The 2015 NATC trials season was the 42nd season. It consisted of ten trials events in three main classes: Pro, Expert and Women's Expert Sportsman. It began on 11 April, with round one in Amarillo, Texas and ended with round ten in Casper, Wyoming on 8 August.
Season summary Patrick Smage would claim his eighth NATC Trials Championship in 2015.
2015 NATC trials season calendar
Round Date Trial Venue Pro class Expert class Women's ES West Women's ES East 1 11 April Texas Amarillo 1) Patrick Smage 2) Cody Webb 3) Andrew Putt 1) Quinn Wentzel 2) Ty Cullins 3) Andrew Oldar 1) Rachel Hassler 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Caroline Altman 2 12 April Texas Amarillo 1) Patrick Smage 2) Bryan Roper 3) Cody Webb 1) Quinn Wentzel 2) Andrew Oldar 3) Aaron Thistle 1) Madeleine Hoover 2) Rachel Hassler 3 18 April Arizona Kingman 1) Patrick Smage 2) Bryan Roper 3) Andrew Putt 1) Andrew Oldar 2) Quinn Wentzel 3) Ty Cullins 1) Rachel Hassler 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Caroline Altman 4 19 April Arizona Kingman 1) Patrick Smage 2) Cody Webb 3) Bryan Roper 1) Andrew Oldar 2) Quinn Wentzel 3) Harrison Oswald 1) Rachel Hassler 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Caroline Altman 5 13 June Nebraska Nehawka 1) Patrick Smage 2) Andrew Putt 3) Bryan Roper 1) Drew Fortner 2) Jerome Gregorowicz 3) Quinn Wentzel 1) Madeleine Hoover 2)Caroline Allen 3) Rachel Hassler 6 14 June Nebraska Nehawka 1) Patrick Smage 2) Andrew Putt 3) Bryan Roper 1) Drew Fortner 2) Andrew Oldar 3) Quinn Wentzel 1) Madeleine Hoover 2)Caroline Allen 3) Rachel Hassler 7 20 June Ohio Toronto 1) Patrick Smage 2) Cody Webb 3) Andrew Putt 1) Quinn Wentzel 2) Andreas Niederer 3) Drew Fortner 1) Rachel Hassler 2) Madeleine Hoover 3) Caroline Allen 8 21 June Ohio Toronto 1) Patrick Smage 2) Andrew Putt 3) Bryan Roper 1) Quinn Wentzel 2) Andreas Niederer 3) Jerome Gregorowicz 1) Caroline Allen 2) Rachel Hassler 3) Madeleine Hoover 9 8 August Wyoming Casper 1) Andrew Putt 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 3) Cody Webb 1) Aaron Thistle 2) Drew Fortner 3) Andrew Oldar 1) Rachel Hassler 2) Christy Williams 3) Madeleine Hoover 10 9 August Wyoming Casper 1) Andrew Putt 2) Cody Webb 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 1) Andreas Niederer 2) Drew Fortner 3) Aaron Thistle 1) Madeleine Hoover 2) Rachel Hassler 3) Christy Williams
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in each class. The best of nine rounds counted for the Pro class and the Expert class, the best five in Women's Expert Sportsman West and the best three in the Women's Expert Sportsman East class.
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 TX TX AZ AZ NE NE OH OH WY WY Pts Notes 1 Patrick Smage Sherco 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 240 2014 NATC Champion 2 Andrew Putt Sherco 3 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 216 (234) 3 Bryan Roper Sherco 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 - - 170 4 Cody Webb Montesa 2 3 4 2 - - 2 - 3 2 160 5 Logan Bolopue Sherco 6 5 5 5 4 6 5 5 4 4 149 (164) 6 Alexander Niederer Gas Gas 5 6 6 6 6 4 6 4 5 5 144 (159) 7 Daniel Blanc-Gonnet Sherco - - - - 5 5 - - 2 3 78 8 Shad Petersen Beta 7 7 - - - - - - 6 7 57 9 Quinn Wentzel Scorpa - - - - - - - - - 6 15 2015 Expert Champion
NATC Expert final standings
Pos Rider Machine TX TX AZ AZ NE NE OH OH WY WY Pts Notes 1 Quinn Wentzel Scorpa 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 4 - 230 2 Andrew Oldar Montesa 3 2 1 1 8 2 8 6 3 6 195 (208) 3 Drew Fortner Gas Gas 5 6 5 4 1 1 3 5 2 2 197 (212) 4 Andreas Niederer Beta 6 7 6 7 4 8 2 2 5 1 172 (185) 5 Aaron Thistle Sherco 4 3 7 6 5 4 5 7 1 3 169 (183) 6 Ty Cullins Beta 2 5 3 5 6 6 6 4 - - 141 2014 Expert 125 champion 7 Rick Johnson Gas Gas 8 8 8 8 10 9 11 13 7 7 113 (121) 8 Harrison Oswald Jota 7 4 4 3 - - - - 6 4 104 9 Alan Shirley Gas Gas 9 9 10 9 11 13 14 12 - - 81 10 Jerome Gregorowicz Gas Gas - - - - 2 5 4 3 - - 80 11 Jordi Trey Sherco - - - - 12 11 13 9 8 5 68 12 Nick Fonzi Beta - - - - 7 7 12 8 - - 50 13 Cody Bradon Beta - - - - 9 10 10 10 - - 45 14 Brian Stull Gas Gas - - 9 10 - - - - - - 23 15 Jonathan English Beta - - - - - - 9 11 - - 22 16 Nate Hirt Sherco - - - - 13 12 - - - - 17 17 Travis Fox Gas Gas - - - - - - 7 - - - 14
NATC Women's Expert Sportsman West final standings
Pos Rider Machine TX TX AZ AZ WY WY PtsNotes 1 Rachel Hassler Gas Gas 1 2 1 1 1 2 145 (170) 2014 Women's Expert Sportman champion 2 Madeleine Hoover Gas Gas 2 1 2 2 3 1 135 (165) 2014 Women's Champion 3 Caroline Altman Gas Gas 3 - 3 3 - - 63 4 Christy Williams Montesa - - - - 2 3 46 5 Madison Leigh Sherco - - - - - 4 18
NATC Women's Expert Sportsman East final standings
Pos Rider Machine NE NE OH OH PtsNotes 1 Madeleine Hoover Gas Gas 1 1 2 3 85 (106) 2 Caroline Allen Gas Gas 2 2 3 1 80 (101) 3 Rachel Hassler Gas Gas 3 3 1 2 76 (97) 4 Caroline Altman Gas Gas - - 4 5 34 5 Madison Leigh Sherco - - - 4 18
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