Can-Am Commander 1000 X SxS
Drivers Win BITD Mint 400
Best
In The Desert Racing Series - Mint 400 - Las
Vegas, NV - March 23-25, 2012
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Derek
& Jason Murray celebrated their BITD
Mint 400 Victory on top of their Murray
Motorsports / Can-Am Commander 1000 X SxS |
Valcourt, Québec (3/23/2012)
– Can-Am X-Team racers Derek and Jason Murray
piloted their Murray Motorsports / Can-Am Commander
1000 X to the UTV class victory in the 2012 Best
In The Desert Mint 400 race in Las Vegas, Nev. Driving
the Can-Am X-Team-supported Desert Toyz Commander
1000, racer Cory Sappington finished second and
joined the Murrays on the UTV class podium. The
Mint 400, dubbed the single largest off-road event
in the United States, allowed side-by-side vehicles
to compete along side the automotive field for the
first time in the history of the race.
“I just couldn’t be more proud of
our guys and the way they each drove their Can-Am
Commander side-by-sides in these gruelling conditions,”
stated Jimmie O’Dell, Race Manager, Can-Am.
“It was definitely a historic weekend of
desert racing for Can-Am, the Commander 1000 and
our X-Team racers. The Murrays and Sappington’s
team deserve a lot of credit for all their hard
work and dedication that they each put into preparing
their machines and for putting the Commander on
the top two spots of podium in the first ever
Mint 400 UTV race.”
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#1917
Murray Motorsports Can-Am Commander 1000
X Side-by-Side finished almost 5 minutes
ahead of second place |
#1904
Can-Am X-Team Supported Desert Toyz Commander
1000 SxS Race team finished second at the
Mint 400 |
Murray Motorsports, winners of two of the last
three BITD UTV class races, started 18th out of
30 competitors. However, the team kept pushing
forward, picking competitors off one by one. With
10 miles remaining, they caught Sappington and
raced ahead for the class overall, becoming the
first side-by-side and Can-Am Commander 1000 to
cross the Mint 400 finish line. The Murrays finished
in 4:38.58, roughly five minutes ahead of the
second place team of Sappington and co-pilot Jim
Sharp. The two Commander racing teams finished
seventh and ninth, respectively, in the overall
Mint 400 two-lap race standings.
“I really want to thank everyone at BRP
for all their help and support. We really want
to keep this momentum going into the next race.
We had absolutely no issues with our Can-am Commander
1000,” said Derek Murray. “The organizers
really treated all the UTV finishers like kings,
as we were recognized on stage with our award
for the UTV class overall immediately after Robby
Gordon was presented his for the Pro truck overall.”
For more information on Can-Am racing, the entire
2012 schedule, the ’12 contingency program
and Can-Am DS 450 ATV amateur racer support program,
please visit www.can-amxteam.com.
About BRP
Bombardier Recreational Products
Inc. (BRP), a privately-held company, is a world
leader in the design, development, manufacturing,
distribution and marketing of motorised recreational
vehicles. Its portfolio of brands and products
includes: Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea Doo
watercraft and boats, Evinrude and Johnson outboard
engines, direct injection technologies such as
E-TEC, Can-Am all-terrain and side-by-side vehicles
and roadsters, as well as Rotax engines. BRP products
are distributed in more than 90 countries.
www.can-am.brp.com
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