The sixth round of the British MX1 championship has been dominated by CAS Honda star, Joshua Coppins. The Kiwi has closed to within three points of the championship lead and with two rounds to go a hard fought title defence seems eminent. Overnight rainfalls made for a muddy, one lined, Landrake circuit, nevertheless organisers were pleased to see a strong crowd turn out and some exciting battles.

Coppins blitzed through the days racing with domination. He posted the fastest qualifying time, hole-shot both motos and ran away with two victories to gain maximum points and his third consecutive British round win.

“ The track was really wet to start off with which made it rough, very technical and one lined.. It rained hard during the night but after practice the track started to dry out a bit. I tried to win as easy as possible in order to conserve energy for the GP next week in Belgium. The championship chase is really close now with three of us within three points of each other. Should make things really exciting,” explained Coppins.

MX1 Race Results:

Race 1

1 Josh Coppins
2 Paul Cooper
3 James Noble
4 Yoshitaka Atsuta
5 Mark Hucklebridge
6 Glen Phillips
7 Mark Jones
8 Neville Bradshaw
9 Martin Barr
10 Jody Smyth
11 David Campbell
12 Jordan Rose
13 Arunas Gelazninkas
14 Jamie Lewis
15 Jason Higgs

Race 2

1 Josh Coppins
2 Paul Cooper
3 Yoshitaka Atsuta
4 Mark Hucklebridge
5 James Noble
6 Jordan Rose
7 Glen Phillips
8 Mark Jones
9 Neville Bradshaw
10 David Campbell
11 Martin Barr
12 Arunas Gelazninkas
13 Jody Smyth
14 Jamie Lewis
15 Jason Thomas

MX1 Championship standings

1 James Noble, 297 points
2 Paul Cooper, 296 points
3 Josh Coppins, 294 points
4 Yoshitaka Atsuta, 252 points
5 Jussi Vehvilainen, 246 points
6 Neville Bradshaw, 181 points
7 Mark Jones, 170 points
8 Glen Phillips, 162 points
9 Mark Hucklebridge, 144 points
10 Alex Rach, 114 points
11 Jody Smyth, 98 points
12 Jordan Rose, 97 points
13 Gordon Crockard, 78 points
14 David Campbell, 74 points
15 Martin Barr, 71 points