Can-Am Racers have Successful
Racing Weekend
Phillips Wins 4x4 Pro class;
Burnett, Farr Earn Seconds With Can-Am Maverick
Valcourt, Québec (3/18/2014)
- Can-Am Renegade 800R X xc racer Jordan Phillips
won the 4x4 Pro class and took third overall in
the 10 a.m. session at round two of the 2014 AMSOIL
Grand National Cross Country series in Georgia.
Can-Am 4x4 racers won all four 4x4 morning classes
and earned nine total 4x4 class podium finishes
out of a possible 12. Marc Burnett and Tim Farr
each earned a second-place finishes with their
Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs side-by-side vehicles
in the Best In the Desert Mint 400 race and GNCC
XC 1 Modified class, respectively.
“The Can-Am racing team had a great showing at
GNCC round two in Georgia and at the BITD Mint
400. Jordan Phillips’ 4x4 Pro class and overall
morning podium finish were big,” said Jeff Leclerc,
Racing Project Leader, Can-Am. “Our racers continue
to make great strides with the Can-Am Maverick
1000R platform, putting it on the podium in several
different series. Marc Burnett and Tim Farr have
their vehicles dialed in and it shows.”
GNCC Racing – Round 2
Round two of the AMSOIL GNCC series was held at
Aonia Pass MX Park in Washington, Ga., in much
drier conditions than the previous round. It featured
both ATV and side-by-side racing. Phillips, coming
off a fourth-place finish at round one, took advantage
of fellow Can-Am racer Kevin Trantham’s misfortune.
The opening round winner, Trantham led the first
three laps before a mechanical on lap four dropped
him out of the lead and, eventually, the race
(he took sixth). Phillips grabbed the lead during
lap four and didn’t look back. The Green Mountain,
N.C., racer took his first 4x4 class overall win
since round eight of 2012 in the U2 division.
He also garnered third on the 10 a.m. overall
podium.
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Can-Am Racers Jordan Phillips (right) & Bryan Buckhannon (left) went 1-2 at the Generall GNCC in the newly formed GNCC Pro 4x4 class |
“This was the biggest win for me yet. The 4x4
Pro class has been an awesome challenge,” said
Phillips. “I have been racing and training all
winter long to prepare for it and I am stoked
to come out with a win. My Can-Am worked flawlessly
and gave me an excellent start. The suspension
was awesome and really smoothed out the rough
Georgia terrain.”
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At the second round of the AMSOIL GNCC series in Georgia, Can-Am Renegade 800R X xc racer Jordan Phillips narrowly edged fellow Can-Am racer Bryan Buckhannon at the finish for the 4x4 Pro class win |
Bryan Buckhannon (ATV Parts Plus / Can-Am), who
overcame an early dismount, rode his Renegade
to a very close second-place finish behind Phillips.
His two second-place finishes has him in the class
points lead. BNR Motorsports / Can-Am racer Rob
Smith finished fourth. Can-Am 4x4 ATV pilots also
won three other classes, which included a podium
sweep in the 4x4 Senior class. Tanner Bowles won
the 4x4 A/B class and Nicholas Eichelberger secured
the 4x4 C class win. Scott Wheeler edged fellow
Can-Am ATV racers Terry Whiteside (round one winner)
and Forrest Whorton (defending champion) for the
4x4 Senior class victory at round two.
The General GNCC SxS race featured a narrow course
and a record number of entries with 86 in five
classes. JB Off-Road / Can-Am driver Tim Farr
and co-pilot / wife Julie finished second in the
XC1 Modified class. Farr, who won the 2013 Ironman
SxS race, has now posted two straight podium finishes.
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Jule Farr and driver Tim Farr scored their second consecutive XC1 Modified class podium (counting the 2013 Ironman finale), taking second with their JB Off-Road / Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs DPS side-by-side vehicle |
Team Game On Maverick 1000R driver Matt Rowell,
who was in eighth place after the first lap of
the five-lap feature, took an impressive third-place
finish. Can-Am pilots tallied six of the top eight
XC1 Modified class finishes in Georgia. Team Crash
Addict / Can-Am racer Treavis Poynter was fourth.
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Matt Rowell took his Game On Can-Am Maverick 1000R to a third-place finish in the XC1 Modified SxS class at round of the GNCC SxS Championship series in Georgia |
BITD – Mint 400
The BITD General Tire Mint 400 desert endurance
race has been running since 1967 and is often
called America’s toughest off-road race. More
than 50 side-by-side vehicles were forced to complete
two laps, along with two other classes, through
the course’s 100-mile loop of rock, sand, silt
and gnarly desert terrain.
Coming off his historic San Felipe 250 victory,
MB Motorsports / Monster Energy / Can-Am Maverick
1000R X rs driver Marc Burnett and co-pilot Fernando
Flores took an impressive second-place finish
in the1900P class and sixth overall. They were
actually in the running for the class overall,
but after being delayed 10 minutes to fix a flat
tire, ended up roughly seven minutes behind the
eventual 1900P class winner.
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MB Motorsports / Monster Energy / Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs DPS pilot Marc Burnett took second overall in the 1900P class this weekend at the Best In The Desert Mint 400 race in Nevada |
“This year has been great with the Can-Am Maverick.
We won the San Felipe 250 and to get second here
at the Mint 400 is just unbelievable,” said Burnett,
“so we are really stoked to be on the podium.
The Can-Am was running amazing for the entire
race, and you’d be amazed, it just kept right
on going.”
Despite battling with the leaders early on, Team
Can-Am / ITP / Murray Racing’s Derek Murray finished
fifth in the class and 13 overall with the Can-Am
Maverick MAX 1000R X rs DPS. Lacrecia Beurrier
(Dragonfire Racing / Can-Am) took 11th and Desert
Toyz / Can-Am driver Cory Sappington was 13th.
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Derek Murray and his team took the No. 1917 Can-Am / ITP / Murray Racing Maverick MAX 1000R X rs DPS to a solid top-five finish at the Mint 400 |
WORCS Racing
Round three of the World Off-Road Championships
Series (WORCS) was also held this past weekend
at Crazy Horse Campgrounds in Lake Havasu, Ariz.
Can-Am racers competed in both side-by-side and
ATV classes. Del Amo Motorsports / Can-Am pilot
Kyle Melville earned the lone podium, taking an
impressive second-place finish in the SxS 1000
class.
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Del Amo Motorsports / Can-Am racer Kyle Melville drove his Maverick 1000R side-by-side to second in the SxS 1000 class at round three of WORCS in Arizona |
For more information on Can-Am racing, the entire
2014 schedule, the contingency program and all
amateur racer support programs, please visit,
www.can-amxteam.com.
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