# 2018 NATC Motorcycle Trials season

The 2018 NATC trials season was the 45th season. It consisted of ten trials events in three main classes: Pro, Expert and Womens Pro. It began on 21 April, with round one in New Mexico and ended with round ten in California on 2 September.

## Season summary

Patrick Smage would claim his tenth NATC Trials Championship in 2018.
Josh Roper would claim his first NATC Trials Championship Expert class title in 2018.

## 2018 NATC trials season calendar

| Round | Date | Trial | Venue | Pro class | Expert class | Womens Pro |
| 1 | 21 April | New Mexico | Roswell | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 3) Alexander Niederer | 1) Josh Roper 2) Alexander Myers 3) Micah Hertrich | 1) Madeleine Hoover 2) Kylee Sweeten |
| 2 | 22 April | New Mexico | Roswell | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Alexander Niederer 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet | 1) Alexander Myers 2) Josh Roper 3) Jerome Gregorowicz | 1) Madeleine Hoover 2) Kylee Sweeten |
| 3 | 28 April | Colorado | Texas Creek | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Alexander Niederer 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet | 1) Josh Roper 2) Alexander Myers 3) Micah Hertrich | 1) Madeleine Hoover 2) Kylee Sweeten |
| 4 | 29 April | Colorado | Texas Creek | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 3) Alexander Niederer | 1) Josh Roper 2) Alexander Myers 3) Micah Hertrich | 1) Madeleine Hoover 2) Kylee Sweeten |
| 5 | 9 June | Tennessee | Sequatchie | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Alexander Niederer 3) Karl Davis Jr | 1) Drew Fortner 2) Alexander Myers 3) Josh Roper | 1) Madeleine Hoover |
| 6 | 10 June | Tennessee | Sequatchie | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Karl Davis Jr 3) Alexander Niederer | 1) Alexander Myers 2) Josh Roper 3) Drew Fortner | 1) Madeleine Hoover |
| 7 | 16 June | Arkansas | Uniontown | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 3) Karl Davis Jr | 1) Josh Roper 2) Alexander Myers 3) Micah Hertrich | 1) Madeleine Hoover |
| 8 | 17 June | Arkansas | Uniontown | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Karl Davis Jr 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet | 1) Alexander Myers 2) Josh Roper 3) Jonathan English | 1) Madeleine Hoover |
| 9 | 1 September | California | Donner Pass | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Alexander Niederer 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet | 1) Alexander Myers 2) Josh Roper 3) Ty Cullins | |
| 10 | 2 September | California | Donner Pass | 1) Patrick Smage 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 3) Alexander Niederer | 1) Josh Roper 2) Micah Hertrich 3) Alexander Myers | |

### Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in each class. All ten rounds counted for the Pro class, and the best of nine in Expert and Women's Pro 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

| Pos | Rider | Machine | NM | NM | CO | CO | TN | TN | AR | AR | CA | CA | Pts | notes |
| 1 | Patrick Smage | Sherco | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 300 | |
| 2 | Daniel Blanc-Gonnet | Gas Gas | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 220 | winner of 2018 Ute Cup (RMTA) |
| 3 | Alexander Niederer | Gas Gas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 184 | |
| 4 | Samuel Fastle | Sherco | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 176 | |
| 5 | Andreas Niederer | Beta | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 156 | |
| 6 | Karl Davis Jr | Scorpa | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 92 | |
| 7 | Quinn Wentzel | Scorpa | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | |

### NATC Expert final standings

| Pos | Rider | Machine | NM | NM | CO | CO | TN | TN | AR | AR | CA | CA | Pts | notes |
| 1 | Josh Roper | Sherco | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 250 (271) | |
| 2 | Alexander Myers | Scorpa | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 245 (266) | 2017 Expert Champion |
| 3 | Micah Hertrich | Gas Gas | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 181 (197) | |
| 4 | Jerome Gregorowicz | Beta | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 143 | |
| 5 | Nigel Parker | Sherco | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 113 | |
| 6 | Brian Wojnarowski | Sherco | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 113 | |
| 7 | Sam Meyerpeter | Sherco | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 88 | |
| 8 | Jonathan English | Beta | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 67 | |
| 9 | Drew Fortner | Beta | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 51 | |
| 10 | Ty Cullins | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 39 | |
| 11 | Keith Sweeten | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 32 | |
| 12 | Miles Morgan | Scorpa | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | |
| 13 | Tracon Kirk | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 30 | |
| 14 | Alan Shirley | Gas Gas | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 24 | |

### NATC Women's Pro final standings

| Pos | Rider | Machine | NM | NM | CO | CO | TN | TN | AR | AR | CA | CA | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Madeleine Hoover | Gas Gas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 240 | |
| 2 | Kylee Sweeten | Sherco | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | |