Can-am ATV Racers Sweep 4x4
Classes at Mountaineer Run GNCC
Michael Swift Wins U2 Class and
Takes Third Overall on Morning Podium
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Can-Am's Michael
Swift finishes 3rd overall & Wins
the U2 Class with his Can-Am Reneage ATV
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Valcourt, Québec (6/19/2013)
– Can-Am® Renegade® 800R X® xc
racer Michael Swift earned the third spot on the
Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series overall
morning podium and won the U2 class at round eight
in West Virginia. Swift led the way, as Can-Am racers
won all five GNCC morning 4x4 classes and took all
15 podium positions at the Mountaineer Run. The
Masontown, West Virginia, facility also hosted round
four of the GNCC SxS series, and Can-Am side-by-side
pilots earned a total of four podiums in three different
classes. Can-Am racers also competed in both the
Canadian Quad Cross series and Texas Off-Road Nationals
with good results.
“Our Can-Am ATV racers convincingly took
wins in all five of the GNCC 4x4 classes. I was
thrilled to see Michael Swift put his Team UXC
Racing / Can-Am Renegade on the overall morning
podium and to have Bryan Buckhannon extend his
perfect season in the 4x4 Open class,” said
Jimmie O’Dell, Race Manager, Can-Am. “Can-Am
racers earned a total of 20 podium finishes at
The Mountaineer, which is definitely a good trend
heading into round nine, right before the GNCC
summer break.”
The Mountaineer Run course greeted ATV and side-by-side
racers with rocks, steep hills and muddy sections.
Can-Am Outlander™ and Renegade ATV racers
dominated the morning racing, winning the five
4x4 classes and consuming all 15 podium positions.
Swift, winner of five of the last six rounds,
was the top finishing Can-Am racer. The Team UXC
Racing / Can-Am Renegade rider won the U2 class
and also earned third on the overall morning podium.
Swift edged current class points leader and fellow
Can-Am Renegade pilot Rob Smith. Jordan Phillips
joined them on the class podium. Swift also drove
his Team UXC Racing / Can-Am Maverick™ 1000R
X rs side-by-side to a third-place podium finish
in the UTV XC2 Limited class.
“The U2 class was a battle till the end.
My Renegade worked awesome and I out motored everyone
in my class,” said Swift. “The Maverick
was great. The UTV track was crazy. The rocks
were huge and you really had to watch your machine.”
Bryan Buckhannon (ATV Parts Plus / Can-Am) continued
his perfect season, winning the 4x4 Open class.
The Reigning 4x4 Open class champion is now 8-for-8
on the year with his Can-Am Outlander 800R. Can-Am
racers Sam Williams and Tanner Bowles also made
the 4x4 Open class podium. Buckhannon also placed
a very respectable fourth place overall in the
XC1 Modified class with his Can-Am Maverick side-by-side.
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#202 Team ATV Parts Plus Stafford Racing's
Bryan Buckhannon finished a season best
4th place in the XC1 Modified Class with
their Can-Am Maverick 1000R |
Defending 4x4 Lites class champion Kevin Trantham
extended his class points lead by winning his
seventh straight race. The Can-Am Outlander 500
DPS racer took fifth overall on the morning podium
and also earned third on the overall 4x4 podium
at round eight. Can-Am racers Andrew Langston
and Scott Day rounded out the 4x4 Lites class
podium.
Forrest Whorton finished ahead of fellow Can-Am
Outlander racers Jerry Roberts and David Jessee
to win the 4x4 Senior (40+) class at The Mountaineer
Run GNCC. The 4x4 Novice Class podium was also
swept by Can-Am racers, as Ryan Smith edged Brent
Tindall and Brian Lengvarsky to regain the class
points lead. Can-Am racer Dustin Pigott also took
third in the Sportsman A/B class in West Virginia.
JB Off-Road / Can-AM DS 450™ Pro Jarrod
McClure notched his best finish of the year, earning
fourth overall in the XC1 ATV Pro class.
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Can-Am
/ JB Offroad's Jarrod McClure scored a fourth
place finish |
In round four of the GNCC SxS series, Can-Am
pilots earned four total class podium finishes.
Along with Swift in the XC2 Limited class, Team
Travalena finished second in the XC3 Lites class
with a Commander side-by-side. Two Can-Am race
teams reached the UTV Novice Limited class podium
as Team Burkey edged the Extremetec Team for second
place.
Other Can-Am Racing News
Competing in other race series in North America,
Can-Am racers earned several victories and podiums.
At the rain-soaked Quad Cross MX in Franklin,
Quebec, Canada, Can-Am X-Team driver Charles Antoine
Villeneuve earned the first SxS victory ever in
the QC series, winning the SxS 900-1000 class
with his Maverick 1000R X rs. Can-Am X-Team DS
450 racers Keven Vachon and Matheiu Deroy finished
1-2 in the Pro ATV class.
In the TORN off-road series races in Bulcher,
Texas, Hunter Miller (Louis Powersports / Can-Am)
won the Open Expert ATV class on his DS 450 and
took second in the SxS Expert class with his Maverick
1000R X rs. Can-Am X-Team racer Cody Miller finished
third in the Open Expert ATV class. Chris Robinson
won the Utility class on his Renegade ATV at the
Red River Trails course. Can-Am ATV racers Scott
Dunn (30+ A), Lott Blackman (30+ C), Keith James
(Utility) and Cain Shaw (Pee Wee C) all finished
second in their respective classes.
For more information on Can-Am racing, the entire 2013 schedule, the ’13 contingency program and Can-Am DS 450 ATV amateur racer support program, please visit www.can-amxteam.com.
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