Motoworks / Can-Am Racers
Top Podium in NEATV-MX & WORCS
Can-Am
DS450 ATV Racers Josh Creamer & Josh Frederick
Maintain Points Lead
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Can-Am's Josh
Frederick placed third in WORCS Round
7 at Glen Helen Raceway
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Valcourt, Québec (9/21/2011)
– Motoworks / Can-Am DS 450 pro ATV racers
remain in control of the Pro class points lead in
the New England ATV Motocross series and World Off-Road
Championship Series after this weekend’s races.
Josh Creamer went 1-2 in the Pro class motos to
finish second and retain a 10-point lead in the
NEATV-MX series. While Jeremie Warnia, after a fifth-place
finish at Glen Helen in California, still leads
the WORCS Pro class by one point over teammate Josh
Frederick, who earned third place at round seven.
"We’re still in control of the Pro
class points in both ATV racing series and feel
very confident that Josh Creamer will give us
his best effort yet at the NEATV-MX finale and
provide the Motoworks / Can-Am team with another
ATV Pro motocross title in 2011,” said Jimmie
O'Dell, Race Manager, Can-Am. "I can’t
say enough about the effort put in by both Warnia
and Frederick at Glen Helen as they now sit 1-2
in the WORCS Pro class points chase. The WORCS
Pro ATV championship will go down to the wire
and we’re thankful our guys are sitting
in those top two spots.”
NEATV-MX Racing Series
The MX 101 course in Epping, N.H., hosted round
11 of the NEATV-MX series. The short, narrow course
made passing difficult, but Josh Creamer found
his way around two riders in the first Pro class
moto. After starting third, Creamer rallied to
pass fellow DS 450 racer Cody Miller (BCS Performance
/ Can-Am) and then chase down the leader. After
a lengthy battle, Creamer made his move and earned
the checkers.
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Cody
Miller (3rd) joined teammate Josh Creamer
(1st) on the Pro-Am podium at NEATV-MX Round
11 at MX 101 |
In moto two, Creamer again started third. For
several laps, Creamer battled with Miller for
the second-place spot. Once he finally passed
Miller, he set his sights on the leader. However,
Creamer ran out of time and had to settle for
a second-place finish in moto two. His 1-2 finishes
were good for second place overall. His 55-point
total for both motos equalled that of the leader
and enabled him to retain his 10-point Pro class
cushion heading into the finale. The NEATV-MX
finals are scheduled for October 9, at Hemonds
MX in Minot, Maine.
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Josh Creamer
placed 1-2 to take second in the Pro Class
aboard his Can-AM DS450 ATV
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“I won three out of four motos, but I didn’t
win the one I really wanted to win so I am going
to have to work a little harder at the final round
if I want to take the championship,” said
Josh Creamer. “I’m hoping all goes
well at the final round and I will be able to
give Can-Am a championship in return for everything
they have done for me this season.”
Creamer was unstoppable in Pro-Am class action,
as he not only won the holeshot of each moto,
but also led from wire-to-wire to sweep the class.
Miller followed up his third-place finish in the
Pro class by finishing third in each Pro-Am moto
and third overall.
WORCS ATV Racing Series
Warnia came off the line in second place and took
over as the race leader by lap two. There, the
current Pro class points leader stayed for the
next three laps. He dropped to second place at
the midpoint of the race and was still in contention
for the lead, but a pit stop to change a tire
pushed him back to fifth. He ran out of time to
challenge for a podium finish, but recorded another
top-five ride and held on to his Pro class points
lead.
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Josh Frederick
currently sits third in the ATV Pro points
race
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Frederick, who had won the previous round to
climb to within five points of Warnia, was looking
to gain more ground at Glen Helen in Devore, Calif.
The reigning 2010 WORCS ATV Pro Champion did just
that as he finished third overall and notched
his seventh straight Pro class podium. After he
recorded the fastest lap of the day on lap four,
Frederick moved into the second spot and looked
for more. However, another rider crashed and Frederick
and the race leader stopped to help pull the ATV
off of the rider. After another stop for fuel
a lap later, Frederick had lost too much ground
to challenge for the lead. He used a last-lap
pass to earn third overall and keep his quest
for back-to-back Pro class titles alive.
“I was fourth off the start and worked
up to second, but then there was a bottleneck
because another rider crashed. His quad was on
top of him and he wasn’t able to move so
several of us stopped to help him and that let
everyone catch up,” explained Frederick.
“On the next lap I had to stop for gas and
that let several people pass me, but I worked
back up and was able to finish on the podium,”
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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