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Can-Am ATV Racing
Teams Out To Win Again This Year
Valcourt, Québec, February 1, 2010 – In 2010,
BRP’s Can-Am ATV racers will be out in force
competing on race tracks across North America.
Looking to build on the 2009
multi-championship success, BRP is pledging
support to various race-team partners and more
than 20 factory-supported racers in the Can-Am
X-Team support program. In all, more than 30
racers will have some level of factory backing
as they compete in all the major national and
regional ATV-racing series in North America.
“At BRP, every product we develop sees
benefit from successes on the race track,” says
Denis Morin, vice-president, Product development
& Racing. “Last year marked the most successful
ATV-racing season for Can-Am with seven Pro and
amateur overall championships. With multiple
riders receiving support from BRP once again
this season, we are confident to bring home more
championships than ever before."
Team Warnert Racing / Can-Am
Warnert Racing will concentrate 100 percent on
the Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC)
13-round championship, fielding seven racers in
six classes. Returning in the XC1 Pro class is
Chris Bithell (#13). This will be his third
season with Warnert Racing on the Can-Am DS 450™
EFI ATV. Joining Bithell in the XC 1 Pro class
is Adam McGill (#3), who finished last season
with multiple Pro-class podiums and third in the
points championship. Both riders have one goal:
giving BRP's Can-Am DS 450 a GNCC XC 1 Pro
championship.
In the 4x4 classes, Warnert is supporting
three racers. Defending his 4x4 Open-class
championship on the Can-Am Outlander™ 800R EFI
XT™ ATV will be Bryan Buckhannon (#230). Joining
him in the morning race is multi-time GNCC
champion Michael Swift (#204), who will race an
Outlander 800R EFI XT ATV in the 4x4 Limited
class. Finally, Cliff Beasley (#206) moves to
the U2 class. Beasley will race the Can-Am
Renegade™ 800R EFI X™ xc.
Lexie Coulter (#220) joins Warnert Racing to
continue her quest for the championship in the
Women's class. Jamie Bithell (#28) looks to
build on the experience he gained with the
Can-Am DS 450 last season when he finished
second in the College A (16-21) class. In 2010,
Bithell signs on with the Warnert team and will
return to the class hungry to earn a
championship.
Team Motoworks / Can-Am
The Motoworks team's main focus in 2010 will be
to bring home championships in both the World
Off-Road Championship Series (WORCS) out west
and AMA/ATVA Motocross National series in the
eastern United States. For the ATV Motocross
nationals, Motoworks will have three riders.
Returning to race the Can-Am DS 450 will be
former national champion, John Natalie (#13).
Joining him in the Pro 450 class are Chad Wienen
(#44) and Jeremie Warnia (#62). Wienen currently
leads the Pro-class points championship in the
preseason warm-up World MX Racing series and won
the Montreal Supercross on a Can-Am DS 450 late
last season. Warnia will see his first full
season at the ATV Motocross nationals.
In the WORCS series multi-time champion Josh
Frederick (#2) will lead the charge to bring the
Pro-class championship back to Can-Am DS 450. He
will be joined in the Pro-ranks by last-year's
Pro-Am-class champion, Dillon Zimmerman (#49).
In the New England ATV MX series, defending
champion Joe Haavisto (#75) has made the switch
to a Motoworks-prepped DS 450 ATV for the 2010
season. He will look to win his third-straight
NEAVT-MX championship in 2010.
Team BCS Performance / Can-Am
Cody Miller (#22) is looking to shake up the
NEATV-MX Pro class aboard the Can-Am DS 450 in
2010. The racer has plenty of seat time on the
machine, finishing ninth overall with one
Pro-class podium during the 2009 ATV motocross
national season. BCS Performance is also
supporting several amateur DS 450 riders in the
12-round New England-based series.
MPR Racing
Long-time Can-Am racer and one of the most
popular ATV racers in GNCC history, Mike Penland
(#240), will move to the Utility Senior (45+)
class for next season on an Outlander 800R EFI
XT.
Can-Am X-Team
In addition to the partner teams,
Can-Am offers factory race support to numerous
riders. The CMRC Canadian Nationals see Richard
Pelchat (#46), Michael Ouellette (#41), Philippe
Bellerose (#601) and Pier-Olivier Lavergne
(#428) race motocross in 2010. While in the
Canadian FMSQ cross-country series, Amélie
Lavallée will defend her series title racing
aboard a DS 450 for the Can-Am X-Team.
In the GNCC series, Scott Kilby (#207) will
compete in the 4x4 Limited class on an Outlander
ATV. Kilby will be joined in the class by Ken
Robey (#209) on his Outlander 800R. In the 4x4
Open class, Zac Zakowski (#223) will compete for
the team aboard an Outlander. In the U2 class
the Can-Am X-Team will feature Jeremie Dudding
(#241) aboard a Renegade™ 800R EFI X™ xc and Sam
Williams (#216) competing on a Renegade 800R
ATV. Lance Smith will race the GNCC Vet A (30+)
class in the afternoon on a DS 450 and Kevin
Trantham (#233) will ride an Outlander 500 EFI
XT in the 4x4 Lites class.
Two racers in the AMA ATV Motocross
Championship amateur classes are also receiving
support. Cole Henry (#11) came up just shy of
two class championships last season and is
looking to bring the DS 450 a motocross
championship as he races the Pro-Am Production
and Production A classes on his DS 450. Henry
will also receive support from Motoworks in the
WORCS racing series this season. Joining him in
the motocross championship series will be
Cameron Reimers (#21), who will race a DS 450 in
the Pro-Am Production and Pro-Am Unlimited
classes.
Racing the Extreme Dirt Track ATVA Nationals
series will be Chuckie Creech (#25) on a DS 450.
Creech finished last season third in the Pro
points championship and will be looking to give
Can-Am its first wins in the series.
In Texas, as part of the TQRA race series,
Hunter Miller (#90) is getting X-Team support to
race the Pro-Am motocross class on a DS 450. He
will also contest the Texas Off-Road Nationals
ATV Series (TORN) as part of the Can-Am X-Team.
Finally, BRP is pledging Can-Am X-Team
support for the Gorilla Axle Mud-Racing team in
2010. The team will represent BRP with Can-Am
Outlander and Can-Am Renegade ATVs at various
mud races and events throughout 2010.
Visit
www.can-amxteam.com for more information on
the contingency program, photos on the 2009
season along with information and results from
the upcoming 2010 ATV racing season.
About Bombardier Recreational
Products Inc.
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP), a
privately-held company, is a world leader in the
design, development, manufacturing, distribution
and marketing of motorized recreational
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