What a fantastic year 2009 turned out to be with Team Co-ordit winning the Supersport Cup with Sam Lowes, Richard Cooper finishing 5th place in the superstock 1000 and Phil Bevan champion of both Open and Powerbike championships with the NGRRC.
Starting the year with a full squad of 3 riders in 3 bsb championships our main focus was with Richard Cooper on the all new Yamaha R1 in the superstock 1000 class. Leon Hunt was contracted to compete in the 600 stock but withdrew during the season with lack of funding and was replaced by Glenn Irwin then with Dave Hallett, who stepped down from supersport and eventually had to retire due to injuries. Bruce Wilson had a brief ride with us in the stock 1000 switching from the Astro team which was repeated later by Sam Lowes who completed the season in the co-ordit livery and ultimately gave us a championship win. Having Sam and his brother Alex in the team was real fun and captivated our phrase of professional fun.
The highlight of the year has got to be Mallory Park where we entered Richard Cooper in the main championship in the privateers cup on our 2007 Yamaha R1. Free practice results made the rest of the paddock sit up and take notice and qualifying saw Richard put the bike on the front row. Richard unfortunately was involved in a collision with Karl Harris at the first corner and crashed out which might have been a a good omen as shortly afterwards Josh Brookes caused a massive crash at the hairpin. Race 2 was in wet conditions and Cooperman made a break and led the race before torrential rain stopped the race with Richard dropping back to 5th place but winning the privateer class.
The whole team has worked relentlessly throughout the year especially as we have been attending both NGRRC and EMRA rounds in between the bsb dates to keep the riders on the pace and get a setup ahead of the bsb rounds. Club racing is where we are from and its where we made the foundations of the team so its great to be part and actively support the clubs with the Co-ordit Relay. Congratulations to Leon Jeacocks and Josh Day who now become the first winners of the co-ordit relay with Josh joining us as a co-ordit rider in the 2010 superstock 600 championship. Phil Bevan has been in supreme form and has truly deserved both Open and Powerbike championships together with the outright lap record at Pembrey and club record at Brands Hatch. Kevin Pepper our newcomer rider impressed the team with his continual improvement but unfortunately had a high side at Angelsey putting him out for the rest of the season.
A massive thank you to all the team, riders, sponsors, race officials and marshals that have helped make 2009 racing such a success for Co-ordit Performance.

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