About the NATC
and the
U.S. National Observed Motorcycle Championship

The mission of the NATC, Inc. is to establish and to administer a US National Motorcycle Trials Championship series that will produce a US National Observed Trials Champion. A secondary mission of the NATC is to organize and manage the USA Trials des Nations team that annually represents the USA at the FIM-sanctioned Trials des Nations event usually held somewhere in Europe. Included in the mission is the establishment of rules that are used to govern both rider and event. The NATC is in effect the trials arm of the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). The AMA is the primary sanctioning body for motorcycle sports in the US. The Federation Internationale Motorcycliste (FIM) establishes the rules for world competition in trials and many other motorcycle sports. It is incumbent on the AMA to follow those rules if our riders are to compete on the world scene. As the trials arm of the AMA we are required in good conscience to review those rules that may differ with our national series rules.

The NATC/AMA has produced, for over thirty years, one of the most professional and well organized national series in the world. The NATC is a forum for national event organizers to represent the interests of the national event sponsoring club and its national riders. The representatives that attend the NATC meeting are chosen by their respective clubs. That selection process is accomplished in any manner the local club feels is appropriate, not dictated by the NATC.

The rider representatives in attendance are prominent members of the trials riding community. The Diplomat or life members of the NATC are not chosen by the NATC, but are initially chosen by their local organization to be the chief organizer of a World Round. Once they have accomplished this tremendous undertaking they are then elevated to the position of Diplomat by the NATC. These particular members of the NATC provide the experience and institutional knowledge necessary to help review and decide on rules and other significant issues impacting the National Trials events and the riders that participate. The formal structure of the NATC consists of annual election by the Diplomats of a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, and a Chief Financial Officier. For 2005 these individuals are Brian Behling, Howard Galbreath and Wiltz Wagner respectively.

Many of the NATC members make an enormous contribution to the sport by volunteering for one of the NATC jobs. These ³positions² come about through; longevity, institutional knowledge, experience, dedication, demeanor, purpose, and any combination of these traits.

You are encouraged to get involved with your local club and we hope that some day your efforts will be rewarded by helping the NATC national series achieve even greater heights.

 

 

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