Can-Am side-by-side racers took the top four spots in UTV 1 Open class results at Round 5 of the Woods Extreme XC Racing series in Amesville, Ohio. Maverick 1000R pilot Treavis Poynter earned his first overall and class win of the season.

First-time Maverick 1000R racer Jim McKay also won both the SxS overall and Production 1000 Sportsman class at the DWT PURE 250 event in California City, Calif. Can-Am ATV racers also participated in round 11 of the New England ATV Motocross series, earning 15 total podium finishes.

“I was pleased to learn that Can-Am Maverick racers won two growing race series this past weekend. We had the top four finishers at the WEXCR event, which clearly proves the Can-Am Maverick side-by-side is becoming the vehicle to own for cross-country racing” said Jeff Leclerc, Racing Project Leader, Can-Am. “To hear Jim McKay won the PURE 250 overall his first time competing with his Maverick 1000R is great because it proves BRP offers a true high-performance side-by-side purpose built for racing, no matter the environment.”

WEXCR

Round 11 of the WEXCR series in Ohio, also served as round five of the UTV series. Can-Am had several side-by-side racers competing in the one-hour, UTV 1 Open class Sunday, Sept. 29. Maverick 1000R pilot Treavis Poynter and co-pilot Lindsay Hendershot of Team Crash Addict / Performance East / Can-Am took the win.

Poynter was in third place after the first three laps, but grabbed the lead after the racer leader, JB Off-Road / Can-Am Maverick 1000R pilot Kyle Chaney, dropped out. Thanks in part to a sub eight-minute lap time on lap four, Poynter extended his lead all the way to finish for his first win of 2013.

Team Hendershot / Can-Am held the lead after lap one, but dropped back to second place on lap two. They were the only team to break the nine-minute mark on the final lap and ended up second, just seven seconds behind Poynter. Team Tigercat (Maverick 1000R) edged Austin Seelig’s Team 1-Fourty-4 (Commander 1000) for third overall in the class.

Can-Am Outlander 800R racer Bryan Buckhannon earned a third-place podium finish in the Adult Quad Open A class. For more info on the WEXCR series, visit www.wexcr.com.

PURE 250

The DWT PURE Deep Into The Night 250, presented by SxSPerformance.com, was held Sept. 27-29 in California. Racer Jim McKay, who was competing for the first time behind the wheel of the Maverick he bought himself for Christmas, won the PURE 250 Production 1000 Sportsman class and took home the SxS overall in California City.

McKay completed all six laps in a time of 6:04:33. He was in fourth place after lap one. However, McKay took over the race lead on lap four and stayed on the gas to win his class and beat 15 other racers from four total classes to the finish line.

“Our Maverick is completely stock aside from the safety components needed for the race,” said McKay. “From day one, I’ve been extremely pleased with the durability and performance of the Maverick. As we found out on Saturday, there isn’t much needed to compete with all the extremely modified SxSs that we were up against.”

Can-Am Commander pilot Logan Gastel finished third in the Production 1000 Pro class. Murray Racing / Can-Am Maverick 1000R X rs racer Aaron Juarez finished sixth. For more information about the PURE series, please visit www.averacing.com.

NEATV-MX

Can-Am DS 450 ATV racers won three classes and earned 15 total class podium finishes at round 11 of the NEATV-MX series at MX101 in Epping, N.H. Can-Am Pros Travis Moore, Matheiu Deroy and Keven Vachon competed in the Pro class. Moore earned second overall with a 3-2 moto scorecard, while Deroy was third and Vachon sixth. Moore also scored a third-place podium finish in the Pro-Am class.

In the amateur ranks, Can-Am DS 450 racers won three classes and earned 12 additional podium finishes, which included a sweep in the College Boy class. Victories went to Roy Lampron (40+), Jake Bradway (4-Stroke A) and Jake Chamberland (College Boy). The season finale of NEATV-MX series is Oct. 12-13, at AK Farms in Modena, N.Y.

For more information on Can-Am racing, the 2013 schedule, the ’13 contingency program and Can-Am DS 450 ATV amateur racer support program, visit www.can-amxteam.com.

Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., volunteers completed a three-year project at one of the nation’s most popular multi-use off-highway vehicle (OHV) staging areas located in the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF).

As part of the Yamaha OHV Access Initiative and with support of the Southern California Mountains Foundation’s (SCMF) OHV program, volunteers gathered recently for a final round of planting, cleaning and maintaining the popular Cactus Flats staging area and surrounding trails.

This was the final project in a three-year commitment by Yamaha to help restore Cactus Flats and save the staging area from misuse and erosion. Thanks to the combined efforts and critical work done by the SCMF and SBNF – and including the Yamaha volunteer projects – Cactus Flats is no longer at risk and is back to its old self as one of the premier staging areas in the forest.

