There's no such thing as a Rider of the Month award, but if anyone ever deserved one, it would be Richard Cooper who has won six out of the eight races he has contested this month, adding the Race of the Year and a Buildbase Mallory Trophy win to the Stars at Darley, final
BSB at Brands and double at the Sunflower meeting. All the Race of the Year entries appeared in the opening Buildbase Trophy race,
Billy McConnell and Richard Cooper racing wheel to wheel throughout the ten laps, Cooper leading the first couple of laps before
McConnell took over. Cooper got back ahead at half distance, but he could never shake off the challenge and finished just 0.18 of a second ahead, with Brad Ray coming through from the back of the grid to take third. The Buildbase
Suzuki riders dominated the Race of the Year,
Billy McConnell leading for the first nine laps with Cooper just holding off Ray, but on the tenth lap it was Ray in the lead with Cooper second while the Aussie rider was down to third, and ...
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