Can-Am ATV and
side-by-side racers have won numerous classes and earned several podium
finishes at various off-road events in the U.S.
and Canada
in the last couple weeks.
Highlighted by Team UXC
Racing/Can-Am X-Team racer Michael Swift's morning overall and U2 class win, Can-Am
4x4 ATV racers won five morning classes at a soggy round five of the 2013 AMSOIL
Grand National Cross Country in Kentucky. Team Hendershot Performance won the Pro
SxS race at round three of the American Woods Racing Championship Series in Pennsylvania. Maverick
1000R side-by-side team Murray Motorsports finished third in the SxS Pro class
at the Best In The Desert Silver State 300 in Nevada.
In the Courses VTT series in Canada,
a Maverick pilot earned a podium position while three Can-Am DS 450 racers swept
the ATV Pro class.
"Can-Am 4x4 racers
dominated the murky Mammoth GNCC event, winning five classes," said Can-Am race
manager Jimmie O'Dell. "I was pleased to see Can-Am Renegade racer
Michael Swift win his class and the morning overall and prove that
sportsmanship is alive and well in our sport. Our Can-Am
Maverick 1000R racers continue to make strides in the new side-by-side vehicle,
winning two events and earning podium finishes in others."
GNCC - Round Five
Round five of the 2013
GNCC series was held at an extremely muddy Park Mammoth Resort in Park City, KY.
The morning session belonged to Swift and Can-Am 4x4s. The Team UXC Racing/Can-Am
Renegade 800R X xc racer overcame a crash, mud holes, bottlenecks and another
delay to help a fellow competitor recover after a crash to win the morning
overall and capture his third consecutive U2 class victory. Swift beat fellow
Can-Am racer Robert Smith, who currently holds the U2 class points lead. Can-Am
X-Team racer Kevin Trantham, who won the 4x4 Lites class over Can-Am racer
Andrew Langston, took the runner-up spot on the morning podium on his Outlander
500. Swift, Trantham and Smith comprised the all-Can-Am 4x4 overall podium.
Reigning 4x4 Open class
champion Bryan Buckhannon stayed perfect in 2013, edging fellow Can-Am
Outlander ATV racers Bo Jones and Samuel Williams for the class win. Mississippi's Scott
Wheeler took the victory in the 4x4 Senior class and was joined on the podium
by class points leader Forrest Whorton (Team UXC Racing) and Mike Penland. Ryan
Smith expanded his 4x4 Novice class points lead with his second win of the year.
Can-Am racers Brent Tindall and Jeff Cromer rounded out the class podium. Jason
Gautier also grabbed third in the 35+ C class riding a Can-Am.
In afternoon action, JB
Racing/Can-Am DS 450 Pro Jarrod McClure finished eighth in the XC1 Pro class at
the Mammoth GNCC. After being bumped over a muddy berm on lap one, McClure
patiently picked off six racers over the next three laps to earn another top 10
finish.
AWRCS
Coming off its recent
victory with the Can-Am Maverick 1000R at the inaugural UTV/SxS Grand Prix in Ohio, Team Hendershot/Can-Am
took another overall win, this time in the AWRCS series. The team drove its
Maverick to the UTV Open class overall at round three of AWRCS in New Bethlehem,
PA. Team Triumph of Windber took second in a Can-Am.
COURSES VTT
Round one of the Courses VTT Quadcross Series saw a
trio of Can-Am DS 450 racers reach the Pro class podium and a Maverick 1000R
racer take second in Saint-Pie,
QC. Keven Vachon went 1-2 in the ATV Pro class motos
to earn the victory. Mathieu Deroy's 5-1 finishes were good for second. Bobby
Desjardins earned the final podium spot. Can-Am X-Team member Charles-Antoine
Villeneuve earned third in moto one of the SxS 900-1000 class and then took
second in moto two for second overall in his debut race.
"I did my first race
with the Can-Am Maverick this weekend," said Villeneuve. "The machine performed
extremely well. I was really impressed with the power."
BITD - SILVER STATE 300
Team Del Amo
Motorsports/Murray Motorsports/Can-Am raced its Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs to a
third-place finish in the BITD Silver State 300 outside Las Vegas. It was the second straight podium
finish for brothers Derek and Jason Murray.
