Can-Am Racers Earn Podium Sweeps
at Ironman GNCC
Cody Miller wins 4x4 Pro
& XC1 UTV at finale; Earns UTV Pro Title
Crawfordsville, IN (11/2/2016) -
The Can-Am X-Team racing squad concluded
the 2016 Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series
by posting podium sweeps in both the 4x4 Pro ATV
and XC1 Pro UTV classes at the famous Ironman
GNCC in Crawfordsville, Ind. Can-Am racer Cody
Miller had a banner day at the Midwest track,
earning two class overalls and also wrapping up
his first-ever GNCC championship with a convincing,
wire-to-wire victory in the final XC1 UTV Pro
class event of the year.
GNCC 4x4 Pro ATV Racing
The Can-Am trio of Kevin Cunningham, Bryan Buckhannon
and Cody Miller continued their late-season dominance
in the 4x4 Pro ATV class with yet another 1-2-3
finish (no particular order). Miller, riding his
Can-Am Outlander ATV, notched his third straight
class and 10 a.m. ATV overall victory after a
decisive win at Ironman. Miller ended the season
third in the class points, notching six podiums
and four victories.
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Cody
Miller, who won four ATV events in 2016,
finished the year with three consecutive
victories on his Can-Am Outlander ATV to
end up third overall in the 4x4 Pro class
points race |
The class championship went to Can-Am Renegade
X xc 1000R ATV racer Kevin Cunningham, who finished
third at Ironman. Cunningham recorded four wins
and 11 podiums, including seven straight to conclude
the year. He amassed 309 points, which outpaced
the runner-up by 47 points for the title.
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Kevin
Cunningham put together one heck of a season
on his way to winning the 2016 GNCC 4x4
Pro ATV class championship with his Can-Am
Renegade X xc 1000R. In fact, in the last
seven-round span, he made the podium every
time and posted three wins to run away with
the title |
Bryan Buckhannon — winner of multiple GNCC championships,
including the previous two 4x4 Pro ATV titles
— concluded his 2016 season with a second-place
finish aboard his Can-Am Renegade ATV to hold
on to the runner-up spot in the points race.
Can-Am amateur 4x4 racers Robbie Pecorari (4x4
A/B) and Justin Wood (4x4 Senior 40+) also wrapped
up their season with GNCC class championships.
GNCC Pro XC1 UTV Racing
Can-Am Maverick X xc 1000R racer Cody Miller also
held the points lead over reigning two-time XC1
Pro UTV class champion Kyle Chaney heading into
the Ironman finale. Ironman belonged to Miller
this year, however, as the Texas Native led all
five laps on his way to recording his first GNCC
championship, taking home the XC1 Pro UTV crown.
It also capped a season that saw Can-Am Maverick
pilots win every round this year and earn the
top five finishing spots in the season XC1 Pro
UTV standings.
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Hunter Miller, Barbara Miller and
Cody Miller celebrate after her boys finished
1-2 in the XC1 Pro UTV class at the Ironman
GNCC in Crawfordsville, Ind |
Miller (with Can-Am ATV racer Jordan Phillips
as his co-pilot) ended the season where it began,
posting a win in the XC1 Pro UTV ranks to keep
his podium streak alive at six straight. Miller
recorded 140 points in his GNCC championship season,
notching three wins, two runner-up finishes and
one third-place run in 2016.
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Cody
Miller won three races and made the podium
at all six events with his Can-Am Maverick
1000R side-by-side vehicle on his way to
capturing the 2016 GNCC XC1 Pro UTV championship |
Hunter Miller (with Buckhannon as co-pilot) competed
in the XC1 Pro UTV class in Indiana. Hunter joined
his younger brother on the podium taking second
place. The older Miller brother wrapped up his
season behind the wheel of his Can-Am Maverick
with a victory in the XC2 Pro Sport UTV class
at round 12 and a runner-up spot in the pro class
at the GNCC finale.
Tim Farr captured third place at Ironman to wrap
up the third-place spot for 2016. The savvy veteran,
along with his navigator Angel Knox, started the
season slow, but rebounded at the last five rounds
to earn a spot on the season podium with his Maverick
side-by-side vehicle.
Chaney, who also competes in a Can-Am Maverick
side-by-side, ended up with another top 10 finish
to end the season in the runner-up spot behind
Cody Miller. The last three seasons have seen
Chaney win two XC1 UTV class titles and, now,
one second-place finish. He has won half of the
18 races he has entered over that three-year span.
Maverick racer Dave Plavi also won another championship
for Can-Am, earning the XC2 Pro Sport UTV class
title in 2016. After wrapping up his title after
round five, Plavi moved into the XC1 Pro UTV ranks
at Ironman, where he finished sixth. Can-Am side-by-side
racer Austin Seelig, who finished 40th overall
among all UTVs at Ironman, earned the Amateur
Limited class championship in 2016.
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