Joe Kopp
{{short description|American motorcycle racer}}
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{{Infobox motorcycle rider
| name = Joe Kopp
| image =
| caption = Joe Kopp competing in the 2015 AMA Flat Track Finale in Las Vegas
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|05|11}}
| birth_place = Spokane, Washington, United States
| Current team = Latus Motors Ducati
| Bike number = 3
| website = http://www.thesecretsofspeed.com
}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://amaproracing.com/ft/riders/rider_career.cfm?did=3450 |title=AMA Pro Flat Track Rider Career - Joe Kopp |access-date=2015-12-16 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044532/http://amaproracing.com/ft/riders/rider_career.cfm?did=3450 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesecretsofspeed.com/JOE_S_BACKGROUND.html |title=Here are some stats on my lengthy ride around the circles! |website=thesecretsofspeed.com |access-date=2015-12-16 |archive-date=2016-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801125401/http://www.thesecretsofspeed.com/JOE_S_BACKGROUND.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclenews.com/2009/03/article/kopp-wins-first-daytona-short-track/|title = Kopp Wins First Daytona Short Track}}
In addition to his 2000 AMA Grand National Championship, he earned the 1999 and 2000 AMA 600 Hotshot and Supertracker Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://www.soloshawn.com/joe-kopp.html|title=Joe Kopp|date=26 April 2024|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201223/http://www.soloshawn.com/joe-kopp.html|url-status=dead}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclenews.com/2002/06/article/kopp-tops-fusa-plymouth-short-track/|title = Kopp Tops FUSA Plymouth Short Track}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/who-qualified-for-ama-supermoto-final/|title = Who Qualified for AMA SuperMoto Final|date = 11 November 2003}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/popular/fastest-triumph-pikes-peak-joe-kopp/|title = Joe Kopp & the Fastest Triumph at Pikes Peak|date = 19 December 2011}}
AMA Vance & Hines XR1200 Championship
Kopp raced in the AMA Vance & Hines XR1200 Championship in 2011, earning a third-place finish at the series opener in Daytona Beach, Florida.{{Cite web|url=http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2011/03/article/2011-ama-xr1200-daytona-results/|title=Common Tread Blog|access-date=2016-06-08|archive-date=2016-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804062612/http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2011/03/article/2011-ama-xr1200-daytona-results/|url-status=dead}} 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 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
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
2006- 3rd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D Harley-Davidson XR-750, Honda CRF450
2008- 2nd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D Harley-Davidson XR-750, Honda CRF450
2009- 2nd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D Harley-Davidson XR-750, Honda CRF450
2010- 2nd, AMA Grand National Championship Latus H-D Harley-Davidson XR-750, Lloyd Bros. Ducati 1000, Honda CRF450
2016- Kopp is selected by Indian Motorcycle Company to be the first to race the all-new Indian Scout FTR750
References
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External links
- [http://www.thesecretsofspeed.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222130221/http://www.thesecretsofspeed.com/ |date=2015-12-22 }} "Smokin’" Joe Kopp Official Site
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{{succession box
|before = Chris Carr
|after = Chris Carr
|title = AMA Pro Flat Track Champion
|years = 2000
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Category:American motorcycle racers