2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup – Two-Man Bobsled – Race 6

From Park City, USA

Results from the sixth race on the 2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup calendar, held January 10, 2017.

Nick Cunningham took gold in the second two-man race of the NAC Park City stop on the strength of the top run in both heats. Teamed with Ryan Bailey, Cunningham was the only pilot under five seconds at the start, winning the race by a total of .39 over Race 5 winner, Canadian Taylor Austin.

Youngjin Suk of Korea finished with a bronze medal.

Geoffrey Gadbois had another strong showing for the United States in fourth place, ahead of Cristiano Paes of Brazil and Australian Lucas Mata, who rounded out the top six.

Hunter Church scored his second consecutive top ten in 2017 for the United States in ninth place, while teammate Dustin Greenwood finished 14th.

On the Canadian side, Carter Malyk finished eighth, while Parker Reid finished 16th.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Cunningham / Bailey USA 4.98 4.95 49.85 49.96 1:39.81
2 Austin / Brown CAN 5.00 5.02 49.91 50.29 1:40.20
3 Suk / Yang KOR 5.04 5.09 50.29 50.11 1:40.63
4 Gadbois / Schrodt USA 5.08 5.02 50.37 50.59 1:40.96
5 Paes / Silva BRA 5.07 5.03 50.45 50.67 1:41.12
6 Mata / Smith AUS 5.13 5.14 50.37 51.18 1:41.55
7 Bindilatti / Gilson Vianna BRA 5.16 5.16 50.84 50.94 1:41.78
8 Malyk / Sommer CAN 5.23 5.22 50.83 51.24 1:42.07
9 Church / Randall USA 5.29 5.35 50.94 51.34 1:42.28
10 Shen / Wang CHN 5.29 5.32 51.19 51.36 1:42.55
11 Shao / Mu CHN 5.29 5.21 51.46 51.48 1:42.94
12 Lan / Feng CHN 5.25 5.36 51.49 51.99 1:43.48
13 Morgan / Mullings JAM 5.16 5.20 51.88 51.61 1:43.49
14 Greenwood / Wilson USA 5.24 5.19 51.69 52.44 1:44.13
15 Fenlator-Victorian / Nelson JAM 5.34 5.31 52.17 52.30 1:44.47
16 Reid / Leslie CAN 5.60 5.66 52.19 52.55 1:44.74