From Whistler, CAN
(Nov. 4, 2017) Youngjin Suk & Hoon Ji kicked the 2017/2018 season off with a North American Cup win in Whistler.
The Koreans won the one-heat race over the Canadian team of Jeff McKeen & Keefer Joyce by just .08, while Americans Hunter Church & Hakeem Abdul-Saboor finished with a bronze medal.
The race was cut to a one-heat race after an extended track hold.
Canadian Taylor Austin piloted his sled to a fourth place finish, ahead of Aussie Lucas Mata and Chinese pilot Jian Jin, who rounded out the top six.
Stuart Chisholm finished 14th in the third Canadian sled.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Start | Total |
| 1 | Suk / Ji | KOR | 4.92 | 52.11 |
| 2 | McKeen / Joyce | CAN | 4.98 | 52.19 |
| 3 | Church / Abdul-Saboor | USA | 4.88 | 52.34 |
| 4 | Austin / Sommer | CAN | 4.94 | 52.44 |
| 5 | Mata / Mari | AUS | 4.94 | 52.53 |
| 6 | Jin / Li | CHN | 5.01 | 52.70 |
| 7 | Bindilatti / Martins | BRA | 4.88 | 52.83 |
| 8 | Silic / Nikpalj | CRO | 5.10 | 53.34 |
| 9 | Li / Feng | CHN | 4.97 | 53.71 |
| 10 | Sun / Wang | CHN | 5.06 | 54.11 |
| 11 | Meyerhans / Danso | SUI | 5.10 | 54.86 |
| 12 | Paes / Goncalves Silva | BRA | 5.04 | 55.01 |
| 13 | Shao / Shi | CHN | 4.98 | 57.46 |
| 14 | Chisholm / Hol | CAN | 6.13 | 57.73 |
| 15 | Morgan / Turgott | JAM | 4.92 | 1:03.47 |
| DNF | Gadbois / Taylor | USA | 4.97 | DNF |