# NATC Trials Championship

The North American Trials Council Championship is the official US National Trials Championship and has been held since 1974.

## History

In 1974 The NATC joined forces with the AMA and put together a nine-round series as the US National Trials Championship. Lane Leavitt showed his class by winning five of the eight rounds he competed in. In second place was up and coming star Marland Whaley on the Montesa with early series leader Don Sweet bringing his Yamaha home in third.
Factory Honda rider Marland Whaley stomped all over the championship in 1977 taking eight wins from eight starts, leaving the rest to fight it out for second spot. That battle was won by Bernie Schreiber who tied with Don Sweet for second but took the nod on highest place finishes throughout the season.
The 1978 Championship was a three way battle between defending champion Marland Whaley, 1974 Champion Lane Leavitt and Bernie Schreiber who was splitting his time between the nationals and the FIM Trial World Championship for the first time. Schreiber took the title after taking a win at the final round in Alabama, giving him four wins and a third for the season and a points total of 70. Leavitt was one point behind on 69 points taking three wins, and Whaley a close third behind the Bultaco riders on his Montesa.

## NATC Trials Champions

| Year | Champ Series | Sportman Series | Women's Series |
| 1974 | 1) Lane Leavitt (Bultaco) 2) Marland Whaley (Montesa) 3) Don Sweet (Yamaha) | | |
| 1975 | 1) Marland Whaley (Honda) 2) Don Sweet (Yamaha) 3) Mark Eggar (Honda) | | |
| 1976 | 1) Marland Whaley (Honda) 2) Don Sweet (Montesa) 3) Lane Leavitt (Bultaco) | | |
| 1977 | 1) Marland Whaley (Honda) 2) Bernie Schreiber (Bultaco) 3) Don Sweet (Montesa) | | |
| 1978 | 1) Bernie Schreiber (Bultaco) 2) Lane Leavitt (Bultaco) 3) Marland Whaley (Montesa) | 1) Kevin Cullen (Bultaco) 2) Tom Reed (Bultaco) 3) Jeff Sefoik (Montesa) | |
| 1979 | 1) Marland Whaley (Montesa) 2) Bernie Schreiber (Bultaco) 3) Jack Stites (Montesa) | 1) Guy Bodin (Bultaco) 2) Peter Rudnick (Bultaco) 3) Debbie Leavitt (Bultaco) | |
| 1980 | 1) Marland Whaley (Montesa) 2) Scott Head (Bultaco) 3) Morgan Kavanaugh (Bultaco) | 1) David Webster (Bultaco) 2) Nils Montzoros (Montesa) 3) Keith McLaughlin (Bultaco) | |
| 1981 | 1) Curt Comer Jr (Montesa) 2) Morgan Kavanaugh (Bultaco) 3) Jack Stites (SWM) | 1) Jonathan Hoffnagle (Montesa) | |
| 1982 | 1) Bernie Schreiber (SWM) 2) Jack Stites (Fantic) 3) Curt Comer Jr (Montesa) | 1) Ron Commo II (Montesa) | |
| 1983 | 1) Bernie Schreiber (SWM) 2) Don Sweet (Montesa) 3) Curt Comer Jr (Fantic) | 1) Freddy Steele (Fantic) | |
| 1984 | 1) Scott Head (Montesa) 2) Stan Bakgaard (Yamaha) 3) Jack Stites (Trans-Am) | 1) Ryan Young (Fantic) | |
| 1985 | 1) Scott Head (Beta) 2) Steve McNeal (Fantic) 3) Stan Bakgaard (Yamaha) | 1) Ronald Schmelzle | |
| 1986 | 1) Scott Head (Beta) 2) Ryan Young (Beta) 3) Don Sweet (Honda) | 1) Steve Clark (Fantic) | |
| 1987 | 1) Bernie Schreiber (Fantic) 2) Ryan Young (Beta) 3) Jonny Andersson (Honda) | 1) Jeff Kingsford (Beta) | |
| 1988 | 1) Ryan Young (Beta) 2) Jonny Andersson (Honda) 3) Mark Manniko (Fantic) | 1) Kenny Leduc (Yamaha) | |
| 1989 | 1) Ryan Young (Beta) 2) Jonny Andersson (Honda) 3) Mark Manniko (Fantic) | 1) Paul Webster | |
| 1990 | 1) Ryan Young (Beta) 2) Mark Manniko 3) Geoff Aaron (Aprilia) | 1) Todd Clark | |
| 1991 | 1) Ryan Young (Beta) 2) Geoff Aaron (Aprilia) 3) Mark Manniko | 1) Ronald Schmelzle | |
| Year | Pro Series | Expert Series | Women's Series |
| 1992 | 1) Ryan Young (Beta) 2) Geoff Aaron (Aprilia) 3) Olivier Clamagirand (Gas Gas) | 1) Ronald Schmelzle | |
| 1993 | 1) Ryan Young (Gas Gas) 2) Geoff Aaron (Beta) 3) Ray Peters (Aprilia) | 1) Ronald Schmelzle 2) Steve Clark (Aprilia) 3) Chris Bardell (Aprilia) | |
| 1994 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Beta) 2) Ryan Young (Gas Gas) 3) Ray Peters (Aprilia) | 1) Ronald Schmelzle (Beta) 2) Jack Stites (Gas Gas) 3) Steve Clark (Scorpa) | |
