BRP Can-Am X-Teams Start GNCC
ATV Title Defense
Valcourt, Canada (3/27/2007)
- As title sponsor of the 2007 Grand National Cross
Country Racing Series (GNCC) and defending champions
of two racing classes, BRP Can AmTM teams continue
to win races two rounds into the season. The opening
rounds did not disappoint as the OutlanderTM line
of ATVs took top spots in the competitive 4x4 Open,
4x4 Lites and 4x4 Limited classes.
“We use racing as a way of developing
products,” said Bernard Guy, ATV marketing
director, BRP. “However, it is more than a
tool; it is also in our heritage. Racing makes our
products better and helps define the future for
us. We are excited to defend our championships and
look forward to winning a few more this year.”
Michael Swift started the defence
of his 4x4 Limited class championship in fine form
as he took 4x4 Limited-class wins aboard his Warnert
Racing Can-Am Outlander 800 ATV in the first three
rounds. Swift dominated the field in the second
and third rounds, winning by almost 10 minutes.
Scott Kilby bested the field at the
second round in Georgia, as he raced his Outlander
800 ATV to the class win and placed 10th overall
in the morning race session. Kilby then continued
his winning ways at Steele Creek in North Carolina.
In the opening round 4x4 Lites class,
Cliffton Beasley took his Warnert Racing Can-Am
Outlander 500 ATV to the class win and placed 11th
overall in front of 223 other racers. At the Triton
GNCC, his closest competitor was a fellow Can-Am
team racer, Jeremy Dudding, who was also aboard
an Outlander 500 ATV; Dudding took second by almost
six minutes.
In 2007, BRP is supporting two major
race teams and ten racers at the national cross-country
races under the Can-Am X-Team banner. They are:
Team Warnert features five racers
racing in four different classes. In 4x4 Limited
is 2006 champion Michael Swift (#209) from Lewisburg,
Tenn. Swift races an Outlander 800 ATV. In the 4x4
Lites class is Cliffton Beasley (#237) from Chapel
Hill, Tenn., he races an Outlander 500 ATV. In the
new U2 class, Brock Parker (#245) campaigns a Renegade
800TM ATV; Parker is from Cherokee, N.C. The team
also has two racers in the 4x4 Open class. The first
is seven-time GNCC champion, Scott Kilby (#207)
from Waynesville, N.C. Kilby defends his 2006 championship
aboard an Outlander 800 ATV. The other is Rick Cecco
(#399) from Shamokin, Pa. He, too, is riding an
Outlander 800.
PBR Racing and its three racers are
also getting support from BRP. Eleven-time GNCC
champion Mike Penland (#221) attacks the 4x4 Limited
class aboard an Outlander 800 ATV in 2007. His teammate,
and son, Hoyt Penland (#260) pilots a Renegade 800
ATV in the U2 class. Also racing on the team is
Jacob Kirst (#326) from Quebec. He rides an Outlander
800 ATV in the 4x4 Open class.
BRP is also offering support to privateer
racer Jeremy Dudding (#345) as part of the Can-Am
X Team. Dudding hails from Daniels W.V. and races
in the 4x4 Limited class on an Outlander 500 ATV.
The next race in the series is the
Big Buck GNCC near Union, S.C., on April 14.
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
(BRP), a privately-held company, is a world leader
in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution
and marketing of motorized recreational vehicles.
Its portfolio of brands and products includes: Ski
Doo® and Lynx™ snowmobiles, Sea Doo®
watercraft and sport boats, Evinrude® and Johnson®
outboard engines, direct injection technologies
such as Evinrude E TEC®, Can Am™ all-terrain
vehicles and roadsters, as well as Rotax® engines
and karts.
About BRP
Bombardier Recreational Products
Inc. (BRP), a privately-held company, is a world
leader in the design, development, manufacturing,
distribution and marketing of motorized recreational
vehicles. Its portfolio of brands and products includes:
Ski Doo® and Lynx™ snowmobiles, Sea Doo®
watercraft and sport boats, Johnson® and Evinrude®
outboard engines, direct injection technologies
such as Evinrude E TEC®, Can Am™ all-terrain
vehicles, Rotax® engines and karts.
