Penrite Honda Racing press release:

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It was an event they would rather forget for the Penrite Honda Racing Team at Round 2 of the MX Nationals at Appin yesterday.

Cody Cooper and Ford Dale endured a hard fought weekend, finishing outside their expectations. Cooper, claimed tenth overall for the weekend and maintains sixth in the championship standings.

“I rode terrible and tight, the team deserves better and I am disappointed to say the least,” Cooper admitted.

“I am flying home today and will change up my routine in an effort to shake of the gremlins”

Ford, who fell victim to a first turn pile up in both motos ended the weekend with a trip to the hospital and with no points to add to his tally.

“I felt great going into the weekend, testing has gone well and I we did some great riding,” Dale explained.

“In the first moto I fell with Mossy and Gibbs. After I got up I started pushing and was riding hard and came down again. The second moto was worse as I didn’t get up from another first turn crash.”

Team Principal Yarrive Konsky said the team sat down following the day to review their position in the championship and work on a positive plan moving forward

“Cody’s preparation up until recently has been for the 20minute motos in New Zealand so we have found he is tiring midrace,” Konsky said

“Thankfully Ford has been cleared following an MRI so he can continue to work on his comeback.

“We are not happy with our finishes and we lost valuable points in two of the twenty races. We know what we need to work on and we have a plan to address these key areas,” Konsky continued.