| 1995 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Beta) 2) Ryan Young (Gas Gas) 3) Olivier Clamagirand (Fantic) | 1) Ron Commo II 2) Kenny Leduc 3) Chris Bardell | |
| 1996 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Beta) 2) Ryan Young 3) Ray Peters (Scorpa) | 1) Ron Commo II (Beta) 2) Kenny Leduc 3) Chris Bardell | |
| 1997 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Beta) 2) Ray Peters (Gas Gas) 3) Jess Kempkes (Gas Gas) | 1) Ron Commo II | |
| 1998 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Beta) 2) Ryon Bell 3) Ray Peters | 1) Mark Manniko 2) Ron Commo II 3) Chuck Sutton | 1) Laura Bussing 2) Erica Lund 3) Andrea Davis |
| 1999 | 1) Tommi Ahvala (Gas Gas) 2) Geoff Aaron (Beta) 3) Ray Peters (Sherco) | 1) Mark Manniko (Gas Gas) 2) Ron Commo II (Beta) 3) Jason Carpenter (Gas Gas) | 1) Christy Williams (Gas Gas) 2) Pam Debruin (Montesa) 3) Andrea Davis (Gas Gas) |
| 2000 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Gas Gas) 2) Ryon Bell (Montesa) 3) Ray Peters (Sherco) | 1) Dennis Sweeten (Montesa) 2) Ron Commo II (Beta) 3) Chuck Sutton (Gas Gas) | 1) Christy Williams (Montesa) 2) Kerry Williams (Gas Gas) 3) Pam Debruin (Montesa) |
| 2001 | 1) Fred Crosset (Gas Gas) 2) Geoff Aaron (Gas Gas) 3) Ryon Bell (Montesa) | 1) Ron Commo II (Beta) 2) Brad Villand (Sherco) 3) Todd Roper (Beta) | 1) Christy Williams (Montesa) 2) Kerry Williams (Gas Gas) 3) Siri Minken (Gas Gas) |
| 2002 | 1) Fred Crosset (Gas Gas) 2) Geoff Aaron (Gas Gas) 3) Ryon Bell (Montesa) | 1) Jesse Wellenstein (Gas Gas) 2) Chuck Sutton (Montesa) 3) Brad Villand (Sherco) | 1) Kerry Williams (Gas Gas) 2) Andrea Davis (Sherco) 3) Laura Bussing (Gas Gas) |
| 2003 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Gas Gas) 2) Ryon Bell (Gas Gas) 3) Wilson Craig (Gas Gas) | 1) Cody Webb (Gas Gas) 2) Sean Bird (Gas Gas) 3) Chad White (Gas Gas) | 1) Christy Williams (Gas Gas) 2) Kerry Williams (Gas Gas) 3) Nicole Bradford (Gas Gas) |
| 2004 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Gas Gas) 2) Ryon Bell (Gas Gas) 3) Chris Florin (Montesa) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Keith Wineland (Gas Gas) 3) Sean Bird (Sherco) | 1) Christy Williams (Gas Gas) 2) Kerry Williams (Gas Gas) 3) Louise Forsley (Sherco) |
| 2005 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Gas Gas) 2) Bruce LeRiche (Sherco) 3) Chris Florin (Gas Gas) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Travis Fox (Sherco) 3) Patrick Smage (Sherco) | 1) Christy Williams (Gas Gas) 2) Louise Forsley (Sherco) 3) Kerry Williams (Gas Gas) |
| 2006 | 1) Geoff Aaron (Gas Gas) 2) Cody Webb (Sherco) 3) Bruce LeRiche (Sherco) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Will Ibsen (Sherco) 3) Diego Ordonez (Sherco) | 1) Kerry Williams (Gas Gas) 2) Caroline Altman (Sherco) 3) Sarah Duke (Gas Gas) |
| 2007 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Cody Webb (Sherco) 3) Chris Florin (Sherco) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Bailey Tucker (Gas Gas) 3) Daiki Watanabe (Sherco) | 1) Kerry Williams (Montesa) 2) Sarah Duke (Gas Gas) 3) Caroline Altman (Sherco) |
| 2008 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Cody Webb (Sherco) 3) Will Ibsen (Gas Gas) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Bailey Tucker (Gas Gas) 3) Ron Commo III (Beta) | 1) Christy Williams (Montesa) 2) Sarah Duke (Gas Gas) 3) Caroline Allen (Gas Gas) |
| 2009 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Cody Webb (Sherco) 3) Will Ibsen (Gas Gas) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Max Nelson (Gas Gas) 3) Andrew Oldar (Sherco) | 1) Christy Williams (Montesa) 2) Sarah Duke (Gas Gas) 3) Caroline Allen (Gas Gas) |
