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

YearClassMachineRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd 10Rd 11Rd 12Rd 13PointsPosNotes
1991United States NATC Pro10NM 10NM 7NE 8NE 10AL 13OH 10PA 5MA 8RI 6829th
1993United States NATC ProApriliaPA 7PA 5WA 2WA 2NM 7NM 5TX 3TX 21283rd
1994United States NATC ProApriliaFL 3FL 3NY 5PA 5OH 2WY 3WY 5NE 4NE 31093rd
1995United States NATC ProFanticAZ 6AZ 6CA 5PA -NY 3RI 3RI 5CO 5CO 5OR 5OR 51085thUte Cup winner (RMTA)
2001United States NATC ProScorpaCA 4CA 4RI 7RI 4NY -NY 6NM 4NM 3NE 5NE 31594th
2002United States NATC ProScorpaFL 4FL 2TX 3TX 6PA 6PA 3TN -TN 5CO 5CO 31684th
2003United States NATC ProBetaCA 5CA 6WA 6WA 5OR -OR 4PA 6PA 7RI 5RI 5WY 4WY 5CA 41936th
2004United States NATC ProBetaTN 7TN 9CO 8CO -CA -OH -OH -VT -VT -3911thmember of US Trial des Nations team
2004United States NATC ExpertBetaTN -TN -CO -CO 1CA 2OH 1OH 1VT 1VT 11501st
2005United States NATC ExpertBetaTX 1TX 1TN -TN -CO 1CO 1CA 1CA 1VT 1VT -NY 1NY 12101st
2006United States NATC ExpertBetaAZ 1AZ 1OK 2OK 2TN 1TN 1RI -RI -1451st
2007United States NATC ExpertBetaCO 1CO 1TN 1TN 1OH 1OH 1CA -CA -MN -MN 21801st
2008United States NATC ExpertBetaCO 1CO 1CO 1MN 1MN 1MN 11501st
2009United States NATC ExpertBetaNE 1NE 1TN 1TN 1VT 1VT 1NY 1NY 11501st
2010United States NATC ExpertBetaOK 1OK 1RI 1RI 1NY 1NY 1CO 1CO 1CA 1CA 11801st
2011United States NATC ExpertBetaTX -TX -PA 1PA 1TN 1TN 3TN 41292nd
2012United States NATC ExpertBetaCA 1CA 1CO 1CO 1OH 1OH 1RI 1RI 11501st
2013United States NATC ExpertBetaNY 1NY 2VT 1VT 1AZ 1AZ 1NM 1NM 1MN 1MN 11801stmember of the US Trial des Nations team
2014United States NATC ExpertBetaCO 1CO 2KS 2KS 1PA 2PA 2TN 1TN 11451st
2016United States NATC ExpertBetaFL 1FL 1TN -TN -OR -OR -CO -CO -609th
2017United States NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman EastBetaOH 1OH 1RI 1RI 1901st
2017United States NATC Sr. Expert Sportsman WestBetaTX 1TX 1KS 1KS 1901st

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

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