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It's taken almost a decade of trying, but Ed Cook has finally clinched his first scooter title - with two race days still left in the season.

Cook romped to victory on Sunday - opening up an unassailable 110 point lead over his brother John in the standings.

After years of coming close and just missing out, Ed, said it felt great to finally be a champion.

"It's unbelievable. I've been fighting for it for eight years. I don't know what it will be like till I get the trophy in my hands. I'm sure it will be very sentimental.

"It hasn't really struck me yet."

Devon "Red' Bailey, who pipped Ed Cook to last season's title by two points, sat out this year leaving the Cook brothers to battle for the title.

But Ed has been a model of consistency - never finishing below second place all year.

"I reeled it in, no problem. I had some good battles with my brother and it's great to get a Cook 1-2.

"Whichever one of us had won, our parents would have been happy. That's how we both feel about it too."

Amazingly Ed's victory came on the back of an injury, which he thought would keep him off the track for the start of the season.

"I shattered my knee in a street bike crash and I just had the staples taken out the week before the first race day.

"I only came out to race because it was a memorial day for Skinny (Marvin Robinson) and I ended up doing pretty well."

John Cook said he had missed a race day at the beginning of the season, which had put him on the back foot.

But he gave credit to his brother for riding well all season.

"He could sit out the final two race days and still win the title. He's been pretty consistent this year."

John, the younger of the two Cook brothers, said the pair had been messing about on bikes since they were kids.

"We get along great but on the track we are racing to win. We're not team-mates and we both want to be first.

"We like to have a good race. We are overtaking each other on every corner, hooking on the inside - that's what it's all about.

"We love to race hard."

Sunday's race day, also saw Jonae Smith clinch the Mini GP80 title with a first and a second. In the 600cc superbikes Paul DeCouto is almost over the line, but Antoine Richards and Stephen Paynter still have a mathematical chance of catching him.

Shannon Caisey has a healthy 30-point lead over Pizza House team-mate Josonne Smith in the GP 125s, but Smith still has time to claw back that deficit.

Sunday's race day was also a tribute day for Kyle Pimental, the young GP 125 rider who died of cancer earlier this year.

"It was an emotional day. Everybody rode well and there were even a couple of guys that came out of retirement to race for Kyle," added John Cook.[[In-content Ad]]

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