Proud day for Kiwi motorcyclists

**scott411** · 2nd April 2007, 07:46

Ben Townley Wins AMA Supercross Lites adn Closes to with in 3 points of the lead in taht series with one race to go,

and

Josh Coppins wins 1st MX1 Grand Prix in Holland, leads world Champs by 6 points,

now just watch the mainstream media ignore tehm again,

**merv** · 2nd April 2007, 07:57

Nice one!! Good to hear Kiwis are winning.

**Matt Bleck** · 2nd April 2007, 10:50

Good to hear, thanks for the updates Scott!!

**Big Dave** · 2nd April 2007, 10:50

Be sure and read both their monthy columns in Kiwi Rider magazine!
$10 at your news stand!

errrrr.....automatic response.

**scott411** · 2nd April 2007, 11:25

Josh press release

Date: 1 April 2007

Press release:

Josh Coppins wins opening round of the 2007 FIM MX GP series.

Yamaha factory rider, Josh Coppins, has raced to a superb overall victory at the first round of the FIM MX1 GP series in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands.

Coppins had a good gate jump in moto 1 and powered his way past Belgian, Ken de Dyker, moments after the start to take the lead in front of 25 000 spectators. De Dyker retaliated in the same lap with Coppins watching his every move from behind in second. With 6 laps gone “Lizzard” pressured the Belgian and took back the lead with De Dycker fading with every lap. Coppins posted fast and consistent lap times on the rough and technical sand circuit and took the checkered flag, over 15 seconds ahead of rival Steve Ramon, for his first GP win of the season.

The final decider would see team-mates Jonathan Barragan and David Philippaerts lead the start of second 40 min + 2 lap race with Coppins pursuing in third. The Kiwi made his way past Italian, Philippaerts, however he lost too much ground on Barragan who succeeded in opening up a comfortable gap. Coppins tried to close the deficit with a few minutes left on the clock but had to settle for a strong second and his first overall win in the 15 round series.

“This is a great start to the season. I didn’t expect to be this fast in the sand but we have been putting in some hard work on the practice tracks and in the pre-season races and that has paid off here. I took my time in the first moto to get past Ken as I knew he would not be able to run a fast pace for the entire race. Once I was out front I controlled the race and won with quite a big gap. The second moto wasn’t as easy and I tried to move in on Jonathan but he was riding really well so he deserved the win in the second moto. I am happy for the Rinaldi Yamaha team - we achieved more than our goal today,” explained an elated Coppins.

The second round of the MX1 GP series will move South to sunny Spain where the hard pack circuit of Bellpuig will see Coppins start with a 6 point lead.

www.joshcoppins.com

MX1 Results:

Race 1

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

3 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

4 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

5 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

6 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

8 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

9 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

10 Noble, James GBR Honda

11 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

12 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

13 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

14 Brown, Mike USA Honda

15 Meo, Antoine FRA Honda

Race 2

1 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

2 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

3 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

4 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

5 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

6 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

7 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

8 Noble, James GBR Honda

9 Brown, Mike USA Honda

10 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

11 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

12 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

13 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

14 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

15 Vanni, Julien FRA Honda

MX 1 championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 47

2 Barragan, J. ESP 41

3 Ramon, Steve BEL 37

4 Strijbos, K. BEL 36

5 de Reuver, M. NED 35

6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 34

7 Nagl, M. GER 25

8 Noble, James GBR 24

9 Priem, Manuel BEL 19

10 Brown, Mike USA 19

11 Leok, Tanel EST 17

12 Renet, P. FRA 13

13 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 13

14 Mackenzie, B. GBR 12

15 Crockard, G. IRL 10

**scott411** · 2nd April 2007, 11:26

BT101 press Release

Date: 1 April 2007.

Press release:

Ben Townley wins Supercross Lites nail biter in Dallas.

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/ Kawasaki’s Ben Townley has pulled off his 3rd Supercross Lites win of the season, this time at a slightly muddy Texas stadium in Dallas.

Townley’s blinding start saw him grab the Progressive hole-shot award however a wide line before an on-off obstacle saw both Kawasaki team-mate Darcy Lange and Ryan Dungey slip by the Kiwi. The former MX2 world champ, immediately realized his mistake and changed his racing line, upping his pace and corner speed. Around the halfway mark, ‘BT’ intuitively went wide after the finish line to capitalized on a mistake by Dungey. He sailed past both Dungey and Lange in the same move and controlled the rest of the race to the checkered flag.

“Mission accomplished,” stated Townley. “ I had quite a bit of fun tonight and am really pumped with my hole-shot. It’s been a long time since I have felt this good on a bike. I feel like I have turned a bit of a corner in my riding - my whole package feels like it came together tonight.”

Townley has succeeded in closing down the deficit to 3 points over championship leader Ryan Morais. Riders and teams will enjoy a well deserved break in the calendar before the championship decider will take place in Detroit, Michigan on the 21 April.

www.bentownleymx.com

Images: TFS

Race results:

Dallas SX – Supercross Lites East coast

1 Ben Townley Tallahassee, FL Kawasaki KX250F

2 Darcy G Lange Hemet, CA Kawasaki KX250F

3 Ryan M Dungey Belle Plaine, MN Suzuki RM-Z250

4 Ryan Morais Temecula, CA Yamaha YZ250F

5 Thomas K Hahn Decatur, TX Honda CRF250R

6 Matthew C Goerke Lake Helen, FL Yamaha YZ250F

7 Branden L Jesseman New Brighton, PA Yamaha YZ250F

8 Kelly D Smith Ludington, MI Suzuki RM-Z250

9 Broc Oneal Tickle Cary, NC Yamaha YZ250F

10 Tucker J Hibbert Centreville, MS Yamaha YZ250F

Supercross Lites East coast championship standings :

1 114 R. Morais

2 111 B. Townley

3 106 D. Lange

4 88 B. Jesseman

5 83 M. Goerke

6 73 R. Dungey

7 71 M. Alessi

8 68 J. Brayton

9 67 B. Laninovich

10 64 T. Hahn

**merv** · 2nd April 2007, 12:14

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Be sure and read both their monthy columns in Kiwi Rider magazine!
$10 at your news stand!

errrrr.....automatic response.

Seeing I've been a subscriber from the beginning one day are you going to give me more than a few stickers or something? Hell I even managed to turn your cafe thread into a plug for KR.

**Big Dave** · 2nd April 2007, 13:34

Originally Posted by merv

Seeing I've been a subscriber from the beginning one day are you going to give me more than a few stickers or something?

Start wearing them Moroney style and we'll talk

**Hitcher** · 2nd April 2007, 13:43

At least it wasn't your mag that had the Yamaha Scorpio spelt wrongly on its cover...

And to think that they could get proofreading services for the cost of a free subscription and the occasional test ride...

**dickytoo** · 2nd April 2007, 14:30

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/...ectid=10432176

**dickytoo** · 2nd April 2007, 14:31

Originally Posted by scott411

now just watch the mainstream media ignore tehm again,

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/...ectid=10432176

**Big Dave** · 2nd April 2007, 15:37

Originally Posted by Hitcher

And to think that they could get proofreading services for the cost of a free subscription and the occasional test ride...

Duly forwarded with endorsements.

**Arthur** · 2nd April 2007, 15:37

All that's left to hear about now is Katherine Prumm and Daryl Hurley cleaning up too... At any rate, this a proud day for Kiwi motocross

**HenryDorsetCase** · 2nd April 2007, 16:25

It was the lead story on the National Radio sports news this morning too. Or at least the only one I gave a crap about and listened to. the rest of it was stupid cricket, and eggball.