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Our Story
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Introduction
 The Cope Family |
 Angela, Amber, and younger sister Ashley. |
Twin Motor Sports is a family oriented sport. We are always on the go and ready for anything! The story section of this web site tells the exciting history and continuing story of our racing experiences.
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A little bit about the history of Cope Racing. Amber and Angela's grandfather, Donald Cope, began his racing career at the age of 18. From 1955-1956, Don drag raced motorcycles. In 1957, Don and brothers, Guy and Jerry, purchased their first rear motor dragster. Then in 1958, they went to a front motor top fuel dragster. Between running their family owned business, "Cope Brothers" out of San Diego, California, Don, Guy and Jerry would work nights on the dragster so they could race at a half dozen tracks on the weekends, sometimes racing both Saturday and Sunday. Then in 1964, brothers Don and Jerry decided to move to the Pacific Northwest. They setup residence and their business in Spanaway, Washington. Because of the move, opening up their new business, and supporting a family of three children (Derrike, Darren, and Tamara), times were tough and racing was put on hold. Then in 1966, they got back into the drag racing scene. In 1970 they took the Division Six Championship in NHRA (National Hot Rod Association). Due to the many responsibities of running a small family-owned business, Don realized that his time and energy was needed there. Therefore, the drag racing was put on hold a second time. With the nature of their business, Cope Brothers Machine Shop, Inc., they were never far from the racing scene. The Cope Family has always had a passion for racing that has carried through the generations. |
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In 1977, Darren Cope, Don's second son and Amber and Angela's father, began his racing debut. He drag raced his 1969 Chevy Camaro at the high school drags numerous times. Then in 1979, Don bought Darren and the guys a 1967 Chevelle Late Model Sportsman race car. They would work at night on the car and have it ready to race on the weekends. At that same time, Darren's older brother Derrike, who was away at college, was making his debut in professional baseball and was being scouted by the Chicago Cubs. Unfortunately, Derrike's baseball career was short lived due to a knee injury during a baseball game. Derrike was in for a long recovery on his knee. So he returned home. During his recovery, he began helping Darren and the guys work on the race car after work and he became interested in racing. Darren and Derrike traded off racing the car; one night Darren, the next night Derrike. After the first year of Late Model Racing, Darren decided that he had other interests, so Derrike's career began. Derrike raced on the West Coast from 1979-1985. Then in 1986, he made his move to the East Coast to race Winston Cup. It was a tough start, but with the support of a lot of people, Derrike was a success. One of Derrike's dreams was to win the Daytona 500. Then in 1990 under the sponsors name of "Purolator", Derrike made his dream come true, he won the Daytona 500.
In 1983, the third generation of Cope racing was born. Amber and Angela were born fraternal twins to Darren and Mary on August 18, 1983. The saga continues. |
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