BRP STARTS THE ATV RACING SEASON
WITH A WIN
Team Motoworks Racer Josh Frederick
Wins
Round One of the WORCS Series aboard his Can-Am
DS 450
Valcourt, Canada (2/7/2008) - The
2008 season will be an important one for BRP Can-AmTM
as it starts the pursuit of several racing championships
with its DS 450TM ATV. One of these championships
is the World Off-Road Championship Series (WORCS),
which got underway with round one at Speedworld
located near Phoenix, Arizona. The desert course
was not so much a desert as a deluge of rain swept
in from the mountains just before the Sunday Pro
race was to start; this meant more of a challenge
for the racers and pit crews.
"No one likes to see one of these 'survival'
races," said Del Bohlman, Product, Media
Relation and Racing Manager for Can-Am. "These
races, however, are extremely important for testing.
And to pull away with a victory is a testament
to Josh Frederick, the DS 450 and everyone at
Team Motoworks."
Josh Frederick of Team Motoworks was able to
overcome the elements that brought to a halt many
of the competition's race ATVs and come away with
a win in Sunday's premier Pro ATV class. Starting
from near the back of the pack, Fredericks passed
the entire field of waterlogged ATVs and riders
until he was the frontrunner on a course that
saw several parts closed due to as much as three-feet
of standing water.
“I ended up getting almost last place out
of the holeshot, and I’m actually kind of
glad because there was a lot of carnage during
the first lap due to the track conditions,"
said Frederick. "My Can-Am DS 450 ran great!
There was a part of the track where the water
came all the way up to the seat and the ATV did
great. It never skipped a beat!”
In Saturday's Open Pro ATV class, Team Motorworks'
Brandon Smith took third in a gruelling race that
saw the top three finishers all within a minute
of each other throughout the race. Smith's team
mate, Dillon Zimmerman, had a top-10 performance
in the weekend's Pro-Am ATV class.
Round two of the WORCS series will be February
22 to 24 at Mesquite Motocross near Mesquite,
Nevada.
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.
www.can-am.brp.com
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