A COOPER COMING

Wairarapa’s Brent Cooper is no stranger to race tracks or to driving competitive Holdens, and soon he’ll be bringing that knowledge to Enzed Central Muscle Cars (CMC). Brent previously campaigned the HQ Holden series before running a VN Commodore in NZ Six, where he won the 2017 championship. Now that wife Tracey has taken over driving the HQ, Brent’s splitting his time between driving the VN and preparing a Group 2 VH Commodore for CMC. The car was purchased from fellow CMC racer Dean Hansen, and, all going to plan, Brent will be on track sometime late this year to compete in Group 2. As a mechanic by trade, Brent is performing the bulk of the build himself, along with help from Dion Boyles. An ex–NZV8 touring car 308 engine will power the car, backed by a four-speed Richmond dogbox and nine-inch rear end. Once it hits the track, the ‘Wairarapa Mitsubishi’ graphics may confuse a few people, but it’s all in the name of sponsorship that’s helping to get the build completed. We’ll bring you more as the build progresses.