Can-Am ATV & UTV / SxS
Racers Win at GNCC & TQRA
Can-Am's Cody Miller Wins Open Expert Class
at TQRA Round 2
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Can-Am's
Kevin Trantham took the win in the 4x4 Lites
Class on his Can-Am Outlander 500 ATV |
Valcourt, Québec (4/3/2012)
- Can Am® X-Team racers earned five 4x4 class
overall wins this past weekend at the Steele Creek
Can-Am / Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series
event and also posted three class victories in the
Texhoma Quad Racing Association (TQRA) series. In
the GNCC series, Kevin Trantham led the way, winning
the 4x4 Lites class and finishing third overall
on the morning podium aboard his 2012 Can-Am Outlander™
500. Cody and Hunter Miller each piloted a Can-Am
vehicle to victories at round two of the TQRA motocross
series held in Geary, Okla.
“The Steele Creek GNCC was a brutal, challenging
course, but our 4x4 class racers truly performed
well aboard their Can-Am ATVs,” stated Jimmie
O’Dell, Race Manager, Can-Am. “Michael
Swift and Bryan Buckhannon are so evenly matched
aboard their 2012 Outlander 800s, they really
put on a show racing wheel-to-wheel with each
other the entire two-hour race. I was glad to
see Swift finally get his first win of 2012, but
I'm sure the two riders will have another battle
at the next race in South Carolina. Kevin Trantham
put in one of his most impressive performances
ever aboard his Outlander 500, by winning his
class and earning a spot on the morning overall
podium. In TQRA, I was pleased to see both Cody
and Hunter Miller post some hard-fought victories
over the weekend with both their Can-Am ATVs and
side-by-side machines.”
| GNCC
ATV & UTV Racing - Round 3 - Steele
Creek |
Round three of the Can-Am / GNCC series at Steele
Creek in Morganton, N.C., not only featured one
of the series toughest courses, but the event
also had a purple theme in support of the March
of Dimes charitable organization. One lucky winner
took home a new Can-Am DS90™ X® that
was donated as the grand prize for the fundraising
raffle.
Trantham posted his third consecutive 4x4 Lites
class win to start the 2012 GNCC season. The North
Carolina native dominated his class, winning by
more than 12 minutes. In the process, he also
passed enough riders to earn third place on the
morning overall podium.
“We had a good race. I got out front and
kept pulling away,” said Trantham. “It
felt good to be on the (overall) podium and I
hope I can continue to do that all season long.”
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Defending U2 Class Champion Cliff
Beasley continued his winning streak on
his Can-Am Renegade 800R ATV |
Can-Am
/ Team UXC Racing's Michael Swift took his
first win of the 2012 GNCC Racing Season
at Steele Creek |
The victory came down to the final few turns
in the 4x4 Open class. UXC Racing / Can-Am X-Team
racer Michael Swift won his first race of the
season edging fellow Can-Am X-Team racer and current
class points leader Bryan Buckhannon aboard his
ATV Parts Plus backed Outlander 800R. Cliff Beasley,
riding his Team UXC Racing / Can-Am X-Team Renegade®
800R, won his third straight U2 class event. Can-Am
X-Team racer Forrest Whorton also improved to
a perfect 3-for-3 in 2012 with his 4x4 Senior
class win. Tanner Bowles has now won two 4x4 Novice
class races in a row on his Can-Am after his victory
in North Carolina.
Motoworks / Can-Am DS 450™ racer Chris
Bithell finished sixth in the XC1 Pro class. He
led lap two, but fell off the pace after making
a pit stop a lap later. He’s currently fifth
in the XC1 points race with 10 rounds remaining
on the schedule.
| TQRA
ATV & UTV MX Racing - Round 2 - RAW
MX |
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Can-Am's
Cody Miller won the Open Expert & Pro-Am
Class |
Brothers Cody and Hunter Miller battled all weekend
at round two of the TQRA series held at RAW MX
in Geary, Okla. Cody Miller won twice aboard his
Can-Am DS 450, posting wins in the Open Expert
and Pro-Am classes.
Hunter was second in both classes, however, he
won the UTV Open class. After second in moto one,
Hunter drove his Can-Am Commander™ 1000
X® to victory in moto two to beat Cody for
the class overall.
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| Hunter
& Cody Miller went 1-2 in the UTV class
at TQRA Round 2 RAW MX |
“We’ve been having a blast racing
theCommander. It handles well and has tons of
power. It is fun to drive, and we have been having
a lot of success with it,” said Cody Miller.
“I had good motos today and I put Can-Am
on the podium with both the quad and the side-by-side.”
Other DS 450 amateur class podium finishers were,
Jeff Reeves (third, Over 30A), Michael Bettis
(third, +25), Gary Schlentz (second, Open C) and
Bruce Rowe (second, Over 40B).
For more information on Can-Am racing, the entire
2012 schedule, the ’12 contingency program
and DS 450 amateur racer support program, please
visit www.can-amxteam.com.
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