2016 NATC Motorcycle Trials season

Last updated April 18, 2024

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
1	21 May	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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Pos	Rider	Machine	FL	FL	TN	TN	OR	OR	CO	CO	Pts	Notes
1	Marc Freixa	Montesa	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	230
2	Patrick Smage	Sherco	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	206	2015 NATC Pro Champion ^[4]
3	Andrew Putt	Sherco	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	172
4	Alexander Niederer	Gas Gas	4	7	6	5	4	6	4	5	130
5	Logan Bolopue	Sherco	6	5	5	7	7	4	7	7	121
6	Karl Davis Jr	Scorpa	5	4	4	4	-	5	5	4	120
7	Daniel Blanc-Gonnet	Montesa	7	6	8	8	5	8	6	6	114
8	Samuel Fastle	Sherco	8	8	7	6	6	7	8	8	110
9	Quinn Wentzel	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
1	Andreas Niederer	Beta	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	220
2	Aaron Thistle	Sherco	3	6	1	2	1	2	3	3	188
3	Randy Gibson	Sherco	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	145	2015 NATC West High School Champion ^[6]
4	Sam Meyerpeter	Sherco	5	3	6	5	6	5	6	6	129	2015 NATC Expert 125 Champion
5	Brandon Wheeler	Sherco	7	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	111
6	Drew Fortner	Gas Gas	-	-	5	6	-	-	2	2	81
7	Alan Shirley	Gas Gas	8	7	9	9	5	7	-	-	81
8	Nick Fonzi	Montesa	4	6	7	8	-	-	-	-	60
9	Ray Peters	Beta	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	60
10	Alex Walton	Beta	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	42
11	Jerome Gregorowicz	Gas Gas	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	39
12	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	FL	TN	TN	Pts	Notes
1	Rachel Hassler	Gas Gas	1	3	2	1	85 (106)	2015 NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman Champion
2	Christy Williams	Montesa	3	1	1	2	85 (106)
3	Madeleine Hoover	Gas Gas	2	2	3	3	71 (92)	2015 NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman Champion ^[6]
4	Madison Leigh	Scorpa	5	5	4	5	50 (66)	2015 NATC East & West Women's Champion ^[8]
5	Caroline Allen	Gas Gas	4	4	-	-	36
6	Caroline Altman	Gas Gas	6	6	-	-	30
7	Kylee Sweeten	Sherco	-	-	-	4	18

NATC West Women's Expert Sportsman final standings

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

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