The 2016 NATC trials season was the 43rd season. It consisted of eight trials events in four main classes: Pro, Expert and Women's Expert Sportsman West and East. It began on 21 May, with round one in Florida and ended with round eight in Colorado on 26 June.
Season summary Spaniard Marc Friexa would claim his first NATC Trials Championship in 2016.
2016 NATC trials season calendar
Round Date Trial Venue Pro class Expert class East Women's Expert Sportsman West Women's 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
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 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
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 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 FonziMontesa 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
NATC East Women's Expert Sportsman final standings
Pos Rider Machine FL FL TN TN PtsNotes 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 4 Madison Leigh Scorpa 5 5 4 5 50 (66) 2015 NATC East & West Women's Champion 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 PtsNotes 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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