Ray Peters
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1973-10-29) 29 October 1973
Moreland, New York, United States
Current teamFactory Beta

C Raymond Peters (born 29 October 1973 in Moreland, NY, United States), is an American International motorcycle trials rider. Peters won the NATC Expert National Championship ten times between 2004 and 2014. Peters is the current Beta USA Trials team Manager.

Peters is currently team manager for the US Beta trials team.[1]

Biography

In 1990 Peters won the NATC High School class and moved straight into the Pro class the following season.[2] After moving up from the High School class, Peters put on a good performance in 1991, ending the season a creditable 9th place with a best of 5th in Pennsylvania.

In 1992 he finished 6th in the series and was named as part of the US Trial des Nations team alongside Geoff Aaron, Cory Pincock and Ryan Young, to compete in the international event being held this year at Watkins Glen, Peters' home state. Against the best riders in the world the team came home in 9th place.[3]

Peters became established as a front runner in the NATC Pro class, and proved this by finishing 3rd in the 1993 series behind Young and Aaron, posting three runner-up finishes during the season. Once again named a member of the US Trial des Nations team Peters competed in Ireland.

1994 was almost a carbon copy of the previous year, producing another 3rd place overall for the season, though this time it was Geoff Aaron who won the title with Ryan Young just ahead of Peters.

After securing 5th place in the national series, Peters was once again off overseas to compete in the Trial des Nations event of 1995, this year held in Piesting, Austria. The US team, consisting of Peters, Geoff Aaron, Jess Kempkes and Matt Moore finished in 4th place out of the 13 countries in the International Trophy event.[4] He also won the annual Rocky Mountain Trials Association Ute Cup event.

A landmark year in 2014 produced a season long battle with Andrew Putt and Alex Niederer which went all the way to the final round in Tennessee at the Sequatchie Trials Training Center. Peters won both Tennessee rounds and took the title from Putt by a mere five points, and with it gained his tenth NATC Expert championship.[5]

National Trials Championship Career

[6]

Year Class Machine Rd
1
Rd
2
Rd
3
Rd
4
Rd
5
Rd
6
Rd
7
Rd
8
Rd
9
Rd
10
Rd
11
Rd
12
Rd
13
Points Pos Notes
1991 United States NATC Pro
10
NM
10
NM
7
NE
8
NE
10
AL
13
OH
10
PA
5
MA
8
RI
6
82 9th
1993 United States NATC Pro Aprilia PA
7
PA
5
WA
2
WA
2
NM
7
NM
5
TX
3
TX
2
128 3rd
1995 United States NATC Pro Fantic AZ
6
AZ
6
CA
5
PA
-
NY
3
RI
3
RI
5
CO
5
CO
5
OR
5
OR
5
108 5th Ute Cup winner (RMTA)[7]
2001 United States NATC Pro Scorpa CA
4
CA
4
RI
7
RI
4
NY
-
NY
6
NM
4
NM
3
NE
5
NE
3
159 4th
2002 United States NATC Pro Scorpa FL
4
FL
2
TX
3
TX
6
PA
6
PA
3
TN
-
TN
5
CO
5
CO
3
168 4th
2003 United States NATC Pro Beta CA
5
CA
6
WA
6
WA
5
OR
-
OR
4
PA
6
PA
7
RI
5
RI
5
WY
4
WY
5
CA
4
193 6th
2004 United States NATC Pro Beta TN
7
TN
9
CO
8
CO
-
CA
-
OH
-
OH
-
VT
-
VT
-
39 11th member of US Trial des Nations team
2004 United States NATC Expert Beta TN
-
TN
-
CO
-
CO
1
CA
2
OH
1
OH
1
VT
1
VT
1
150 1st
2005 United States NATC Expert Beta TX
1
TX
1
TN
-
TN
-
CO
1
CO
1
CA
1
CA
1
VT
1
VT
-
NY
1
NY
1
210 1st
2006 United States NATC Expert Beta AZ
1
AZ
1
OK
2
OK
2
TN
1
TN
1
RI
-
RI
-
145 1st
2007 United States NATC Expert Beta CO
1
CO
1
TN
1
TN
1
OH
1
OH
1
CA
-
CA
-
MN
-
MN
2
180 1st
2008 United States NATC Expert Beta CO
1
CO
1
CO
1
MN
1
MN
1
MN
1
150 1st
2009 United States NATC Expert Beta NE
1
NE
1
TN
1
TN
1
VT
1
VT
1
NY
1
NY
1
150 1st
2010 United States NATC Expert Beta OK
1
OK
1
RI
1
RI
1
NY
1
NY
1
CO
1
CO
1
CA
1
CA
1
180 1st
2011 United States NATC Expert Beta TX
-
TX
-
PA
1
PA
1
TN
1
TN
3
TN
4
129 2nd
2012 United States NATC Expert Beta CA
1
CA
1
CO
1
CO
1
OH
1
OH
1
RI
1
RI
1
150 1st
2013 United States NATC Expert Beta NY
1
NY
2
VT
1
VT
1
AZ
1
AZ
1
NM
1
NM
1
MN
1
MN
1
180 1st member of the US Trial des Nations team
2014 United States NATC Expert Beta CO
1
CO
2
KS
2
KS
1
PA
2
PA
2
TN
1
TN
1
145 1st
2016 United States NATC Expert Beta FL
1
FL
1
TN
-
TN
-
OR
-
OR
-
CO
-
CO
-
60 9th
2017 United States NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman East Beta OH
1
OH
1
RI
1
RI
1
90 1st
2017 United States NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman West Beta TX
1
TX
1
KS
1
KS
1
90 1st

Honors

  • US National NATC Expert Trials Champion 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • US National NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman East Champion 2017
  • US National NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman West Champion 2017
  • US National NATC High School Champion 1990
  • Member of winning USA Trial des Nations team 2000
  • Ute Cup winner 1995, 1996, 1997, 2020

References

  1. "beta team riders 2020". betausa.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. US World Trials Program. AMA. 1994. p. 13.
  3. "trial des nations 1992". trialonline.org. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. Morrison, Ian, ed. (1995). American Motorcyclist Aug 95. American Motorcyclist. p. 45.
  5. "peters wins 10th title". outdoorhub.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. "NATC Championship". trialonline.org. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  7. "Ute Cup winners". rockymountaintrials.org. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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