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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.

Bryan Buckhannon & Jordan Phillips
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.”

Jordan Phillips - Can-Am Renegade
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.

Tim Farr Can-Am Maverick
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.

Game On Can-Am Maverick
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.

Marc Burnett - Can-Am Maverick
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.

Derek Murray - Can-Am Maverick
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.

Kyle Melville - Can-Am Maverick
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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