From Lake Placid, USA
Results from the seventh 2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup two-man bobsled race, held January 20, 2017.
Nick Cunningham cruised to victory, over a second ahead of teammate Hunter Church.
The 2014 Olympian was quickest in both heats, expanding his first run lead by twofold to win by 1.09. Church finished with a silver, just ahead of Canadian Taylor Austin, who finished with a bronze medal.
It was a great showing for the Americans, with Geoffrey Gadbois finishing in the top five with a fifth place finish to help put all three American sleds in the top five.
Edson Bindilatti was the only non-North American in the top five in fourth, while Brazilian teammate Christiano Paes finished sixth.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Cunningham / Gilsleider | USA | 5.29 | 5.30 | 56.10 | 55.97 | 1:52.07 |
| 2 | Church / Taylor | USA | 5.35 | 5.39 | 56.38 | 56.78 | 1:53.16 |
| 3 | Taylor / Matton | CAN | 5.43 | 5.42 | 56.54 | 56.75 | 1:53.29 |
| 4 | Bindilatti / Martins | BRA | 5.27 | 5.29 | 56.57 | 56.98 | 1:53.55 |
| 5 | Gadbois / Schrodt | USA | 5.25 | 5.28 | 56.73 | 57.02 | 1:53.75 |
| 6 | Paes / Ribeiro | BRA | 5.44 | 5.44 | 57.32 | 57.41 | 1:54.73 |
| 7 | McKeen / Lickers | CAN | 5.64 | 5.67 | 57.54 | 57.96 | 1:55.50 |
| 8 | Fenlator-Victorian / Dixon | JAM | 5.37 | 5.34 | 57.64 | 57.88 | 1:55.52 |
| 9 | Shen / Wang | CHN | 5.51 | 5.51 | 57.78 | 57.85 | 1:55.63 |
| 10 | Shao / Mu | CHN | 5.44 | 5.48 | 57.89 | 59.51 | 1:57.40 |
| 11 | Lan / Feng | CHN | 5.66 | 5.70 | 58.48 | 59.22 | 1:57.70 |
| 12 | Reid / Leslie | CAN | 6.10 | 6.26 | 59.01 | 59.86 | 1:58.87 |
| 13 | Morgan / Myers | JAM | 5.55 | 5.59 | 61.57 | 58.39 | 1:59.96 |
| 14 | Suk / Jang | KOR | 5.24 | DNF |
