Can-am / S3 Racing Wins BITD
Henderson 250
Murray Racing Team Finished
Top Three in the BITD Championship
BEST
IN THE DESERT
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Valcourt, Québec (12/9/2015) - The
Can-Am X-Team / S3 Racing team of Dustin Jones and
Shane Dowden concluded the 2015 Best In The Desert
racing season with a victory at the Henderson 250
in Nevada. Jones and Dowden flipped roles for this
round, as Dowden took the wheel and drove the team
to its second BITD victory of the year.
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Shane
Dowden, and co-pilot Dustin Jones, piloted
the No. 1978 Can-Am / S3 Racing Maverick
MAX 1000R to the Class 1900 victory at the
BITD finale in Henderson, Nev. The S3 Racing
team, rookies to desert racing, recorded
two huge wins this season for Can-Am
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“We capped the BITD year with another Class 1900
overall victory from S3 Racing’s Dustin Jones
and Shane Dowden. Their season was very impressive
considering they are desert-racing rookies, earning
two wins with their 121-hp Can-Am Maverick MAX
1000R,” said Jeff Leclerc, Racing Project Leader,
Can-Am. “This victory, putting four of our Can-Am
teams in the top eight, and having the Murray’s
earn third overall on the year, certainly is a
great way to end the year. We will continue to
fine tune our racing efforts and aim for more
in 2016.”
The final round of the BITD schedule stopped
in Henderson, Nev., for the Henderson 250 event.
A record number of racing entries, 217, signed
up to take on the challenging Nevada desert at
this round. Can-Am had four teams in the Maverick
1000R teams in mix, with the No. 1978 of S3 Racing,
the Murrays (No. 1917), the No. 1904 of Desert
Toyz and Logan Gastel’s No. 1969 vehicle.
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The
Can-Am / ITP / Murray Racing team of Derek
and Jason Murray ended up fifth at the Henderson
250, which earned them a third-place overall
finish for the season in the BITD's UTV
Pro division
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The Can-Am / S3 Racing team chose a different
strategy at the final round, swapping driver and
co-pilot. Dowden took the wheel for the first
time this year, while Jones took over as navigator
/ co-dawg. The decision certainly panned out,
as the tandem took home the win. They finished
with a two-lap time of 3:14:56.027 to grab win
No. 2 in their rookie desert campaign. The ended
the year in 11th place in the Pro standings.
“We did it again. What a way to end the BITD
season with another first-place victory! Great
job to my teammate Shane [Dowden] for an amazing
job driving this race,” said Jones post-race.
“Thanks to [our entire] pit crew for keeping us
going.”
The Murrays recorded yet another top-five finish
in their Maverick MAX 1000R. They tallied 106
championship points after completing two laps
in a time of 3:18:17.021. The fifth-place run
pushed them into third place overall for the season
standings.
“This season, we ended up second in the points
for SCORE and third in BITD, making us the only
Pro UTV team to finish top three in both series,
which is very impressive,” said the Murrays on
their Facebook page.
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Logan
Gastel piloted his Maverick 1000R to a solid
top-ten finish at the BITD finale to earn
seventh overall on the season
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Gastel (Rugged Radios / Racer Tech) and co-pilot
Adam McKinney took a very solid seventh-place
finish in his Can-Am Maverick, which maintained
his seventh-place overall finish in the Class
1900 season standings. Cory Sappington’s Desert
Toyz Can-Am Team finished one spot behind Gastel
in Henderson. Sappington, who took fourth overall
in SCORE racing, ended up in the top eight in
the final BITD standings for the year.
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