CDR Yamaha owner Craig Dack has congratulated the retiring Josh Coppins after he won the team’s fifth consecutive Monster Energy MX Nationals title last Sunday.

After Jay Marmont won four championships in a row through the 2008-2011 seasons before switching to Kawasaki, Coppins made it title number five for CDR Yamaha at the Coolum finale.

As Coppins departs the team at the end of 2012, Dack admits that his working relationship with the 35-year-old is the strongest he’s experienced in 20 years of operation.

“I’m excited for Josh that he was able to win this championship,” Dack explained. “He has experienced some gut-wrenching moments in closing out a championship over the years and last year’s fall must have been in the back of his mind, but today it was a near flawless performance from him.

“I have said it before, but the working relationship I have with Josh is still the best I have had with a rider in doing this role in 20 years. For Josh to secure our 36th championship in our 20th anniversary of CDR Yamaha is a fitting reward and another historic moment for CDR and Yamaha.”

Coppins will officially retire from professional competition following the 2012 FIM Motocross of Nations at Lommel in Belgium on 30 September.