BRP Announces 2013 Can-Am ATV and Side-By-Side Racing Team

January 12, 2013 4 Comments
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Valcourt, Québec, January 11, 2013 – BRP has stepped up its off-road racing efforts for 2013 after another successful campaign that saw Can-Am racers capture championships across North America, including the SCORE Baja 1000 in Mexico, the 12 Hours of La Tuque in Quebec as well as numerous national championship class titles in the U.S. For the upcoming season, BRP has signed new racers, added more racing circuits and expanded its side-by-side vehicle racing support to include the all-new Can-Am Maverick™1000R.

“We have a dedicated and talented group of racers and teams competing under the Can-Am banner for the 2013 racing season. I’m thrilled to have the all-new Can-Am Maverick 1000R in the mix and to have some of our experienced racers pilot the industry’s most invigorating side-by-side vehicle,” said Jimmie O’Dell, Race Manager, Can-Am. “We will compete on Can-Am ATV and side-by-side vehicles across the U.S. and Canada and we’re are fully determined to compete for championships in every racing series we enter.” Continue reading →

BRP Offers More Than $2 Million In Can-Am Contingency For 2013

January 12, 2013 2 Comments
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 Can-Am Maverick 1000R Side-by-Side Included

Valcourt, Québec, January 11, 2013 – BRP will provide more than US $2 Million to support its industry-leading Can-Am® ATV and Side-By-Side Racing Contingency program in 2013. Along with additional racing series, more classes added and expanded side-by-side participation for 2013, BRP has included the all-new Maverick 1000R side-by-side to the list of eligible Can-Am ATVs and side-by-side vehicles. Regional and national racers who compete on Can-Am ATVs and side-by-side vehicles in Canada and the United States are eligible for a cash payout through the program for the 2013 racing season.

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For 2013 the new Can-Am Maverick 1000R (X rs package pictured) is an eligible vehicle for the 2013 Can-Am Contingency program.

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Can-Am Renegade ATV Racer Sebastian Palma Wins Stage 7 Dakar

January 11, 2013 1 Comment
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Stage seven of the 2013 Dakar Rally took racers from Calama, Chile, to Salta, Argentina. The daily route had a 218 km (135 miles) special stage and a stretch in the Andes Mountains with elevations approaching 5,000 feet. The site said racers were faced with temperatures around 15 F.

The ATV portion of the event got under way around 10:44 a.m. in Chile. Heading into the seventh stage, Team Nextel Huawei by Can-Am racer Sebastian Palma was fifth in the overall quad category and first in the 4×4 segment. Claudio Clavigliasso (a fellow Can-Am Renegade 4×4 pilot) was ninth heading into stage seven.

At the end of the seventh stage, Palma posted a time of 2:25:06 to earn his first stage victory and just the fourth ever for a Chilean racer (according to Dakar.com). Palma still trails in overall time and is currently fifth in the quad category, but he clearly has momentum and is the clear class leader in the 4×4 ranks. Continue reading →

Can-Am Racers In 2013 Dakar Rally

January 10, 2013 Leave a comment
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The 2013 Dakar Rally is currently underway in South America as racers from all over the world with all sorts of off-road vehicles (dirt bikes, quads, trucks, buggies, et al) battle the natural and physical elements in Peru, Argentina and Chile. The 35th running of Dakar is being dubbed “The Great Escape” but has nothing to do with WWII or Hollywood, but has enough drama and suspense it could very well be its own film. The race, in its fifth season on the South American continent, takes racers through some of the world’s most challenging desert and mountainous terrain from the January 5 to January 20th (sans the must needed rest day on the 13th). When it comes to off-road endurance racing, there may be no bigger stage than Dakar. Continue reading →

Murray Motorsports Can-Am Commander 1000 Earns Second In Best In The Desert Series

December 12, 2012 Leave a comment
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Valcourt, Québec, December 12, 2012 – Murray Motorsports drove its Can-Am® Commander™ 1000 to a fifth-place finish in the Pro UTV class at the Best In The Desert finale held in Henderson, Nev. Co-pilots and brothers Jason and Derek Murray narrowly missed a class championship, finishing just two points behind and second overall in the standings despite earning the most season points (disregarding a throw out) and being the only race team to finish every BITD race and mile in 2012. In the Quad Sportsman class, reigning GNCC 4×4 Open ATV class champion Bryan Buckhannon and teammate Richard Goforth rode their Can-am Outlander™ 800R to a second-place finish.

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The Murray Motorsports No. 1917 Can-Am Commander was second overall in the UTV Pro class for the 2012 BITD season

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