The 2013 NATC trials season was the 40th season. It consisted of ten trials events in three main classes: Pro, Expert and Women's Expert Sportsman. It began on 15 June, with round one in New York and ended with round ten in Minnesota on 25 August.
Season summary Patrick Smage would claim his fifth NATC Trials Championship in 2013.
2013 NATC trials season calendar
Round Date Trial Venue Pro class Expert class Women's ES 1 15 June New York Cayuta 1) Patrick Smage 2) Bryan Roper 3) Logan Bolopue 1) Ray Peters 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 3) Samuel Fastle 1) Caroline Allen 2) Rachel Hassler 2 16 June New York Cayuta 1) Patrick Smage 2) Karl Davis Jr 3) Bryan Roper 1) Alexander Niederer 2) Ray Peters 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 1) Caroline Allen 2) Rachel Hassler 3 22 June Vermont Highgate 1) Patrick Smage 2) Bryan Roper 3) Karl Davis Jr 1) Ray Peters 2) Samuel Fastle 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 1) Caroline Allen 2) Rachel Hassler 4 23 June Vermont Highgate 1) Patrick Smage 2) Bryan Roper 3) Logan Bolopue 1) Ray Peters 2) Chase Harker 3) Andrew Putt 1) Caroline Allen 2) Rachel Hassler 5 27 July Arizona Kingman 1) Patrick Smage 2) Bryan Roper 3) Logan Bolopue 1) Ray Peters 2) Nathan Hassler 3) Samuel Fastle 1) Caroline Allen 2) Rachel Hassler 6 28 July Arizona Kingman 1) Patrick Smage 2) Bryan Roper 3) Eric Storz 1) Ray Peters 2) Nathan Hassler 3) Samuel Fastle 1) Rachel Hassler 2) Caroline Allen 7 3 August New Mexico Sipapu 1) Patrick Smage 2) Logan Bolopue 3) Bryan Roper 1) Ray Peters 2) Samuel Fastle 3) Nathan Hassler 1) Rachel Hassler 2) Caroline Allen 8 4 August New Mexico Sipapu 1) Patrick Smage 2) Bryan Roper 3) Logan Bolopue 1) Ray Peters 2) Andrew Putt 3) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 1) Caroline Allen 2) Rachel Hassler 9 24 August Minnesota Duluth 1) Cody Webb 2) Patrick Smage 3) Bryan Roper 1) Ray Peters 2) Daniel Blanc-Gonnet 3) Andrew Putt 10 25 August Minnesota Duluth 1) Patrick Smage 2) Cody Webb 3) Bryan Roper 1) Ray Peters 2) Andrew Putt 3) Quinn Wentzel
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 best of six in Expert and Women's Expert Sportsman 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 NY NY VT VT AZ AZ NM NM MN MN Pts Notes 1 Patrick Smage Sherco 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 270 (295) 2012 NATC defending champion 2 Bryan Roper Sherco 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 213 (234) 3 Logan Bolopue Sherco 3 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 181 (199) 4 Eric Storz Gas Gas 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 155 (170) 5 Karl Davis Jr Sherco 4 2 3 4 5 - - - - - 98 6 Cody Webb Beta - - - - - - - - 1 2 55 7 Samuel Fastle Sherco - - - - - - - 5 6 5 47 2012 Expert 125 champion 2013 Ute Cup winner (RMTA) 8 Phil Smage Sherco - - - - - - - - - 7 29 9 Daniel Blanc-Gonnet Sherco - - - - - - - - - 8 13
NATC Expert final standings
Pos Rider Machine NY NY VT VT AZ AZ NM NM MN MN Pts Notes 1 Ray Peters Beta 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 180 (295) 2 Daniel Blanc-Gonnet Sherco 2 3 3 8 5 4 6 3 2 - 131 (175) 3 Samuel Fastle Sherco 3 4 2 6 3 3 2 - - - 131 (146) 2012 Expert 125 champion 4 Andrew Putt Sherco 4 5 6 3 4 5 4 2 3 2 129 (193) 2012 Junior champion 5 Nathan Hassler Gas Gas 9 9 5 9 2 2 3 5 - - 115 (139) 6 Quinn Wentzel Sherco 6 8 9 5 6 6 5 4 4 3 104 (159) 2012 High School champion 7 Alexander Niederer Beta 5 1 7 7 - - - - - - 74 8 Chase HarkerSherco 7 6 4 2 - - - - - - 72 9 Jerome Gregorowicz Beta 8 12 8 4 - - - - - - 53 10 Cody Bradon Gas Gas 11 10 11 11 - - - - - - 41 11 Drew Fortner Beta 12 13 10 10 - - - - - - 39 12 Keifer Jacobson Gas Gas - - - - 7 7 - - - - 28 13 David Garza Perez Gas Gas - - - - - - 7 7 - - 28 14 Ty Cullins Beta - - - - - - 8 6 - - 28 15 Nick Fonzi Beta 10 11 - - - - - - - - 21 16 Travis Fox Gas Gas - 7 - - - - - - - - 14
NATC Women's Expert Sportsman final standings
Pos Rider Machine NY NY VT VT AZ AZ NM NM MN MN PtsNotes 1 Caroline Allen Gas Gas 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 - - 180 (230) 2 Rachel Hassler Gas Gas 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 - - 160 (210) 2012 Women's champion
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