Can-Am Racers Win Four Classes at Quadna Mud Nationals
Aaron Juarez Pilots Can-Am Commander 1000 to PURE Desert SxS Series Victory

Julia McGinnis (Gorilla / Can-Am) won the Pro B Class at the first-ever High Lifter Quadna Mud Nationals in Hill City, MN on a Can-Am Outlander Utility ATV

“It was fantastic that Can-Am mud racers dominated the first-ever High Lifter Mud Nationals North at Quadna Mountain Park in Minnesota. The Team Gorilla Powered by Can-Am race team was the top performing team of the weekend, earning the most podium finishes,” said Jimmie O’Dell, Race Manager, Can-Am. “Rookie driver Aaron Juarez and co-pilot Derek Murray had a great weekend at the PURE 300 desert event in California, winning the Pro Production 1000 class with the Murray Racing / Can-Am Commander 1000.”

Quadna Highlifter Mud ATV & SxS / UTV Nationals

Team Gorilla Powered By Can-Am racer Steve Hittle took second overall in the RUV class with his Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs SxS / UTV

High Lifter, promoter and owner of the original Mud Nationals event in Texas, brought its enthusiasm for mud to Quadna Mountain Park in Hill City, Minn., for the first-ever Quadna Mud Nationals. Although the inaugural event featured four days of riding and activities, including a poker run, obstacle course, show-and-shine and outdoor concert, the EPI Mud Bog on Saturday was the top draw. Racers from all over North America — from Saskatchewan, Canada, to the bayous of Louisiana — entered to race their ATV and side-by-sides through a purpose-built, closed-course mud bog at Quadna Mountain Park, for a chance at more than $5,000 in prize money.

Can-Am ATV and side-by-side racers dominated in the Minnesota muck, as they won four of seven classes and earned a total of 13 podiums out of 21 total spots up for grab. Team Gorilla Powered By Can-Am racers earned five total podium spots and also won both the Open Class and Pro B Class. Gorilla’s Dakota Klein won the Open class with his Can-Am Outlander ATV, edging teammate Steve Hittle and fellow Can-Am racer Tim Sheldon. Julia McGinnis of Gorilla took home the Pro B class win and also finished third in the Women’s Class. Can-Am mud racers Ben Foaland and Josh Boyd rounded out the Pro B class podium. In the RUV class, Hittle (Team Gorilla Powered by Can-Am) finished second in his Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs and Maverick 1000R racer Heidi Boyd finished third.
 
KC Zastrow of Muddiggers Motorsports won the Women’s class on her Can-Am Outlander 800R X mr beating Team QuadShop’s Tammi Brinkman and McGinnis to the finish line. Brinkman won the Pro A class aboard her Can-Am Renegade and was joined on the podium by The QuadShop’s Ryan Marquardt, who took third.

PURE 300

In his first race behind the wheel of the Murray Motorsports / Can-Am Commander 1000 X, rookie driver Aaron Juarez won the Pro Production 1000 class and took second overall at round two of the DWT PURE 300 SxS Off-Road Championship series. Assisted by team owner and co-pilot Derek Murray, Juarez was the lone driver for the entire 300-mile overnight desert race. The victory and impressive performance has also earned Juarez a chance to compete for Murray Motorsports in the three remaining PURE series events.

Murray Motorsports / Can-Am Commander 1000 SxS rookie pilot Aaron Juarez and co-pilot Derek Murray won the Pro Production 1000 class at round two of the PURE SxS Off-Road Championship series in California

"We are extremely proud of Aaron and are excited we could provide him a reliable machine capable of winning in his first ever SxS race he competed in," said Murray.

Driving a Can-Am Commander 1000, the team of Logan Gastel and Brad Longfellow came in third in the Pro Production 1000 class. In its first year, the 2013 DWT PURE SxS Off-Road Championship series features five rounds for side-by-side racing and is promoted by AVE Racing out of California City.

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