Kayne Lamont
Cooper also outlasted all riders in the feature shoot-out , a series of races that eliminated riders at each phase . The shootout started with the top riders from each of the 125cc , MX2 and MX1 classes and culling out the slowest riders each time , reducing the competition from 40 riders in the first stanza , to 20 , to 10 , to six and eventually there were just three riders in the final outing . Cooper was the last man standing , winning the final three-rider shootout ahead of Yamaha pair Watts and Oparau ’ s James Scott . Cooper had finished 1-3-1 in his MX1 class races and his eventual 12-point winning margin over Treloar gave him a massive boost in confidence with a jam-packed season of racing now ahead of him . These results may offer a clue to which individuals might be battling for the silverware at the big annual New
James Scott
Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville in late January or when the nationals kick off near Rotorua in February and Cooper must be tipped as a favourite to win again . Cooper is the current national MX2 champion and is also
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