By Dan Cooper made an eye catching Oliver’s Mount debut, at the 2015 Scarborough Gold Cup.
Piloting CMS/SB Tuning backed ER6 Kawasaki, the two time welsh open champion at Aberdare Park Road Races, finished a great second in opening super twins race.
Opening supersport 600 A race, saw Dan finished a highly creditable ninth on Ruby Racing 675 Daytona Triumph.
Cock of the north b final was next up, following a top class display, another second place finish was achieved, finishing only 0.639 of a second behind race winner James Hinchliffe.
Blue riband race of the meeting, Steve Henshaw international gold cup, would showcase again Dan’s proven pure road racing quality.
Tenth place finish was recorded following a determined, consistent, highly accomplished performance.
Second supersport A race would see Dan finish in eighth place, finishes in front of 2014 Irish road race superbike champion and fellow Oliver’s Mount newcomer Dan Kneen.
Final race for Dan at the 2015 gold cup was in second super twins race. He ended his first Scarborough meeting in style, with third place finish on CMS/SB Tuning ER6 Kawasaki.
Tipped for many years to do well around Oliver’s Mount, it was no surprise at all to see Dan gelling quickly with the iconic road race circuit.
He has the ability in the future, to become a regular fixture on the podium in the Steve Henshaw international gold cup.
Dan’s next pure road racing action looks set to be at the Macau Grand Prix, where in 2014 he finished an excellent eighth.
