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THESE COOPERS WORK; Monterey Historics feature a British legend.(News)(Biography)
Byline: MAC MORRISON
Mike Cooper bounded into Laguna Seca's Barbecue Island picnic area outside of Turn Two, not quite dripping oil but soiled enough to indicate he'd abandoned his car mid-repair. The son of John Cooper-founder of the Cooper Car Company-had left the paddock briefly to greet 32 owners of the new Mini Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP kit, who took delivery on the spot.
Cooper, 51, rushed from car to car, signing dashboards, road books and everything else handed to him before stepping back and smiling. "This is very emotional. To see my father's cars all in the paddock, all the formula cars, is just a wonderful, wonderful feeling,'' he said of the 33rd Monterey Historic Races, where Cooper was the honored marque.
Mike Cooper has served as managing director of John Cooper Works for 17 years and earned an engineering degree in England. But his education started as a child at his father's side.
John Cooper and his father, Charles, started their company in Surrey, England, in 1947, building formula race cars. The elegant cars were rear-engined from the beginning, owing to the chain-driven motorcycle engines that powered them, rather than any perceived dynamic advantage. Yet the layout eventually revolutionized Grand Prix and Indy car racing.
After dominating the 500-cc F3 division and winning in Formula 2 and Formula Junior, Cooper entered Formula One part-time in 1955 with its Cooper-Bristol T-40. But it wasn't until Stirling Moss won the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix-the first GP win for a rear-engine car-that the design earned much notice in top-tier racing. Jack Brabham won the 1959 and '60 world championships ...
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