BRP SET TO CONTINUE SUCCESS
IN 2009 ATV RACE SEASON
Can-Am Announces More Than 1
Million in Race Contingency; 11 Race Series
Covered
Valcourt, Canada (1/26/2009) -
The 2009 ATV racing season is already underway and
BRP is setting lofty goals for its Can-AmTM ATV
racers and teams for this season. At the top of
the list is championships. Last season, Can-Am racers
took home championships in the WORCS, CMRC Canadian
Nationals and the GNCC series. In all, racers claimed
five championships across North America. It should
be an exciting season as Can-Am continues to support
ATV racing at both the local and national level.
“Our goal when racing any product line
at BRP is to win races and championships,”
says Del Bohlman, Racing Manager for Can-Am ATVs
at BRP. “Our ATV racers and partner teams
gave us our most successful ATV racing season
last year and we are really looking forward to
this season when we will continue where we left
off. Our race teams are working hard right now
to build upon the successes of this past season."
Like last season, Can-Am will field several teams
out of four full-out racing semis. In all, there
will be more than 30 Can-Am factory-sponsored
racers in the WORCS, ITP Quadcross, CMRC, AMA
ATV National Motocross Championship, Rock Maple
Racing, Championship Mud Racing and GNCC series.
Here is a list of the teams and lineups:
| Team Warnert Racing
/ Can-Am |
Warnert Racing will field riders in both the ITP
Tires/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship
Presented by Parts Unlimited and the Can-Am Grand
National Cross Country series. In the AMA series,
both John Natalie (#13) and Cody
Miller (#22) will race DS 450TM EFI ATVs
against the top pros from around the world in the
premier ATV Motocross championship on the planet.
Last season, Natalie finished fifth overall with
two moto wins during the season. His teammate, Miller,
tied for tenth place in points with consistent finishes
in the top 10.
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#13
John Natalie |
#22
Cody Miller |
In the GNCC series, Warnert Racing welcomes back
Chris Bithell (#13) and has a
new rider in the stable with Brent Sturdivant
(#105). Both will race DS 450 ATVs in
the XC1 Pro class against the top woods racers
in the world. Bithell took the overall win at
the Unadilla GNCC in 2008 and look forward to
repeating the feat several times in 2009. Sturdivant
will look to build upon the experience he gained
last year on the DS 450.
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Michael Swift,
Cliff Beasley, Bryan Buckhannon
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Warnert also will support riders in the 4x4 classes
as Bryan Buckhannon (#203), Michael
Swift (#205) and Cliff Beasley
(#208) will all race Can-Am OutlanderTM
ATVs in the three 4x4 classes. Each of the three
racers will be defending championships in their
respective classes. They are: Buckhannon, 4x4
Open; Swift, 4x4 Limited and Beasley, 4x4 Lites.
In the U2 class, Rick Cecco (#221) will
race a Can-Am Renegade 800 XTM in the class and
looks to secure the first championship for the
Renegade.
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#16 Jeremy
Lawson
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The Motoworks team moves east this year and takes
on the AMA ATV Motocross Championship with
Jeremy Lawson (#16) and Brandon
Smith (#70) racing DS 450 ATVs out of the
rig. Lawson will look to improve upon his fifth-place
overall finish in 2008, and his teammate, Smith,
is excited to bring experience in the ITP Quadcross
Pro class east to take on the best ATV motocross
racers on Earth.
Out west, WORCS 2008 Pro-class defending champion,
Josh Frederick (#1), will pilot
his DS 450 in the WORCS championship and the ITP
Quadcross series. Frederick has had an exciting
2009 thus far as he finished second in the PIAA
8-Hour Endurance Race, missing first by a mere
20 seconds. However Frederick took the win for
the opening round of the WORCS series. His teammate
in the WORCS Pro class will be Jeremie
Warnia (#62) who will also contest the
ITP Quadcross Pro class aboard a DS 450. In the
amateur ranks will be Dillion Zimmerman
(#49) who had a phenomenal 2008 season
finishing second in the WORCS Pro-Am class and
first in the 91-450 4-Stroke Expert class at the
Quadcross series.
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ATV Champion, #62 Jeremie Warnia, signs
with the Motoworks Team to race the ITP
Quadcross Series & a few WORCS Races
in 2009 |
#49
Dillon Zimmerman & #1 Josh Frederick
return for 2009 to compete in both the WORCS
& ITP Quadcross Series with Motoworks
for 2009 |
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