2016 NATC Motorcycle Trials season
Appearance
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
Round | Date | Trial | Venue | Pro class | Expert class | East Womens Expert Sportsman | West Womens Expert Sportsman |
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1 | 21 May | ![]() |
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 |
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2 | 22 May | ![]() |
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 |
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3 | 28 May | ![]() |
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 |
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4 | 29 May | ![]() |
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 |
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5 | 18 June | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 |
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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
Pos | Rider | Machine | FL![]() |
FL![]() |
TN![]() |
TN![]() |
OR![]() |
OR![]() |
CO![]() |
CO![]() |
Pts | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
Montesa | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 230 | |
2 | ![]() |
Sherco | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 206 | 2015 NATC Pro Champion [4] |
3 | ![]() |
Sherco | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 172 | |
4 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 130 | |
5 | ![]() |
Sherco | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 121 | |
6 | ![]() |
Scorpa | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 4 | 120 | |
7 | ![]() |
Montesa | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 114 | |
8 | ![]() |
Sherco | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 110 | |
9 | ![]() |
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 |
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1 | ![]() |
Beta | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 220 | |
2 | ![]() |
Sherco | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 188 | |
3 | ![]() |
Sherco | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 145 | 2015 NATC West High School Champion [6] |
4 | ![]() |
Sherco | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 129 | 2015 NATC Expert 125 Champion |
5 | ![]() |
Sherco | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 111 | |
6 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | - | - | 5 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 81 | |
7 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 81 | |
8 | ![]() |
Montesa | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 60 | |
9 | ![]() |
Beta | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | |
10 | ![]() |
Beta | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 42 | |
11 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 39 | |
12 | ![]() |
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 |
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1 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 85 (106) | 2015 NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman Champion |
2 | ![]() |
Montesa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 85 (106) | |
3 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 71 (92) | 2015 NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman Champion [6] |
4 | ![]() |
Scorpa | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 50 (66) | 2015 NATC East & West Women's Champion [8] |
5 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 4 | 4 | - | - | 36 | |
6 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 6 | 6 | - | - | 30 | |
7 | ![]() |
Sherco | - | - | - | 4 | 18 |
NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman final standings
Pos | Rider | Machine | OR![]() |
OR![]() |
CO![]() |
CO![]() |
Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Montesa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 (120) | |
2 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 75 (96) | 2015 NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman Champion |
3 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 67 (85) | 2015 NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman Champion |
4 | ![]() |
Sherco | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 57 (75) | |
5 | ![]() |
Scorpa | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 48 (64) | 2015 NATC East & West Women's Champion |
References
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