"It was tough. We had a big
points lead—well over a round's
worth of points. Then to get
fourth, fifth, be running good at
Castle Rock and still get 10th af-
ter crashing...there was a bunch
of talk on social media and the
broadcasts, 'What's happening
with Kody Kopp?' I'm like, 'I'm
still here. I'm human, too.'
"Honestly, as much as you
want to say you aren't thinking
about the points, it was in the
back of my head the whole time.
Obviously, you want to win a
championship, and when you
put six out of the first nine races
together, it starts to make the
dream feel like a reality.
"But you've got to keep con-
necting the dots. It was tough to
swallow when I finished fourth or
fifth, and I felt like I should have
easily been on the podium. It
sucks on payday, too. But, the
points are crucial and at the end
of the day—even though those
fourth- and fifth-place finishes
didn't show our true potential, it
ended up working out."
That approach saw Kopp
lock up the first championship
of his professional career a full
two rounds early when he held
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How dominant was Kopp?
He clinched the Singles
title two rounds early.
