September 2020 - Volume 4 - Issue 9 On The Pegs September 2020 | Page 41

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TULSAN KIRK
MAYFIELD
TOOK THE
AWARD FOR
MOST
IMRESSIVE
PERFORMANCE
BY A
TWIN-SHOCK
RIDER.
After two-days of competition, 120 miles of high altitude trail and 80 scored sections,
no less than five riders stood atop the leaderboard at the end of this year’s
Ute Cup trial in LaGarita, Colorado.
This year marked the 50th edition of the Ute Cup Trial, and when five riders
cleaned the event, there was no other way to break the tie than to go by age, with
the oldest rider taking the win and the youngest finishing fifth.
Thanks to his 46 years of life experience, Beta USA’s Ray Peters took top honors
at this year’s event, finishing ahead of Dustin Land, Karl Davis Jr., Alex Niederer and
Daniel Blanc-Gonnet, in order of finish.
“We all cleaned the trial. Oldest and lowest score wins, so I lucked out,” said Peters.
“Finishing is one of the tricks at this event. You got to not destroy the motorcycle
on the loop. It’s Scottish-like, in that regard. The loop is rough. And there’s a
lot of it. While there’s a lot of people out there, if you break the wrong thing, you’re
20 miles from the truck. We had a total of 120 miles of loop and it started at 11,000
feet and went to 12,950, which adds additional strain on bike and body.”
Experience counts for a lot at the Ute Cup and Peters had previously won the
event in ’95, ’96, and ’97. n