# 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.

## 2017 NATC trials season calendar

| 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.
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 14 | Olivier Clamagirand | Montesa | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | |
| 15 | Micah Hertrich | Gas Gas | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 2016 Expert 125 Champion |
| 16 | Skyler Busswood | Beta | - | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 38 | |
| 17 | Jonathan English | Beta | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 30 | 2017 Canadian Champion |
| 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) | |