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.
Biography In 1990 Peters won the NATC High School class and moved straight into the Pro class the following season. 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.
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. 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.
National Trials Championship Career
Year Class Machine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Rd10 Rd11 Rd12 Rd13 Points Pos Notes 1991 NATC Pro 10 NM10 NM7 NE8 NE10 AL13 OH10 PA5 MA8 RI6 82 9th 1993 NATC Pro Aprilia PA7 PA5 WA2 WA2 NM7 NM5 TX3 TX2 128 3rd 1994 NATC Pro Aprilia FL3 FL3 NY5 PA5 OH2 WY3 WY5 NE4 NE3 109 3rd 1995 NATC Pro Fantic AZ6 AZ6 CA5 PA- NY3 RI3 RI5 CO5 CO5 OR5 OR5 108 5thUte Cup winner (RMTA) 2001 NATC Pro Scorpa CA4 CA4 RI7 RI4 NY- NY6 NM4 NM3 NE5 NE3 159 4th 2002 NATC Pro Scorpa FL4 FL2 TX3 TX6 PA6 PA3 TN- TN5 CO5 CO3 168 4th 2003 NATC Pro Beta CA5 CA6 WA6 WA5 OR- OR4 PA6 PA7 RI5 RI5 WY4 WY5 CA4 193 6th 2004 NATC Pro Beta TN7 TN9 CO8 CO- CA- OH- OH- VT- VT- 39 11th member of US Trial des Nations team 2004 NATC Expert Beta TN- TN- CO- CO1 CA2 OH1 OH1 VT1 VT1 150 1st 2005 NATC Expert Beta TX1 TX1 TN- TN- CO1 CO1 CA1 CA1 VT1 VT- NY1 NY1 210 1st 2006 NATC Expert Beta AZ1 AZ1 OK2 OK2 TN1 TN1 RI- RI- 145 1st 2007 NATC Expert Beta CO1 CO1 TN1 TN1 OH1 OH1 CA- CA- MN- MN2 180 1st 2008 NATC Expert Beta CO1 CO1 CO1 MN1 MN1 MN1 150 1st 2009 NATC Expert Beta NE1 NE1 TN1 TN1 VT1 VT1 NY1 NY1 150 1st 2010 NATC Expert Beta OK1 OK1 RI1 RI1 NY1 NY1 CO1 CO1 CA1 CA1 180 1st 2011 NATC Expert Beta TX- TX- PA1 PA1 TN1 TN3 TN4 129 2nd 2012 NATC Expert Beta CA1 CA1 CO1 CO1 OH1 OH1 RI1 RI1 150 1st 2013 NATC Expert Beta NY1 NY2 VT1 VT1 AZ1 AZ1 NM1 NM1 MN1 MN1 180 1st member of the US Trial des Nations team 2014 NATC Expert Beta CO1 CO2 KS2 KS1 PA2 PA2 TN1 TN1 145 1st 2016 NATC Expert Beta FL1 FL1 TN- TN- OR- OR- CO- CO- 60 9th 2017 NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman East Beta OH1 OH1 RI1 RI1 90 1st 2017 NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman West Beta TX1 TX1 KS1 KS1 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
Related Reading NATC Trials Championship FIM Trial European Championship FIM Trial World Championship
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