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Paul Cooper (speedway rider)

Paul Cooper (speedway rider)

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Paul Robert Cooper (born 7 June 1982 in York, England)[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.[2][3][4]

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

Career

Cooper riding for Oxford juniors in 2004

Cooper is twice a winner of the Conference League Pairs Championship, partnering Benji Compton in 2006 and Simon Lambert in 2007.[5][6]

He is also an accomplished grasstrack, long track and motorcycle racing rider, reaching the World Final of the latter. He is a multi-British Grasstrack Champion in the minor solo classes and was the 2017 and 2019 British Sand Ace Champion.

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix

  • 2003 – One Grand-Prix 0pts (28th)
  • 2009 – Two Grand-Prix 14pts (18th)

European Grasstrack Championship

Final

  • 2003 France La Reole 6pts (14th)
  • 2007 England Folkestone 9pts (12th)
  • 2012 Netherlands Eenrum 7pts (11th)
  • 2013 Germany Bielefeld 4pts (12th)
  • 2014 France St. Macaire 7pts (14th)
  • 2015 Netherlands Staphorst 11pts (4th)
  • 2016 England Folkestone 12pts (10th)

References

  1. [1]
    Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
  2. [2]
    "Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Paul Cooper". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. [4]
    "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. [5]
    Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1.
  6. [6]
    "SPEEDWAY: Oxford so close to pairs glory". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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