From Whistler, CAN
(Nov. 6, 2017) Hunter Church won the season opener in North American Cup four-man bobsled.
Church’s four-man team set the top push time, and cruised to victory over a diverse field on their way to Church’s first four-man win.
Swiss pilot Pius Meyerhans finished second, well ahead of two-man NAC winner Taylor Austin, who finished third.
Edson Bindilatti, Youngjin Suk, and Jeff McKeen rounded out the top six.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Start | Total |
| 1 | Church / Williamson / Abdul-Saboor / Moreira | USA | 4.93 | 51.50 |
| 2 | Meyerhans / Schmid / Beirl / Danso | SUI | 5.25 | 51.80 |
| 3 | Austin / Bolotnuik / Sommer / Joyce | CAN | 5.16 | 52.13 |
| 4 | Bindilatti / Pessoni / Parreiras / da Silva | BRA | 4.95 | 52.41 |
| 5 | Suk / Ji / Lee / Jang | KOR | 4.93 | 53.13 |
| 6 | McKeen / Glaude / Lundrigen / Gray | CAN | 5.36 | 54.98 |
| 7 | Silic / Nikpalj / Krajisnik / Zlatnar | CRO | 5.03 | 1:01.67 |
| DNS | Gadbois / Taylor / Del Duca / Fogt | USA | DNS | |
| DNS | Shao / Mu/ Li/ Wang | CHN | DNS | |
| DNS | Paes / Silva / Silveira / Silva | BRA | DNS | |
| DNS | Mata / Reidy / Mari / Smith | AUS | DNS |
