2019 NZ MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
COOPER SNATCHES
BACK THE MOTOCROSS
ADVANTAGE
T
he Honda man from Mount
Maunganui grabbed the lead in the
premier MX1 class at the opening
round of four in the 2019 New Zealand
Motocross Championships near New
Plymouth on February 3, but then had
to weather an attack from his key rival,
visiting Australian Kirk Gibbs (Altherm
24 KIWI RIDER
JCR Yamaha YZ450F), at round two near
Rotorua a fortnight later.
These two men arrived at Pukekohe’s
round three on February 24 level at the
top of the points table and difficult to
separate on the race track too, the two
men having swapped first and second
position in every one of the series’ MX1