New Zealand's Cody Cooper got his 2014 racing season off to a great start winning the premier MX1 Woodville GP in New Zealand on Sunday the 26th of January.
While it was KTM Australia's Ford Dale who set the early pace after qualifying fastest and winning the opening two races, Cooper was able to come through and claim victory in the MX1 class, winning the final moto after Dale was forced to pull out of the race.
Two other rides to benefit from Dale pulling out of the final race were Brad Groombridge who moved into second place in the standings and KTM Australia's Kirk Gibbs who come through to round out the overall podium.
‰ÛÏToday wasn‰Ûªt a bad start." Gibbs stated. "I started off slow ‰ÛÒ I‰Ûªve been riding a little but only got back on the track three weeks ago and I knew today would be a bit of a task.
"I got real bad arm pump in the first two but from there on it got sorted out and I rode good. I‰Ûªve still got a while to be where I need to be for the nationals, so I can take good stuff from this, do some more testing in the next few weeks and get the ball rolling even better.‰Û
