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2018 NATC Motorcycle Trials season

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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

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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

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Round Date Trial Venue Pro class Expert class Womens Pro
1 21 April New Mexico 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 California Donner Pass 1) Patrick Smage
2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet
3) Alexander Niederer
1) Josh Roper
2) Micah Hertrich
3) Alexander Myers

Scoring system

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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
New Mexico
NM
New Mexico
CO
Colorado
CO
Colorado
TN
Tennessee
TN
Tennessee
AR
Arkansas
AR
Arkansas
CA
California
CA
California
Pts notes
1 United States Patrick Smage Sherco 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 300
2 United States Daniel Blanc-Gonnet Gas Gas 2 3 3 2 4 4 2 3 3 2 220 winner of 2018 Ute Cup (RMTA)[5]
3 Austria Alexander Niederer Gas Gas 3 2 2 3 2 3 - - 2 3 184
4 United States Samuel Fastle Sherco 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 176
5 Austria Andreas Niederer Beta 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 156
6 United States Karl Davis Jr Scorpa - - - - 3 2 3 2 - - 92
7 United States Quinn Wentzel Scorpa 5 6 5 6 - - - - - - 62

NATC Expert final standings

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

NATC Women's Pro final standings

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Pos Rider Machine NM
New Mexico
NM
New Mexico
CO
Colorado
CO
Colorado
TN
Tennessee
TN
Tennessee
AR
Arkansas
AR
Arkansas
CA
California
CA
California
Pts Notes
1 United States Madeleine Hoover Gas Gas 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 240
2 United States Kylee Sweeten Sherco 2 2 2 2 - - - - - - 100

References

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