The wins just keep coming for Bay of Plenty motocross ace Cody Cooper.

The 32-year-old New Zealand MX1 champion was simply too powerful for his rivals at the annual King of the Mountain motocross which took place in Taranaki on Sunday.

Mount Maunganui's Cody Cooper (Honda Racing Team CRF450), the King of the Mountain for 2016. Photo: Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com

The Mount Maunganui rider took his Honda Racing Team CRF450F to four wins from four starts, winning the MX1 class outright and also winning the all-important King of the Mountain all-capacities feature race from which the event gets its name.

Cooper was heavily favoured, despite it being his first appearance at the KoM event, following wins In the MX1 class at the Waikato Motocross Championships in November, plus the Auckland Motocross Championships and the Honda Summercross in Whakatane during December.

And he certainly lived up to his star billing.

With the MX1 class win already in his pocket and vital races coming up in the next few weeks, Cooper was still prepared to accept the challenge and line up for the day's final feature race at the steep Barrett Road circuit.

He led the feature from start to finish, crossing the line ahead of Queenstown's former national MX2 champion and last year's event winner Scott Columb, with two-time former winner Brad Groombridge, of Taupo, claiming third place.

'I tried to ride within my comfort zone because I didn't want to risk too much with some big races coming up, like the Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville next weekend and the (four-round) nationals after that,” says Cooper.

'But Scotty (Columb) really pushed me. He was right there (behind me) and I had to go outside my comfort zone a bit today. The track was slippery and getting quite chopped up at the end. It was pretty sketchy out there.

'The tyres I was using had already been used a bit. I raced with the same tyres at Summercross, so they had lost their sharp edge and that made things difficult for me. But I have been trying to become mentally stronger and ride around any problems I have like that.

'I did feel strong and I think I'm ready for Woodville and the nationals.”

Winner of the junior King of the Mountain title was 16-year-old Stratford rider Sam Cleland.