The 2018 NATC trials season was the 45th season. It consisted of ten trials events in three main classes: Pro, Expert and Women's 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 Women's 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 EnglishBeta - - - - 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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