2016 NATC Motorcycle Trials Season

The 2016 NATC trials season was the 43rd season. It consisted of eight trials events in four main classes: Pro, Expert and Women's Expert Sportsman West and East. It began on 21 May, with round one in Florida and ended with round eight in Colorado on 26 June.

Season summary[]

Spaniard Marc Friexa would claim his first NATC Trials Championship in 2016. ^[1]

2016 NATC trials season calendar[]

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Round	Date	Trial	Venue	Pro class	Expert class	East Womens Expert Sportsman	West Womens Expert Sportsman
1	21 May	Florida	Ocala	1) Patrick Smage 2) Marc Freixa 3) Andrew Putt	1) Ray Peters 2) Andreas Niederer 3) Aaron Thistle	1) Rachel Hassler 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Christy Williams
2	22 May	Florida	Ocala	1) Marc Freixa 2) Patrick Smage 3) Andrew Putt	1) Ray Peters 2) Andreas Niederer 3) Sam Meyerpeter	1) Christy Williams 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Rachel Hassler
3	28 May	Tennessee	Sequatchie	1) Patrick Smage 2) Marc Freixa 3) Andrew Putt	1) Aaron Thistle 2) Andreas Niederer 3) Randy Gibson	1) Christy Williams 2) Rachel Hassler 3) Madeleine Hoover
4	29 May	Tennessee	Sequatchie	1) Marc Freixa 2) Patrick Smage 3) Andrew Putt	1) Andreas Niederer 2) Aaron Thistle 3) Jerome Gregorowicz	1) Rachel Hassler 2) Christy Williams 3) Madeleine Hoover
5	18 June	Oregon	Tillamook	1) Marc Freixa 2) Patrick Smage 3) Andrew Putt	1) Aaron Thistle 2) Andreas Niederer 3) Alex Walton		1) Christy Williams 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Kylee Sweeten
6	19 June	Oregon	Tillamook	1) Marc Freixa 2) Patrick Smage 3) Andrew Putt	1) Andreas Niederer 2) Aaron Thistle 3) Alex Walton		1) Christy Williams 2) Rachel Hassler 3) Madeleine Hoover
7	25 June	Colorado	Canon City	1) Marc Freixa 2) Andrew Putt 3) Patrick Smage	1) Andreas Niederer 2) Drew Fortner 3) Aaron Thistle		1) Christy Williams 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Rachel Hassler
8	26 June	Colorado	Canon City	1) Marc Freixa 2) Patrick Smage 3) Andrew Putt	1) Andreas Niederer 2) Drew Fortner 3) Aaron Thistle		1) Christy Williams 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Rachel Hassler

Scoring system[]

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

NATC Pro final standings[]

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Pos Rider Machine FL FL TN TN OR OR CO CO Pts Notes 1 Marc Freixa Montesa 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 230 2 Patrick Smage Sherco 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 206 2015 NATC Pro Champion [4] 3 Andrew Putt Sherco 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 172 4 Alexander Niederer Gas Gas 4 7 6 5 4 6 4 5 130 5 Logan Bolopue Sherco 6 5 5 7 7 4 7 7 121 6 Karl Davis Jr Scorpa 5 4 4 4 - 5 5 4 120 7 Daniel Blanc-Gonnet Montesa 7 6 8 8 5 8 6 6 114 8 Samuel Fastle Sherco 8 8 7 6 6 7 8 8 110 9 Quinn Wentzel Scorpa 9 9 9 - 8 - - - 49 2015 NATC Expert Champion [5] NATC Expert final standings[] Pos Rider Machine FL FL TN TN OR OR CO CO Pts Notes 1 Andreas Niederer Beta 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 220 2 Aaron Thistle Sherco 3 6 1 2 1 2 3 3 188 3 Randy Gibson Sherco 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 145 2015 NATC West High School Champion [6] 4 Sam Meyerpeter Sherco 5 3 6 5 6 5 6 6 129 2015 NATC Expert 125 Champion 5 Brandon Wheeler Sherco 7 8 8 7 7 6 7 7 111 6 Drew Fortner Gas Gas - - 5 6 - - 2 2 81 7 Alan Shirley Gas Gas 8 7 9 9 5 7 - - 81 8 Nick Fonzi Montesa 4 6 7 8 - - - - 60 9 Ray Peters Beta 1 1 - - - - - - 60 10 Alex Walton Beta - - - - 3 3 - - 42 11 Jerome Gregorowicz Gas Gas - - 4 3 - - - - 39 12 Micah Hertrich Gas Gas - - - - - - 5 5 32 2015 NATC West Junior Champion [7] NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman final standings[] Pos Rider Machine FL FL TN TN Pts Notes 1 Rachel Hassler Gas Gas 1 3 2 1 85 (106) 2015 NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman Champion 2 Christy Williams Montesa 3 1 1 2 85 (106) 3 Madeleine Hoover Gas Gas 2 2 3 3 71 (92) 2015 NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman Champion [6] 4 Madison Leigh Scorpa 5 5 4 5 50 (66) 2015 NATC East & West Women's Champion [8] 5 Caroline Allen Gas Gas 4 4 - - 36 6 Caroline Altman Gas Gas 6 6 - - 30 7 Kylee Sweeten Sherco - - - 4 18 NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman final standings[] Pos Rider Machine OR OR CO CO Pts Notes 1 Christy Williams Montesa 1 1 1 1 90 (120) 2 Madeleine Hoover Gas Gas 2 3 2 2 75 (96) 2015 NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman Champion 3 Rachel Hassler Gas Gas 4 2 3 3 67 (85) 2015 NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman Champion 4 Kylee Sweeten Sherco 3 4 4 4 57 (75) 5 Madison Leigh Scorpa 5 5 5 5 48 (64) 2015 NATC East & West Women's Champion References[] ^ "honda announces 2017". hondanews.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020. ^ "natc 2016 schedule". mototrials.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "natc 2016 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "smage clinches 8th title". mototrials.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020.[permanent dead link] ^ "wentzel wins title". mototrials.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020.[permanent dead link] ^ a b "championship standings 2015". trialonline.org. Retrieved 13 September 2020. ^ "racing awards nominees". motorsportsnewswire.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020. ^ "trials demo rider balanced life". ninjette.org. Retrieved 13 September 2020.