Coppins 07 World FIM thread

[Danger]

I agree with Scott. Coulda woulda shoulda, ya don't win by crashing and injuring yourself. Same deal in the AMA with James Stewart.

[Quicker_with_age]

True but wasnt Josh's crash that gave him the injury caused by a stone jammed in his brakes? Not really something he could have prevented.......
Oh well these things happen I guess, Heres hoping for next year, He reminds me of Darryl King who never got a chance to win the thing although he came very close and certainly deserved to win. Thats Racing.

[arj127]

yeah Scottys right, but i dont think Ramon truly deserved that trophy. Coppins and a few others were way quicker than him all year, Phillipaerts was brilliant at a lot of rounds and in my view will win the trophy at some stage. Its a shame De Reuver didn't do better, hes a really cool guy with an excellent relaxed attitude. Maybe thats his downfall.
Guess my post before this all started ended up pretty close to what happened. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=40967

But if Cairoli does move up to MX1, Josh will certainly have his work cut out then, as Antonio is seriously quick and only knows one postion that he wants to finish in.

[dammad1]

Josh is no spring chicken, I think for him to win next year he will have to really step up his game.

[NordieBoy]

Step up?
Over 100pts clear with 3 rounds left?
Without injury he would have Stefan'd them.

[dino3310]

QUOTE=NordieBoy;1194119]Step up?
Over 100pts clear with 3 rounds left?
Without injury he would have Stefan'd them.[/QUOTE]

he certainly showed his depth of talent

[dammad1]

That may be true, but he was hardly pushed by anyone in paticular. if caroli steps up, and with a few of the other guys that were just getting into the swing of things this season, I think he will find it alot harder next season.

[denill]

Date: 14 October 2007.
Press release:


Coppins podiums in thrilling Mettet starbiker.

New Zealander, Josh Coppins, has raced to a commendable third overall at the star studded Mettet starbiker in Belgium this weekend. In only his second ever Supermoto race, Coppins qualified 6th for a reasonable position on the starting grid. With Chambon crashing out of moto 1, Coppins was able to secure third spot behind former motocross rival Michael Pichon and MX legend Micky Dymond.



Coppins grabbed another good start in moto 2 but got caught up in the second corner losing valuable positions. He completed the first lap in 9th and had plenty of work cut out for him. ‘Lizzard’ put his head down and made his way past Breugelmans, Demaria and Troy Corser to finish in 5th, closely behind Frenchman Frederic Bolley.



“I really enjoyed this weekend.” smiled Coppins. “ The weather was perfect and I got faster every time I went out. I had no crashes and got the hang of it really fast. My YZ450F worked really well and THOR sent me out a cool leather suite so at least I looked the part!”



Coppins has a week of MX testing planned in Italy before heading to the UK for the infamous Western Beach race this coming weekend.

[denill]

Not an often seen action shot of Josh

[Danger]

Good to see he is back on the bike.
I can't believe what a year of disapointment NZ have had this year sporting wise. In a year that had so much promising success on tap, New Zealand has fallen seriously short in my opinion. MXoN, MX1, AMA outdoors, America's Cup, Rugby World Cup, NZ Rugby League, we have fallen short in all of these this year.
While BT fell short of the AMA title he for sure put in the best performance of the year in my opinion, and probably had the most impressive results of the year, just that their was one better, and nothing more that he could do to over come that.
Heres hoping that Josh and BT can achieve next year what we were hoping for this year.

[NZsarge]

Not an often seen action shot of Josh

Kewl photo, pity we don't see some motard racing on the box.

[denill]

Have you read - THIS JOSH C INTERVIEW:

[denill]

Josh is having fun:

Date: 22 October 2007.
Press release:

Second place for Coppins at Weston Beach Race

Josh Coppins has lined up against a field of over 1150 off road riders for his Weston Beach Race debut this past weekend. In his second to last event before returning home to NZ, the Kiwi battled it out with fellow Motocross rival, Steve Ramon, chasing the Belgian over the rutted and sandy Weston Beach dunes in what is considered the largest off road event in the UK.

“I didn’t know what to expect at this race.” admitted Coppins. “I have heard a lot about the Weston Beach race and now that I have one under my belt I’m going to be back for more. I rode a complete standard YZ450F 2008 model and was amazed how well the bike pulled and held up in the deep sand. We ran stock suspension and a standard fuel tank so I just had to stop more often to re-fuel which is obviously where I lost some time.”

Perfect weather conditions made the circuit somewhat easier on the competitors nonetheless the race was cut 30 mins short for safety reasons which saw Coppins follow home Steve Ramon in second place.

“I took it easy on the first lap and was around 20th position after the start. Mike Brown and Steve Ramon were long gone but then ‘Brownie’ cooked his clutch and after the first hour I was 2 minutes off of Steve. I got a rhythm going and closed down the gap to 50 seconds by the time the organisers red flagged the race so I was pumped with my riding and fitness.”

Coppins returns to NZ on Tuesday only to catch a connecting flight to Australia where he will take part in the International Oceania Motocross Championships in Barrabool on the 27-28 October.(www.oceaniamx.com)

Podium results:

1.Steve Ramon

2.Josh Coppins

3.Brad Anderson

[NordieBoy]

"I got a rhythm going and closed down the gap to 50 seconds by the time the organisers red flagged the race so I was pumped with my riding and fitness.”

The results sheet has Josh 3min back from Steve.

Not a bad first outing tho...

Sounds like a hard race.
54 people didn't make the 1st lap.
63 more didn't make lap 2.

The big news is Josh didn't injure himself

[denill]

Date: 28 October 2007.

Press Release:

Josh Coppins cleans up International Oceania MX in Barrabool.


The NZ vs Australia race format which sees the best Pro, Junior and Women riders from each country battle it out at the famous Barrabool circuit west of Melbourne, has seen Kiwi star Josh Coppins blitz all races at the annual event. The NZ team captain won both Pro races, the one-on-one Super Pole against former GP rival and guest American racer Ryan Hughs, and to add the icing on the cake, Coppins cleaned up the Pro feature race which had the 20 top scoring Pro Lites riders trying to making their mark against the 20 top Pro Open riders.


“I really enjoyed myself this weekend” smiled Coppins. “I set the fastest time in practice and qualifying on Saturday and stayed out of trouble on Sunday and managed to win all races. The track was fast and technical which I liked and we had good weather with some wind in the morning making it a bit dusty.”

Despite Coppins’s full house of wins, Team NZ were still not able to pry the trophy from a hungry Aussie team. “NZ did well in the Pro class and in the woman’s class with a great ride from Katherine Prumm but we really struggled in the Junior classes which I guess is where we lost out to Australia. I love doing this event and am going to stay on a little longer in Oz for a bit of a holiday before heading back home to Motueka.” added the factory Yamaha racer.


Overall results: Pro Open class.

Josh Coppins
Daryl Hurley
Ryan Hughs
Craig Anderson
Daniel Mc Coy.

VERY Unofficial Result is that they won: Australia 746 to NZ 550