Ray Peters (motorcyclist) explained

Ray Peters
Birth Date:1973 10, df=y
Birth Place:Moreland, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Current Team:Factory 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]

YearClassMachineRd
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
PointsPosNotes
1991 NATC Pro
10
NM
10
NM
7
NE
8
NE
10
AL
13
OH
10
PA
5
MA
8
RI
6
829th
1993 NATC ProApriliaPA
7
PA
5
WA
2
WA
2
NM
7
NM
5
TX
3
TX
2
1283rd
1995 NATC ProFanticAZ
6
AZ
6
CA
5
PA
-
NY
3
RI
3
RI
5
CO
5
CO
5
OR
5
OR
5
1085thUte Cup winner (RMTA)[7]
2001 NATC ProScorpaCA
4
CA
4
RI
7
RI
4
NY
-
NY
6
NM
4
NM
3
NE
5
NE
3
1594th
2002 NATC ProScorpaFL
4
FL
2
TX
3
TX
6
PA
6
PA
3
TN
-
TN
5
CO
5
CO
3
1684th
2003 NATC ProBetaCA
5
CA
6
WA
6
WA
5
OR
-
OR
4
PA
6
PA
7
RI
5
RI
5
WY
4
WY
5
CA
4
1936th
2004 NATC ProBetaTN
7
TN
9
CO
8
CO
-
CA
-
OH
-
OH
-
VT
-
VT
-
3911thmember of US Trial des Nations team
2004 NATC ExpertBetaTN
-
TN
-
CO
-
CO
1
CA
2
OH
1
OH
1
VT
1
VT
1
1501st
2005 NATC ExpertBetaTX
1
TX
1
TN
-
TN
-
CO
1
CO
1
CA
1
CA
1
VT
1
VT
-
NY
1
NY
1
2101st
2006 NATC ExpertBetaAZ
1
AZ
1
OK
2
OK
2
TN
1
TN
1
RI
-
RI
-
1451st
2007 NATC ExpertBetaCO
1
CO
1
TN
1
TN
1
OH
1
OH
1
CA
-
CA
-
MN
-
MN
2
1801st
2008 NATC ExpertBetaCO
1
CO
1
CO
1
MN
1
MN
1
MN
1
1501st
2009 NATC ExpertBetaNE
1
NE
1
TN
1
TN
1
VT
1
VT
1
NY
1
NY
1
1501st
2010 NATC ExpertBetaOK
1
OK
1
RI
1
RI
1
NY
1
NY
1
CO
1
CO
1
CA
1
CA
1
1801st
2011 NATC ExpertBetaTX
-
TX
-
PA
1
PA
1
TN
1
TN
3
TN
4
1292nd
2012 NATC ExpertBetaCA
1
CA
1
CO
1
CO
1
OH
1
OH
1
RI
1
RI
1
1501st
2013 NATC ExpertBetaNY
1
NY
2
VT
1
VT
1
AZ
1
AZ
1
NM
1
NM
1
MN
1
MN
1
1801stmember of the US Trial des Nations team
2014 NATC ExpertBetaCO
1
CO
2
KS
2
KS
1
PA
2
PA
2
TN
1
TN
1
1451st
2016 NATC ExpertBetaFL
1
FL
1
TN
-
TN
-
OR
-
OR
-
CO
-
CO
-
609th
2017 NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman EastBetaOH
1
OH
1
RI
1
RI
1
901st
2017 NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman WestBetaTX
1
TX
1
KS
1
KS
1
901st

Honors

Related Reading

Notes and References

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