KIWI RIDER DECEMBER 2017 VOL.2 | Page 18

Ben Broad racer Coppins suddenly became part-time racer for the Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team that he manages and quickly showed he was still a potent force on the race track. Coppins finished the job he had started a week earlier, finishing 1-2-1 in his three SX2 class outings at Winton and he took the title by a comfortable 29 points from Tauranga-based former Rangiora rider Micah McGoldrick (Honda Racing Team CRF250). Third overall in the SX2 class this year was Kotemaori cross-country ace Reece Lister (Bike Worx BikesportNZ.com KTM). “I had no intention for myself to be racing this series and I had nothing scheduled until racing in 18 KIWI RIDER Reece Lister