Heading for his
Sunflower Trophy races debut is 35-year-old Hawk Racing Buildbase Suzuki rider
Richard Cooper.
The Nottingham
rider was in great form at the recent BSB meeting at Assen in Holland, where in
the second race he finished 5th, just two seconds behind current
Sunflower Trophy Holder Glenn Irwin (PBM Be Wiser Ducati).
Cooper currently
lies joint 13th in the ultra-competitive BSB Championship, just
8 points behind Michael Laverty (TYCO BMW).
Now in his 19th season,
Cooper was the BMW Boxer Champion in 2005, and British Superstock champion in
2011.
Hawk Racing
Buildbase Suzuki, under the guidance of Stuart Hicken are no strangers to
this event, but are still looking for their first win at this popular end of
season event . Richard Cooper has tried to get to the Sunflower on various
occasions, but events he was contracted to often clashed with the Sunflower
meeting, and this year is the first time his diary is free.
Richard Cooper; “The
bikes are good enough and I’m good enough, so no reason why we cannot have a
good go at it this year”
Buildbase Suzuki
will be bringing another, yet unnamed rider to the Sunflower.
Image credit - Glynne Lewis
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