Joe Kopp is an American motorcycle racer. He has competed in the
AMA Pro Flat Track Racing Championship since 1993, winning the AMA Pro Grand National Championship in 2000.
AMA Pro Flat Track
Kopp is one of 15 riders to complete the Dirt Track "Grand Slam"—victories on short track, TT, half-mile, and mile courses.
In addition to his 2000 AMA Grand National Championship, he earned the 1999 and 2000 AMA 600 Hotshot and Supertracker Championships.
F-USA Dirt Track
Kopp raced Clear Channel's F-USA Dirt Track series in 2002 and 2003, winning the 2002 Plymouth, Wisconsin Short Track on a KTM.
AMA Pro Supermoto Championship
Kopp raced in the
AMA Supermoto Championship in 2003 with the HMC KTM Team. He qualified for a chance at the championship by being one of the 74 riders who qualified for the winner-take-all final.
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Kopp competed in the 2011
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on a Team Latus
Triumph Speed Triple. He was the second-fastest motorcycle racer up the mountain, and won the Exhibition Class with a time of 11:26.530.
AMA Vance & Hines XR1200 Championship
Koop raced in the AMA
Vance & Hines Vance may refer to:
Locations United States
*Vance, Alabama, a town
*Vance Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
*Vance, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
* Vance, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
*Vance County, North Carolina
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XR1200 Championship in 2011, earning a third-place finish at the series opener in Daytona Beach, Florida. The top four finishers in the race were separated by only two-tenths of one second.
[http://www.amaprolive.com/live/archives/rr/2011/01-daytona/xrr1ovr.pdf ]
Career highlights
2000- AMA Grand National Champion, Supertracker Champion, Hotshoe Champion Corbin
Harley-Davidson XR-750,
KTM 505,
Suzuki TL1000
2001- 3rd, AMA Grand National Championship Corbin
Harley-Davidson XR-750,
KTM 505
2003- 3rd, AMA Grand National Championship
KTM Harley-Davidson XR-750,
KTM 450
2004- 2nd, AMA Grand National Championship
KTM Harley-Davidson XR-750,
KTM 450
2005- 3rd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D
Harley-Davidson XR-750,
Honda CRF450
The Honda CRF series is a line of four-stroke motocross, trail, and dual sport motorcycles manufactured and marketed by Honda.
The CRF line was launched in 2000 as a successor to the Honda CR series. The full sized motocross bikes are equipped w ...
2006- 3rd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D
Harley-Davidson XR-750,
Honda CRF450
The Honda CRF series is a line of four-stroke motocross, trail, and dual sport motorcycles manufactured and marketed by Honda.
The CRF line was launched in 2000 as a successor to the Honda CR series. The full sized motocross bikes are equipped w ...
2008- 2nd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D
Harley-Davidson XR-750,
Honda CRF450
The Honda CRF series is a line of four-stroke motocross, trail, and dual sport motorcycles manufactured and marketed by Honda.
The CRF line was launched in 2000 as a successor to the Honda CR series. The full sized motocross bikes are equipped w ...
2009- 2nd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D
Harley-Davidson XR-750,
Honda CRF450
The Honda CRF series is a line of four-stroke motocross, trail, and dual sport motorcycles manufactured and marketed by Honda.
The CRF line was launched in 2000 as a successor to the Honda CR series. The full sized motocross bikes are equipped w ...
2010- 2nd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D
Harley-Davidson XR-750, Lloyd Bros.
Ducati 1000,
Honda CRF450
The Honda CRF series is a line of four-stroke motocross, trail, and dual sport motorcycles manufactured and marketed by Honda.
The CRF line was launched in 2000 as a successor to the Honda CR series. The full sized motocross bikes are equipped w ...
2016- Kopp is selected by
Indian Motorcycle Company
Indian Motorcycle (or ''Indian'') is an American brand of motorcycles owned and produced by American automotive manufacturer Polaris Inc.[Indian Scout FTR750
The Indian Scout FTR750 is a competition-only motorcycle engine made by Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company for flat track racing. It is a fuel-injected, liquid-cooled, four-valve-per-cylinder V-twin. A single-pin crankshaft riding on plai ...]
References
External links
"Smokin’" Joe Kopp Official Site
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1969 births
Living people
American motorcycle racers
AMA Grand National Championship riders
Sportspeople from Spokane, Washington