Team Rockstar Motul Suzuki manager Jay Foreman says he’s satisfied with the team’s results at the opening round of the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals held in Broadford last weekend.

Pro Open contender Cody Cooper finished with 7-14 results in the opening two motos after he was hampered by vision problems, before bouncing back to dominate the final two motos of the round on his way to second overall.

Foreman was happy to see the Cooper start his season on the podium.

“I am happy the team was able to record a solid points haul at this first round,” Foreman said. “We are in a lot better shape than this time last year, Cody’s two race wins are great for his confidence.

“Now that we have 12 months testing and set up behind us, I know that we have a good platform to challenge for this year’s title.”

Team Raceline Pirelli Suzuki’s Lawson Bopping also put in a stellar performance at the season opener, the 21-year-old scoring third overall in his Open debut after winning moto two.

In the Pro Lites class, new signing Daniel McCoy put in a solid performance over the four Pro Lites motos. Unlike the 450 races, the quarter litre title challengers battled under blue skies with McCoy carding a 6-13-6-7 result for seventh place overall.

“Dan rode well in his first national race on the RM-Z250,” Foreman added. “We need to spend some time working on his starts but I am confident that his results will improve from here.”

The series will now move to Sydney at the Appin circuit in New South Wales for round two on 3 April.