Can-Am ATV Racers Claim Nearly
40 Racing Championships in 2010
CanAm DS450, Outlander &
Renegade ATV Racers Finish on Top
Valcourt, Canada (1/3/2011) -As
the new year begins, Can-Am ATV racers – both
pro and amateur – can reflect on a successful
2010. In all, Can-Am ATV racers took home nearly
40 pro and amateur championships across North America.
"To see so many Can-Am ATV racers celebrating
championships means a lot to everyone at BRP,"
says Denis Morin, vice-president, Product Development
& Racing at BRP. "Everyone from top management
on down is committed to helping our racers be
successful on the track. We look forward to 2011
and what it will bring for our dedicated Can-Am
racers."
| 2010 Can-Am ATV
Racing Season Highlights |
For Team Motoworks / Can-Am, 2010 was its most successful
year yet. Josh Frederick claimed the 2010 WORCS
Pro-class championship with a win at the final round
of the season. The team was extremely excited to
see Frederick with the No. 1 plate back on his Can-Am
DS 450 ATV. John Natalie gave BRP its first Pro-Class
AMA ATV MX National win in Pennsylvania at Pleasure
Valley when he took the overall on his DS 450. He
and his teammate, Chad Wienen, combined to win three
of the last four rounds of the series. Natalie also
led a Pro-class DS 450 podium sweep of the Montreal
Supercross in front of tens of thousands of fans
at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
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Warnert
Racing's Cliff Beasley went undefeated in
2010 with 13 straight wins in the GNCC U2
Class on the Renegade 800R X Xc Utility
ATV |
Team Warnert Racing / Can-Am continued its dominance
of GNCC 4x4 racing as Bryan Buckhannon took the
4x4 Open championship and Michael Swift took the
4x4 Limited championship on Can-Am Outlander 800R
XT ATVs. Cliff Beasley went completely undefeated
in the U2 class, racing his Renegade 800R X xc to
the top of the class 13 out of 13 times this past
season. He also took the morning overall at the
Snowshoe, W.V. round. Chris Bithell gave the Can-Am
DS 450 an overall victory at the Yadkinville GNCC
and finished fourth overall in the XC1 Pro-class
championship. His teammate, Adam McGill, finished
third in the Pro-class points standings and was
on the overall podium for eight of the 13 rounds
of racing. Lexie Coulter raced her DS 450 in the
Women's class and started the season with a win
at the Florida opener; she finished fourth in her
class.
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BCS Performance's
Cody Miller won both Open Pro and Open
Pro-Am NEATV-MX Championships on a DS450
ATV
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Team BCS Performance had one goal at the beginning
of the NEATV-MX race season: deliver Cody Miller
a Pro-class championship. It did that, and added
a Pro-Am class championship for Miller, too. The
Can-Am DS 450 racer took both of the top series
championships and celebrated at the season finale
in Maine.
Can-Am X-Team Program racers also had an extremely
successful 2010, bringing home 10 championships
for BRP. Cole Henry and Chase Henry of Virginia
delivered BRP its first AMA ATV MX National championships.
Cole took the Production A championship on his
Can-Am DS 450 X mx, while his brother Chase secured
the 4-Stroke B championship. In the GNCC series,
Kevin Trantham won the 4x4 Lites championship
on his Can-Am Outlander 500 XT ATV. For cross
country racing in Quebec, Canada; Amelie Lavallee
piloted her DS 450 to the FMSQ Pro-Am class championship.
In Texas, X-Team racer Hunter Miller cleaned
up in the TQRA and TORN series Pro-class championships.
Miller raced his DS 450 to the Open Expert and
Pro-Am championships in TQRA, while he also took
the Pro championship in the TORN series.
The Can-Am DS 450 Amateur Racer Support Program
also produced multiple championships. At last
count, 12 amateur ATV racing championships were
won on DS 450 ATVs purchased through the program.
In the NEATV-MX series, five championships were
won by participants of the program. They were:
Roy Lampron (25+ Open and 30+ A), Mark Gehring
(Production A), Brian Cochrane (Production B)
and Mike Troiano (4-Stroke B). GNCC racing saw
Josh Davis win the 24+ C class, while WORCS racer
Mike Hrubetz won the 40+ C class championship.
OMA series racer Fred Mudd took the 30+ class
on his DS 450 in cross-country racing, and in
the PAMX series, Rocky Anderson won the Open A
class title. In Canada's CMRC Quebec motocross
series, Jean-Sébastien Côté
won the Intermediate-class championship.
About BRP
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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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includes: Ski Doo® and Lynx™ snowmobiles,
Sea Doo® watercraft and sport boats, Johnson®
and Evinrude® outboard engines, direct injection
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