From the home office in Durham, USA
Final points for the IBSF North American Cup 2016/2017.
Women’s Skeleton
Rayoung Mun came into the final race in Lake Placid as the point leader, but just by 20 points. Needing a good race, she had a great one, winning gold to clinch the overall title, edging Canadian Madison Chaney. Mun and Charney were also the top finishing Juniors on tour.
Gracie Clapp-Taylor finished third overall, well ahead of Donna Creighton. Creighton, however, only raced the second half of the season, winning one gold and three silvers in the process.
Sophia Jeong and Morgan Tracey tied for fifth.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Best Finish | Worst Finish | Points |
| 1 | Rayoung Mun (J) | KOR | 1 (Whi, LP) | 6 (Cal x2) | 445 |
| 2 | Madison Charney (J) | CAN | 1 (Whi) | 9 (Cal) | 386 |
| 3 | Gracie Clapp-Taylor | USA | 3 (LP) | 12 (Cal x2) | 341 |
| 4 | Donna Creighton | GBR | 1 (LP) | 2 (PC x2, LP) | 270 |
| 5 | Sophia Jeong | KOR | 3 (Whi x2) | 11 (LP) | 254 |
| 5 | Morgan Tracey (J) | USA | 6 (Whi) | 15 (Cal) | 254 |
| 7 | Jeonghyeok Lee (J) | KOR | 8 (Whi x2) | 13 (Cal, LP) | 250 |
| 8 | Maya Pedersen | NOR | 3 (PC) | 14 (LP) | 241 |
| 9 | Madelaine Smith | GBR | 1 (PC x2) | 6 (LP x2) | 230 |
| 10 | Leslie Stratton | USA | 8 (PC) | 17 (Cal) | 222 |
Men’s Skeleton
The North American Cup men’s skeleton title wasn’t in question for the final few races of the season, with Australian John Farrow taking the overall title from Korean Junhyeon Kim.
Farrow won two silver medals on his way to the NAC title, never finishing outside of the top six. Kim struggled in Whistler, inevitably falling well behind Farrow going into Lake Placid.
American John Daly competed on the second half of the North American Cup tour on his way back to form from a brief retirement, and won three of the four races he entered. He was rewarded with a third place position in the overall standings.
Joseph Luke Cecchini, Patrick Rooney and Allen Blackwell rounded out the top six overall.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Best Finish | Worst Finish | Points |
| 1 | John Farrow | AUS | 2 (Cal, PC) | 6 (Whi x2) | 405 |
| 2 | Junhyeon Kim | KOR | 3 (Cal) | 12 (Whi x2) | 302 |
| 3 | John Daly | USA | 1 (PC x2, LP) | 2 (LP) | 290 |
| 4 | Joseph Luke Cecchini | ITA | 3 (Cal, LP) | 7 (Whi, LP) | 281 |
| 5 | Patrick Rooney | CAN | 4 (Whi x2) | 7 (PC) | 273 |
| 6 | Allen Blackwell | USA | 6 (PC) | 15 (LP) | 256 |
| 7 | Katsuyuki Miyajima (J) | JPN | 1 (Whi) | 6 (Whi x2) | 220 |
| 8 | Seunggi Jung (J) | KOR | 5 (Cal) | 12 (LP) | 209 |
| 9 | Andrew Blaser | USA | 7 (PC) | 23 (LP) | 206 |
| 10 | Andy White | CAN | 10 (Whi) | 17 (Cal, LP) | 196 |
Women’s Bobsled
During the first half of the year, it seemed as though the Koreans would be struggling to get their NAC women’s bobsled program going. When the tour moved south from Canada to the United States, however, things turned around in a hurry.
Yooran Kim and Seonhye Lee swapped gold and silver medals in the two Park City races, and then Kim took one more gold in Lake Placid. Lee finished just behind Canada’s Julie Johnson in the final race to keep her ahead of Johnson in second.
