2014 Can-Am Racing Teams Announced
Can-Am
Maverick, Outlander & DS450 Racers
Valcourt, Québec (2/13/2014) -
BRP will once again field a team of ATV and side-by-side
vehicle racers for 2014 in addition to its industry-leading
US $1.4 Million Can-Am racing contingency program.
After a successful and competitive 2013 that saw
Can-Am racers earn class championships with both
ATVs and side-by-side vehicles, BRP added to its
racing team and also expanded the Can-Am X-Team
program to include additional side-by-side vehicle
racing support.
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BCS Performance / Can-Am DS 450
Pro Josh Creamer will be back again for
2014 |
“We are coming off a very successful inaugural
season with the Can-Am Maverick 1000R side-by-side
vehicle and one in which we captured numerous
ATV championships in different racing disciplines.
From motocross to hare scrambles to endurance
riders, our talented team is loaded with passionate
racers who are determined to put their Can-Am
vehicles in the winner’s circle,” said Jeff Leclerc,
Racing Project Leader, Can-Am. “The team will
include factory-supported racers for competitive
series in both the U.S. and Canada.”
U.S. Can-Am Race Team
Can-Am will have racers competing in Grand National
Cross Country series in at least three different
classes. Multi-time Defending Open 4x4 class champion
Bryan Buckhannon and 4x4 Lites class champion
Kevin Trantham, along with Rob Smith, Jordan Phillips
and Zac Zakowski, will compete in the new GNCC
4x4 Pro class. In the GNCC XC1 Modified UTV class,
JB Racing / Can-Am will field Tim Farr and Larry
Hendershot Jr., but Buckhannon, Zakowski, Kyle
Chaney, Treavis Poynter and Jack’s Excavating’s
Shannon Pratt will also pilot Can-Am Maverick
vehicles. The XC2 Limited UTV class will include
Can-Am racers Mike Penland and Jack’s Excavating’s
Marcus Pratt.
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Bryan Buckhannon
will be back racing once again with Can-Am
in the GNCC Series |
In the 2014 Mountain Dew AMA ATV Motocross National
Championship series Pro class, Josh Creamer, who
took third overall a year ago, will compete on
his BCS Performance / Can-Am DS 450. He will be
joined by Pro Joel Hetrick (JB Racing / Can-Am),
who is making his return to Can-Am.
Five racers will compete in the World Off-Road
Championship Series. They include side-by-side
Pro class drivers Pablo Veglia (Del Amo Motorsports),
Dave Martinez (Murray Racing), Team IMG / Can-Am
teammates James Hill and John Pacheco. GPS Off-Road
/ Can-Am DS 450 racer Dillon Zimmerman will compete
in the WORCS Pro class.
In the desert, Can-Am Maverick side-by-side pilots
will compete in the Best In The Desert and SCORE
International racing series. The BITD squad will
consist of Derek and Jason Murray (Murray Racing),
Cory Sappington (Desert Toyz), Michael Lansky
and Monster Energy / Can-Am pilot Marc Burnett,
who is also signed to race the SCORE events.
On a regional level, Brothers Hunter and Cody
Miller will race both ATVs and side-by-side vehicles
in the Texas Off-Road Nationals ATV series and
the Dockside Marine Texas Quad Racing Association
series. PURE SxS Series champion Logan Gastel
and 2013 Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series UTV
Unlimited class champ Steve Beilman will defend
their titles in Maverick side-by-side vehicles.
DS 450 racer and reigning NEATV-MX Pro class champ
Travis Moore will be out to defend his title for
Can-Am. Wrapping up the U.S. team is the Championship
Mud Racing teams of Gorilla Axle / Can-Am and
independents Shane Dowden and John Soileau.
Canadian Can-Am Race Team
The 2014 Canadian team also will include both
ATV and side-by-side racers at select regional
and national events. Can-Am DS 450 racer Keven
Vachon, Mathieu Deroy and the siblings of Anthony,
Axel and Eli Desroches will all represent the
Can-Am X-Team in the Vision Quad Sport Plus QuadCross
Championship in Quebec, Canada. Piloting the Maverick
1000R side-by-side vehicle in the SxS Pro class
in same series for the Can-Am X-Team is Charles-Antoine
Villeneuve and Yani Desjardins.
About BRP
BRP (TSX:DOO) is a global leader in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing of powersports vehicles. Distributed in 105 countries, its portfolio of brands and products includes Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft, Can-Am all-terrain and side-by-side vehicles, Spyder roadsters, Evinrude outboard engines, as well as Rotax propulsion systems. BRP employs approximately 6,800 people worldwide.
www.brp.com
Sea-Doo, Ski-Doo, Lynx, Evinrude, Can-Am, Spyder, Rotax and the BRP logo are trademarks of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. or its affiliates.
www.can-am.brp.com
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