2017 NATC Motorcycle Trials Season

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[]

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Round	Date	Trial	Venue	Pro class	Expert class	Womens Pro
1	1 April	Texas	Amarillo	1) 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
2	2 April	Texas	Amarillo	1) 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
3	8 April	Kansas	Sedan	1) 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
4	9 April	Kansas	Sedan	1) 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
5	17 June	Ohio	Cleveland	1) 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
6	18 June	Ohio	Cleveland	1) 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
7	24 June	Rhode Island	Exeter	1) 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
8	25 June	Rhode Island	Exeter	1) 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[]

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Pos Rider Machine TX TX KS KS OH OH RI RI Pts Notes 1 Patrick Smage Sherco 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 225 2 Marc Freixa Montesa 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 211 2016 NATC Champion 3 Andrew Putt Sherco 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 169 4 Bryan Roper Gas Gas 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 147 5 Alexander Niederer Gas Gas 6 5 6 7 5 6 5 5 123 6 Daniel Blanc-Gonnet Montesa 5 6 7 6 6 5 6 6 121 7 Samuel Fastle Sherco 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 109 8 Quinn Wentzel Scorpa 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 100 9 Karl Davis Jr Scorpa 7 8 5 5 - - - - 59 NATC Expert final standings[] Pos Rider Machine TX TX KS KS OH OH RI RI Pts Notes 1 Alexander Myers Scorpa 2 1 2 6 3 1 4 3 95 (170) 2 Andreas Niederer Beta 5 5 4 1 2 2 3 1 80 (165) 2016 Expert Champion [4] 3 Drew Fortner Gas Gas 4 3 3 4 1 4 1 2 78 (163) 4 Josh Roper Sherco 7 2 1 5 4 5 2 4 85 (148) 5 Jerome Gregorowicz Gas Gas 3 9 7 7 5 3 6 6 61 (116) 6 Luke Littlefield Sherco 10 10 10 10 12 10 11 - 44 (74) 7 Aaron Thistle Sherco 8 6 6 3 - - - - 64 8 Alan Shirley Gas Gas - - 9 11 10 12 12 11 61 9 Andres Sandrock Sherco 6 4 8 8 - - - - 59 10 Jose Rivas Sr Gas Gas 9 8 5 9 - - - - 53 11 Brian Wojnarowski Sherco - - - - 6 8 10 9 51 12 Cody Bradon Gas Gas - - - - 7 9 8 10 50 13 Chris Spoonagle Sherco - - - - 8 7 9 12 48 2016 Sportsman East Champion [5] 14 Olivier Clamagirand Montesa 1 7 - - - - - - 44 15 Micah Hertrich Gas Gas - - - - - 6 7 8 42 2016 Expert 125 Champion [6] 16 Skyler Busswood Beta - - - - 9 11 13 13 38 17 Jonathan English Beta - - - - - - 5 7 30 2017 Canadian Champion [7] 18 Ty Cullins Beta - - - 2 - - - - 25 19 Travis Fox Gas Gas - - - - - - - 5 16 20 Aaron Komer Scorpa - - - - 11 - - - 10 NATC Women's Pro final standings[] Pos Rider Machine TX TX KS KS OH OH RI RI Pts Notes 1 Madeleine Hoover Gas Gas 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 210 (235) 2 Christy Williams Montesa 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 176 (197) 2016 Women's Expert Champion 3 Kylee Sweeten Sherco 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 155 (176) References[] ^ "smage clinches title". dirtrider.com. Retrieved 31 August 2020. ^ "natc 2017 schedule". mototrials.com. Retrieved 31 August 2020. ^ "natc 2017 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 31 August 2020. ^ "expert finals 2016". mototrials.com. Retrieved 31 August 2020. ^ "sports east finals 2016". mototrials.com. Retrieved 31 August 2020. ^ "awards 2016". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 31 August 2020. ^ "Competition Awards". motorcyclingcanada.ca. Retrieved 13 September 2020.