The MX2 podium ( from left ) Cody Cooper ( third ); Cobie Bourke ( winner ) and James Scott ( second )
MX2 Meanwhile , in the MX2 ( 250cc ) class , Tauranga ’ s Cobie Bourke did enough to win the title , fending off Oparau ’ s national MX2 champion James Scott and three-time former Woodville MX GP winner and multi-time national champion Cody Cooper , from Opotiki . Bourke had a slow start to the day , by his high standards , finishing fourth in the opening race . But then he got better as the day progressed and finished runner-up to Scott in the next outing , before racing away to a solid win in the third and deciding MX2 race of the weekend . When the points were added up , Bourke had done enough to win the day , finishing just a solitary point ahead of Scott , with Cooper claiming third overall , 11 points further back . The 20-year-old Bourke had shown great promise at the annual Honda Summercross event near Whakatane just after Christmas , winning the first MX2 race of the day there , until a crash in race three curtailed his efforts and he had to withdraw . It was an obviously rejuvenated and recovered Bourke on show at Woodville .
Cobie Bourke
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