenSherco33332233155 (176)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: smage clinches title. dirtrider.com . 31 August 2020 .
  2. Web site: natc 2017 schedule . mototrials.com . 31 August 2020 .
  3. Web site: natc 2017 standings . trialonline.org . 31 August 2020 .
  4. Web site: expert finals 2016 . mototrials.com . 31 August 2020 .
  5. Web site: sports east finals 2016 . mototrials.com . 31 August 2020 .
  6. Web site: awards 2016 . racerxonline.com . 31 August 2020 .
  7. Web site: Competition Awards . motorcyclingcanada.ca . 13 September 2020 .