Can-Am ATV Riders Dominate
Field at 12 Hour La Tuque Race
Can-Am
/ Motoworks ATV Race Team Takes First Overall
Valcourt, Québec (6/3/2011)
- The Team Motoworks / Can-Am DS 450 piloted by
Josh Frederick, Jeremie Warnia and Dillon Zimmerman
took first overall in what is classified as one
of the toughest off-road endurance races in North
America. The team did not just win, it dominated,
when the checked flag flew, the Motoworks team had
an advantage of 10 laps on the rest of the 36-ATV
field.
"To win a race like this by 10 laps really
shows how prepared the Motoworks team and riders
was for the race," said Jimmie O'Dell, Race
Manager, Can-Am. "Everyone on the team from
the riders to the mechanics focused on doing everything
to ensure a win at the race, and the DS 450 delivered
for them."
The win is the first La Tuque victory for the
Can-Am DS 450, and the first for the Motoworks
/ Can-Am team. This is not the first time BRP
has been victorious in the race, however. In 2002
a team piloting a DS 650 in the inaugural event
took the victory.
This is the 10th anniversary of the race which
takes place annually in La Tuque, Québec,
which is a three-and-a-half hour drive northeast
from Montréal. The race consists of three
four-hour sessions (two in daylight and one in
darkness) where teams try to complete as many
laps of the course as possible in each session.
When a session ends, the race ATVs are impounded
and cannot be worked on until the start of the
next session. After 12 hours of racing, the team
with the most laps completed wins.
Racer Quote
"The track was a lot rougher than I expected,
but our Can-Am worked so good in the rough that
it wasn't an issue. Everyone was really nice there,
the event was very well organized and we had a
very good experience. This race was a lot like
a WORCS race, so we decided to run a set-up that
we knew. The Motoworks WORCS set-up is proven
and it worked out really well, especially because
we won." – Josh Frederick
For more information on Can-Am racing, the entire
2011 schedule, the 2011 contingency program and
Can-Am DS 450 ATV amateur racer support program,
please visit www.can-amxteam.com.
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the design, development, manufacturing, distribution
and marketing of motorised recreational vehicles.
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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.
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