2018 NATC Motorcycle Trials season

Last updated April 18, 2024

Season summary

Patrick Smage would claim his tenth NATC Trials Championship in 2018. ^[1]

Josh Roper would claim his first NATC Trials Championship Expert class title in 2018. ^[2]

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

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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)^[5]
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

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References

↑ "smage takes tenth". dirtrider.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
↑ "top 5 riders". mototrials.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
↑ "natc 2018 schedule". mototrials.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
↑ "natc 2018 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
↑ "ute cup winners". rockymountaintrial.org. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

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[Smages_tenth-1] "smage takes tenth". dirtrider.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[Roper_wins-2] "top 5 riders". mototrials.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[schedule2018-3] "natc 2018 schedule". mototrials.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

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