COOPER
MX1
Be afraid, very afraid, Bay of Plenty’s Cody
Cooper is on form and he means business.
The Honda star was in scintillating form at
the annual King of the Mountain Motocross,
the event one of the last major outings
before the four-round 2019 New Zealand
Motocross Championships season gets
underway.
Cooper (Alpinestars Motul Honda CRF450R)
showed up at the Barrett Road Motocross
Park facility, on the outskirts of New
Plymouth, for the senior racing – the steep
and tricky track already well battered from
having the juniors race there the previous
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day – and he wasted no time in pushing for
glory in the premier MX1 category
It was important that he did too, because
this track is the host venue for round one of
the nationals on February 3 and he knew a
good performance here would set him up
nicely for his New Zealand title bid.
The six-time former national MX1 champion
finished a close runner-up in the opening
MX1 clash of the day in Taranaki, crossing
the finish line just 1-6 seconds behind
fellow Mount Maunganui man Rhys Carter
(Yamalube Yamaha YZ450F), but he cleared
away in the next two races to register a
2-1-1 scorecard for the weekend and claim
the outright class win for the King of the
Mountain (KoM).