Johnson finished third by just 2 points, but well ahead of Americans Nicole Vogt, Katie Eberling, and Kristi Koplin, who rounded out the top six.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Best Finish | Worst Finish | Points |
| 1 | Yooran Kim (J) | KOR | 1 (PC, LP) | 9 (Cal x2) | 782 |
| 2 | Seonhye Lee (J) | KOR | 1 (PC) | 13 (Cal) | 704 |
| 3 | Julie Johnson (J) | Can | 2 (LP) | 10 (Cal x2) | 702 |
| 4 | Nicole Vogt | USA | 1 (LP) | 14 (Whi) | 672 |
| 5 | Katie Eberling | USA | 3 (PC) | 7 (LP) | 550 |
| 6 | Kristi Koplin | USA | 4 (PC) | 16 (Whi) | 548 |
| 7 | Heather Paes | BRA | 4 (PC) | 13 (Whi) | 480 |
| 8 | Alysia Rissling | CAN | 1 (Cal, Whi x2) | 3 (Cal) | 462 |
| 9 | Mica McNeill (J) | GBR | 2 (Cal x2, Whi) | 3 (Whi) | 432 |
| 10 | Christine de Bruin | CAN | 3 (Cal) | 7 (Whi) | 370 |
Two Man Bobsled
With the exception of two races in Whistler, Nick Cunningham cleaned up on the two-man bobsled portion of the North American Cup. In the tour’s eight races, Cunningham finished on the podium six times, racking up four wins in that time.
Canadian Taylor Austin finished second on the strength of the United States portion of the tour, scoring a gold, silver, and bronze in that time.
Youngjin Suk finished third, just ahead of the top-scoring Junior on the tour, Geoffrey Gadbois. Brazilians Edson Bindilatti and Christiano Paes rounded out the top six.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Best Finish | Worst Finish | Points |
| 1 | Nick Cunningham | USA | 1 (Cal, PC, LP x2) | 11 (Whi) | 840 |
| 2 | Taylor Austin | CAN | 1 (PC) | 14 (Whi) | 676 |
| 3 | Youngjin Suk | KOR | 2 (LP) | 10 (Cal) | 626 |
| 4 | Geoffrey Gadbois (J) | USA | 4 (PC) | 14 (Cal) | 604 |
| 5 | Edson Bindilatti | BRA | 3 (LP) | 16 (Cal, Whi) | 594 |
| 6 | Cristiano Paes | BRA | 5 (PC) | 18 (Whi) | 556 |
| 7 | Hunter Church (J) | USA | 2 (LP) | 15 (Cal x2) | 462 |
| 8 | Lucas Mata | AUS | 5 (PC) | 15 (Whi) | 412 |
| 9 | Bruce Tasker | GBR | 4 (Whi) | 7 (Whi) | 356 |
| 10 | Surf Fenlator-Victorian | JAM | 8 (LP x2) | 18 (Whi x2) | 344 |
Four Man Bobsled
Unlike the two-man portion of the tour, Nick Cunningham had some competition in four-man bobsled.
Cunningham came into the final race of the season a mere 2 points ahead of Edson Bindilatti. In that final run of the year, Cunningham was quickest down every portion of the Lake Placid track on his way to a gold medal and the four-man overall title. Bindilatti finished second both in the race, and in the overall points.
Geoffrey Gadbois was once again the top-finishing Junior in third, with Youngjin Suk, Taylor Austin and Hunter Church rounding out the top six.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Best Finish | Worst Finish | Points |
| 1 | Nick Cunningham | USA | 1 (PC, LP) | 8 (Whi) | 800 |
| 2 | Edson Bindilatti | BRA | 1 (PC, LP) | 8 (Cal x2, Whi) | 788 |
| 3 | Geoffrey Gadbois (J) | USA | 2 (PC) | 13 (Cal) | 670 |
| 4 | Youngjin Suk | KOR | 3 (PC) | 9 (Whi) | 618 |
| 5 | Taylor Austin | CAN | 7 (PC x2, LP) | 13 (Cal) | 600 |
| 6 | Hunter Church (J) | USA | 3 (LP x2) | 10 (Cal x2) | 528 |
| 7 | Lucas Mata | AUS | 5 (PC) | 13 (Whi) | 440 |
| 8 | Nick Poloniato | CAN | 1 (Cal) | 3 (Cal, Whi x2) | 416 |
| 9 | Lamin Deen | GBR | 6 (Cal, Whi) | 7 (Whi) | 260 |
| 10 | Alexander Kasjanov | RUS | 1 (Whi x2) | 1 (Whi x2) | 240 |