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30/08/2010 - A little pain & a lot of pleasure at Cadwell Park
Sporadic rain, high winds and a broken thumb couldn't stop Richard and Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad as the team leave Cadwell Park with a Superstock 1000 race win and a new lap record.
Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad's Superstock 1000 rider returned to racing with a bang at Cadwell Park following a three-race break to recover from an arm pump operation. Richard rode his BMW S 1000 RR hard to secure his first Superstock pole position on Saturday and followed it up with his first Superstock win of the season - despite racing with what turned out to be a painfully broken thumb from his wind-assisted fall in qualifying.
Richard got a good start and held onto second place behind fellow BMW rider Jon Kirkham until lap five when he got a good drive out of Barn to pass at Coppice, leading the race until the chequered flag fell.
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24/08/2010 - Post-op test is a success
The bank holiday weekend's racing will see the much-anticipated return for Richard Cooper alongside fellow Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad riders Steve Brogan and Tristan Palmer. Tristan, who has been standing in for Richard, is staying on with the team for the remainder of the season and will compete alongside Cooper in the Superstock championship.
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23/07/2010 - Arm pump operation complete
Richard is back at home now and recovering after a successful operation to both arms to relieve the arm pump problem. The operation was straightforward and went well, all that is needed now is some R&R to get back to fitness and ready to get back on the bike. The stitches are scheduled to be removed in the coming week and as luck would have it there is a Hyperbaric chamber locally in Nottingham which will speed up the recovery time after a few sessions.
Richard is hopeful for a return to the Jentin Racing / BMW Motorrad team at Cadwell Park on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Only then will it be clear if the operation has had the required effect and stops the problem re-occurring. Click HERE for more pictures. For a detailed explanantion of how & why arm pump occurs click HERE - Information courtesy of Back on Track Physiotherapy - experts in racing physiotherapy at National & International level. |
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16/07/2010 - Arm pump operation due
COOP GOES UNDER THE KNIFE TO GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS.....
Richard is preparing for an operation in Belgium on Friday 16th July. Cooper has been suffering from arm pump for some time which ruled him out of the Knockhill & Snetterton rounds and has hindered his performance pretty much all year. Former BSB rider and current Superstock competitor Tristan Palmer will be running Richard's BMW S 1000 RR machine in the Superstock races in the meantime.
Richard said: It's something I didn't really suffer from on the R1 last year, or even in the physically draining World Endurance events on the BMW HP2 race bike. The huge amount of power of the S1000RR gets harder to hang on to as the race draws on and is only made worse if you're my size although I know Jon (Kirkham) suffered with it too at Thruxton. I'm looking forward to getting back on the bike, being able to ride it to it's fullest and getting to the front of the pack where I should be.
Bernie Toleman, Team Manager said: Richard's all set for the operation which will eliminate his arm pump issues. In the mean time we've got Tristan Palmer filling in for him. Richard will be off for a few weeks to recover but he'll be back on the bike at the last three or four rounds.
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20/06/2010 - Silverstone Races (Moto GP support)
TWO TOP TENS FOR JENTIN RACING-BMW MOTORRAD AT SILVERSTONE
Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad’s Richard Cooper was happy to come away from Silverstone’s two races with a good points haul despite suffering arm pump and facing British Superbike Racers.
The Nottingham man took ninth in race one on Saturday and eighth yesterday. Cooper was leading the......
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23/05/2010 - Cadwell Park Race
PODIUMS AND CRASH BARRIERS FOR JENTIN RACING-BMW MOTORRAD AT CADWELL
Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad riders Steve Brogan and Richard Cooper experienced a mixed weekend at Cadwell Park's first British Superbike round of the year. There was double podium joy for Brogan moderated by an unavoidable crash for Cooper.
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03/05/2010 - Oulton Park Race
Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad riders Steve Brogan and Richard Cooper put in a pair of solid performances in the third British Superbike Championship round at Oulton Park this weekend, with Brogan returning to the podium and Cooper bagging some useful points.
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17th & 18th/04/2010 - Thruxton Qualifying & Race
Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad riders Steve Brogan and Richard Cooper had a tough time at this weekend's Thruxton British Superbike round with Brogan forced to forfeit EVO Superbike points on technical grounds and Cooper's race setup not going according to plan.
Brogan had to ride in the main Superbike class instead of EVO because of continuing problems with the spec-ECU not quite gelling with the S 1000 RR's electronics. Cooper, meanwhile, says that he didn't complete a run of race-distance laps in practice, which meant his setup for the 15-lapper was not quite right....... Click HERE for the full report |
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05/04/2010 - Brands Hatch Indy Race
After some inclement weather in qualifying, Richard is 'relatively' happy with his result (8th) in the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 race this morning after being third fastest in morning warm up.
Starting the race from the middle of the grid, Richard gradually fought his way through the pack until a big slide saw him relegated from fifth to eighth right at the death........ Click HERE for the full report |
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17/03/2010 - Brands Hatch test
The Jentin Racing BMW made its track debut at Brands Hatch (Wednesday 17th March) with Steve Brogan and Richard Cooper and getting their first opportunity to test the race-spec S1000RR.
Brogan and Cooper, who will be fighting for the BSB Evo and Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship titles respectively, got their shakedown test underway on the Indy circuit in preparation for the Easter Bank Holiday season-opener............Click HERE for the full report |
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14/03/2010 - Almeria test
I've just returned from three days of testing at Almeria-Spain, with the Jeremy McWilliams Superbike Academy. I'm still riding the pre-prodution BMW S1000RR - basically a road bike with the lights taped up..........
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