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

[2]

Round Date Trial Venue Pro class Expert class East Womens Expert Sportsman West Womens Expert Sportsman
1 21 May Florida 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 30 25 21 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

NATC Pro final standings

[3]

Pos Rider Machine FL
Florida
FL
Florida
TN
Tennessee
TN
Tennessee
OR
Oregon
OR
Oregon
CO
Colorado
CO
Colorado
Pts Notes
1 Spain Marc Freixa Montesa 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 230
2 United States Patrick Smage Sherco 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 206 2015 NATC Pro Champion [4]
3 United States Andrew Putt Sherco 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 172
4 Austria Alexander Niederer Gas Gas 4 7 6 5 4 6 4 5 130
5 United States Logan Bolopue Sherco 6 5 5 7 7 4 7 7 121
6 United States Karl Davis Jr Scorpa 5 4 4 4 - 5 5 4 120
7 United States Daniel Blanc-Gonnet Montesa 7 6 8 8 5 8 6 6 114
8 United States Samuel Fastle Sherco 8 8 7 6 6 7 8 8 110
9 United States Quinn Wentzel Scorpa 9 9 9 - 8 - - - 49 2015 NATC Expert Champion [5]

NATC Expert final standings


Pos Rider Machine FL
Florida
FL
Florida
TN
Tennessee
TN
Tennessee
OR
Oregon
OR
Oregon
CO
Colorado
CO
Colorado
Pts Notes
1 Austria Andreas Niederer Beta 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 220
2 United States Aaron Thistle Sherco 3 6 1 2 1 2 3 3 188
3 United States Randy Gibson Sherco 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 145 2015 NATC West High School Champion [6]
4 United States Sam Meyerpeter Sherco 5 3 6 5 6 5 6 6 129 2015 NATC Expert 125 Champion
5 United States Brandon Wheeler Sherco 7 8 8 7 7 6 7 7 111
6 United States Drew Fortner Gas Gas - - 5 6 - - 2 2 81
7 United States Alan Shirley Gas Gas 8 7 9 9 5 7 - - 81
8 United States Nick Fonzi Montesa 4 6 7 8 - - - - 60
9 United States Ray Peters Beta 1 1 - - - - - - 60
10 Canada Alex Walton Beta - - - - 3 3 - - 42
11 United States Jerome Gregorowicz Gas Gas - - 4 3 - - - - 39
12 United States 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
Florida
FL
Florida
TN
Tennessee
TN
Tennessee
Pts Notes
1 United States Rachel Hassler Gas Gas 1 3 2 1 85 (106) 2015 NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman Champion
2 Canada Christy Williams Montesa 3 1 1 2 85 (106)
3 United States Madeleine Hoover Gas Gas 2 2 3 3 71 (92) 2015 NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman Champion [6]
4 United States Madison Leigh Scorpa 5 5 4 5 50 (66) 2015 NATC East & West Women's Champion [8]
5 United States Caroline Allen Gas Gas 4 4 - - 36
6 United States Caroline Altman Gas Gas 6 6 - - 30
7 United States Kylee Sweeten Sherco - - - 4 18

NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman final standings

Pos Rider Machine OR
Oregon
OR
Oregon
CO
Colorado
CO
Colorado
Pts Notes
1 Canada Christy Williams Montesa 1 1 1 1 90 (120)
2 United States Madeleine Hoover Gas Gas 2 3 2 2 75 (96) 2015 NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman Champion
3 United States Rachel Hassler Gas Gas 4 2 3 3 67 (85) 2015 NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman Champion
4 United States Kylee Sweeten Sherco 3 4 4 4 57 (75)
5 United States Madison Leigh Scorpa 5 5 5 5 48 (64) 2015 NATC East & West Women's Champion

References

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