Can-Am ATV and side-by-side racers earned class victories
and numerous podium finishes last weekend in both the inaugural 2013 High
Lifter Quadna Mud Nationals and the 2013 PURE desert racing series. Can-Am mud
racers won four classes and garnered 13 total podium spots in the EPI Mud Bog
at Quadna Mountain
Park in Hill City, MN.
Can-Am Commander 1000 X racer Aaron Juarez won the Pro Production 1000 class at
round two of the new DWT PURE Side-By-Side Off-Road Championship series in
California City, CA.
"It was fantastic that Can-Am mud racers dominated the first-ever High Lifter
Mud Nationals North at Quadna Mountain Park
in Minnesota,"
said Can-Am race manager Jimmie O'Dell. "The Team Gorilla Powered by Can-Am
race team was the top performing team of the weekend, earning the most podium
finishes. Rookie driver Aaron Juarez and co-pilot Derek Murray had a great
weekend at the PURE 300 desert event in California,
winning the Pro Production 1000 class with the Murray Racing/Can-Am Commander 1000."
Quadna Mud Nationals
High Lifter, promoter and owner of the original Mud Nationals event in Texas,
brought its enthusiasm for mud to Quadna Mountain Park in Hill City, MN, for
the first-ever Quadna Mud Nationals. Although the inaugural event featured four
days of riding and activities, including a poker run, obstacle course,
show-and-shine and outdoor concert, the EPI Mud Bog on Saturday was the top
draw. Racers from all over North America-from Saskatchewan
to the bayous of Louisiana-entered to race
their ATVs and side-by-sides through a purpose-built, closed-course mud bog at Quadna Mountain
Park for a chance at more
than $5,000 in prize money.
Can-Am ATV and side-by-side racers dominated in the Minnesota muck, as they won four of seven
classes and earned a total of 13 out of a possible 21 podiums. Team Gorilla
Powered By Can-Am racers earned five total podium spots and also won both the
Open Class and Pro B Class. Gorilla's Dakota Klein won the Open class with his
Can-Am Outlander ATV, edging teammate Steve Hittle and fellow Can-Am racer Tim
Sheldon. Julia McGinnis of Gorilla took home the Pro B class win and also
finished third in the
Women's Class. Can-Am mud racers Ben Foaland and Josh Boyd rounded out the Pro
B class podium. In the RUV class, Hittle (Team Gorilla Powered by Can-Am)
finished second in his Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs and Maverick 1000R racer
Heidi Boyd finished third.
KC Zastrow of Muddiggers Motorsports won the Women's class on her Can-Am Outlander
800R X mr, beating Team QuadShop's Tammi Brinkman and McGinnis to
the finish line. Brinkman won the Pro A class aboard her Can-Am Renegade
and was joined on the podium by The QuadShop's Ryan Marquardt, who took
third.
PURE 300
In his first race behind the wheel of the Murray Motorsports/Can-Am Commander
1000 X, rookie driver Aaron Juarez won the Pro Production 1000 class and took
second overall at round two of the DWT PURE 300 SxS Off-Road Championship
series. Assisted by team owner and co-pilot Derek Murray, Juarez
was the lone driver for the entire 300-mile overnight desert race.
The victory and impressive performance has also earned Juarez a chance to compete for Murray Motorsports in the
three remaining PURE series events."We are extremely proud of Aaron and are excited we could
provide him a reliable machine capable of winning in his first ever SxS race he
competed in," said Murray.
Driving a Can-Am Commander 1000, the team of Logan Gastel and Brad Longfellow
came in third in the Pro Production 1000 class. In its first year, the 2013 DWT
PURE SxS Off-Road Championship series features five rounds of side-by-side
racing and is promoted by AVE Racing out of California City.