| 2010 | 1) Cody Webb (Gas Gas) 2) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 3) Keith Wineland (Gas Gas) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Bryan Roper(Sherco) 3) Eric Storz (Gas Gas) | 1) Christy Williams (Montesa) 2) Caroline Allen (Gas Gas) 3) Kerry Williams (Montesa) |
| 2011 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Cody Webb (Beta) 3) Keith Wineland (Gas Gas) | 1) Logan Bolopue (Sherco) 2) Ray Peters (Beta) 3) Max Nelson (Gas Gas) | 1) Caroline Allen (Gas Gas) 2) Sarah Duke (Gas Gas) 3) Rachel Hassler (Gas Gas) |
| 2012 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Cody Webb (Beta) 3) Keith Wineland (Gas Gas) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Chase Harker (Sherco) 3) Nathan Hassler (Gas Gas) | 1) Rachel Hassler (Gas Gas) 2) Caroline Allen (Gas Gas) 3) Sarah Duke (Gas Gas) |
| 2013 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Bryan Roper (Sherco) 3) Logan Bolopue (Sherco) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet (Sherco) 3) Samuel Fastle (Sherco) | 1) Caroline Allen (Gas Gas) 2) Rachel Hassler (Gas Gas) |
| 2014 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Martin Matejicek (Gas Gas) 3) Logan Bolopue (Sherco) | 1) Ray Peters (Beta) 2) Andrew Putt (Sherco) 3) Alexander Niederer | 1) Rachel Hassler (Gas Gas) 2) Caroline Altman (Gas Gas) 3) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) |
| 2015 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Andrew Putt (Sherco) 3) Bryan Roper (Sherco) | 1) Quinn Wentzel (Scorpa) 2) Drew Fortner (Gas Gas) 3) Andrew Oldar (Montesa) | 1) Rachel Hassler (Gas Gas) 2) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) 3) Caroline Altman (Gas Gas) |
| 2016 | 1) Marc Freixa (Montesa) 2) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 3) Andrew Putt (Sherco) | 1) Andreas Niederer (Beta) 2) Aaron Thistle (Sherco) 3) Randy Gibson (Sherco) | 1) Christy Williams (Montesa) 2) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) 3) Rachel Hassler (Gas Gas) |
| Year | Pro Series | Expert Series | Women's Pro Series |
| 2017 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Marc Freixa (Montesa) 3) Andrew Putt (Sherco) | 1) Alexander Myers (Scorpa) 2) Andreas Niederer (Beta) 3) Drew Fortner (Gas Gas) | 1) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) 2) Christy Williams (Montesa) 3) Kylee Sweeten (Sherco) |
| 2018 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet (Gas Gas) 3) Alexander Niederer (Gas Gas) | 1) Josh Roper (Sherco) 2) Alexander Myers (Scorpa) 3) Micah Hertrich (Gas Gas) | 1) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) 2) Kylee Sweeten (Sherco) |
| 2019 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Alexander Niederer (Gas Gas) 3) Karl Davis Jr (Scorpa) | 1) Will Myers (Scorpa) 2) Micah Hertrich (Montesa) 3) Jerome Gregorowicz (Beta) | 1) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) 2) Kylee Sweeten (Sherco) 3) Louise Forsley (Scorpa) |
| 2021 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Josh Roper (TRS) 3) Alexander Myers (Scorpa) | 1) Drew Fortner (Beta) 2) Jerome Gregorowicz (Beta) 3) Dalton Land (Vertigo) | 1) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) 2) Kylee Sweeten (Sherco) |
| 2022 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Josh Roper (TRS) 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet (Gas Gas) | 1) Cole Cullins (Beta) 2) Dalton Land (Vertigo) 3) Dalton Dunman (Vertigo) | 1) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) |
| 2023 | 1) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 2) Josh Roper (TRS) 3) Alexander Myers (Scorpa) | 1) Ty Cullins (Gas Gas) 2) Coran Calvert (Vertigo) 3) Jerome Gregorowicz (Beta) | 1) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) 2) Kylee Sweeten (Gas Gas) |
| 2024 | 1) Toby Martyn (Montesa) 2) Patrick Smage (Sherco) 3) Josh Roper (Gas Gas) | 1) Jan Cardinaels (Gas Gas) 2) Murphy Aaron (Gas Gas) 3) Ty Cullins (Gas Gas) | 1) Madeleine Hoover (Gas Gas) 2) Kylee Sweeten (Gas Gas) 3) Alicia Robinson (Beta) |