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“All weekend I’ve been trying to learn the track since I’ve never been here before,” 19-year-old Richard Cooper told reporters. “I was kind of running at the back really trying to get clear track time. Watching the other classes I see that you need to have to be with a bunch of riders to get a good time. I thought I’d go out and try to get in with the bunches and get into the slipstream and see how much it makes a difference, and it sure did. I was really surprised that I was over a second quicker than anybody out there and it gives you real good confidence for the weekend to come.”
Cooper raced in the British CB500 Cup, the British Honda Hornet Cup, finished second in the 2001 British Supersport Championship and finished sixth in the 2002 BMW Boxer Cup Championship.
Thursday’s BMW Boxer Cup Qualifying Results (all on BMW R1100S):
1. Richard Cooper, UK, 2:04.615
2. Sebastien Legrelle, Belgium, 2:05.622
3. Jason Perez, USA, 2:05.666
4. Tripp Nobles, USA, 2:05.854
5. Brian Parriott, USA, 2:06.043
6. Fernando Cristobal, Spain, 2:06.160
7. Roberto Panichi, Italy, 2:06.169
8. Andy Hofmann, Switzerland, 2:06.241
9. Guillaume Dietrich, France, 2:06.528
10. Markus Barth, Germany, 2:06.598
11. Steven Casaer, Belgium, 2:06.599
12. Thomas Hinterreiter, Austria, 2:06.636
13. Federico Aliverti, Italy, 2:07.023
14. Lex Van Dijk, Netherlands, 2:07.305
15. Alessandro Tomassoni, Italy, 2:07.336
16. Eric Lejeune, Belgium, 2:07.469
17. Michael Galinski, Germany, 2:07.591
18. Klaus Nies, Germany, 2:07.931
19. Jay Springsteen, USA, 2:08.094
20. Norbert Rebholz, Germany, 2:08.381
21. Peter Ottl, Germany, 2:08.493
22. Laurry Fremy, France, 2:08.617
23. Robert Van Der Molen, Netherlands, 2:08.732
24. Jeroen Oudeman, Netherlands, 2:09.199
25. Steve Atlas, USA, 2:09.374
26. Agusti Busquets, Spain, 2:09.779
27. Josep Maria Busquets, Spain, 2:10.256
28. Koen Vleugels, Belgium, 2:10.383
29. Barry Burrell, UK, 2:10.500
30. Francois Cicilliani, France, 2:10.530
31. Alex Busquets, Spain, 2:10.692
32. Ricky Orlando, USA, 2:10.736
33. Gabriele Perri, ITaly, 2:10.796
34. Nate Kern, USA, 2:11.015
35. Matt Layt, UK, 2:11.415
36. Dave Campbell, USA, 2:12.280
37. Rosana Scoleri, Italy, 2:12.354
38. Frank Shockley, USA, 2:12.524
39. Javier Valera, Spain, 2:12.654
40. Guido Stosser, Germany, 2:13.472
41. Greg White, USA, 2:13.711
42. Jimmy Lewis, USA, 2:14.269
43. Brian Catterson, USA, 2:14.290
44. Gerald Young, USA, 2:15.961
45. Sylvester Lemanski, USA, 2:17.477
46. Jorge Diaz, Spain, 2:21.573
British Teen Richard Cooper On Provisional BMW Boxer Cup Pole At Daytona
British Teen Richard Cooper On Provisional BMW Boxer Cup Pole At Daytona
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