More than 60 volunteers, comprised of Yamaha employees and their family and friends, along with members of the SCMF, contributed more than 325 hours of volunteer service on Sunday, September 22.

Activities to improve the area included planting and watering 300 native seedlings. Cactus Flats and its surrounding trails are a popular location hosting thousands off-road enthusiasts, hikers and mountain bikers each year.

“The Mountains Foundation and San Bernardino National Forest have been great partners of Yamaha’s OHV Access Initiative, helping shape our grassroots efforts locally and across the country,” said Mike Martinez, Yamaha’s ATV/SxS Vice President. “The Access Initiative continues to improve riding areas and opportunities thanks to volunteers and the hundreds of GRANTs and more than $2 million awarded. Yamaha will continue this work promoting safe, responsible riding and open, sustainable riding areas, and we encourage riding groups to use our program to support their local efforts.”

Over the past six years, Yamaha volunteers have restored more than 12 acres of land in the San Bernardino National Forest. Work has included the Cactus Flats project and planting 3,600 native seedlings through SBNFA’s Forest Aid initiative, a partnership with TreePeople and the U.S. Forest Service in one of the largest volunteer-led restoration projects in Southern California addressing the burn areas from the 2003 and 2007 wildfires.

“Yamaha is a valued partner of the Mountains Foundation helping to support our OHV program and many of the 2.4 million visitors who come to the mountains each year,” said Sarah Miggins, executive director of the Southern California Mountains Foundation. “For more than six years, Yamaha volunteers have made a real impact on the San Bernardino National Forest completing projects from the Big Bear area across the mountains to Lake Arrowhead.”

The Yamaha OHV Access Initiative is the industry leader in Guaranteeing Responsible Access to our Nation’s Trails (GRANTs). Through this program, Yamaha has directly and indirectly supported thousands of miles of trails, maintained and rehabilitated countless riding areas, improved staging areas, built bridges over fish-bearing streams and partnered with local riding communities across the country to improve the OHV experience.

Each quarter, Yamaha accepts applications from non-profit or tax-exempt organizations including OHV riding clubs and associations, national, state and local public land use agencies and other members of the OHV community in the United States. A committee then reviews each application and awards GRANTs to deserving projects.

Examples of appropriate projects for GRANTs include, but are not limited to:

– Trail development, restoration and maintenance
– Trail signage and map production
– Staging area construction, renovation and maintenance
– Land stewardship, trail safety and education

Updated guidelines, an application form and information on the OHV Access Initiative are available here. For specific questions about the OHV Access Initiative, call Yamaha’s dedicated OHV Access Initiative Hotline at 1-877-OHV-TRAIL (877-648-8724) or write to: Yamaha OHV Access Initiative Review Committee, 6555 Katella Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630-5101.

Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., (YMUS), a leader in the motorsports market, makes the toughest, most capable and versatile ATV and Side-by-Side vehicles. The company’s ever-expanding product offerings also include motorcycles, outboard motors, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, boats, outdoor power equipment, accessories, apparel and much more. YMUS products are sold through a nationwide network of dealers in the United States. Headquartered in Cypress, Calif., since its incorporation in 1976, Yamaha also has facilities in Wisconsin and Georgia, as well as factory operations in Tennessee and Georgia.

For more information on Yamaha, visit www.yamaha-motor.com.

Can-Am ATV and side-by-side racers competed in numerous racing series in North America and Europe, coming away with several wins and four individual championships. Zac Zakowski won two titles in the Iowa Short Course Series.

Two DS 450 racers also won championships. Keven Vachon won the Courses VTT Pro 450 class Canadian championship and Jeremie Warnia won the European Quad Motocross Championship in France.

“Can-Am racers have had a successful season throughout the world. Recently, our racers have earned many victories and several championships,” said Jeff Leclerc, Racing Project Leader, Can-Am. “Jeremie Warnia, Keven Vachon and Zac Zakowski earning championships proves that Can-Am offers excellent, race-proven vehicles.”

Championships

Round six of the European Motocross Championship series was recently held in Dardon Gueugnon, France. Motoworks / Can-Am DS 450 Pro Jeremie Warnia won the EMX Quad championship for the second consecutive season with a dominant performance. Warnia, who won the 2011 WORCS Pro ATV Championship, had built a huge points lead heading into round six and secured the title with a convincing 1-1 sweep.

Can-Am DS 450 Pro Keven Vachon wrapped up the Courses VTT ATV Pro class title with second-place podium finish at round seven held in Saint-Marcel, Quebec. Vachon earned seven podiums and had four wins in 2013. Fellow DS 450 Pro Mathieu Deroy won round seven and finished runner-up to Vachon for the championship.

At round three of the Iowa Short Course Series, held in Chariton, Iowa, Zakowski Motorsports / Can-Am racer Zac Zakowski won both his ATV and side-by-side classes. The victories earned Zakowski both class championships, one on his Can-Am Outlander 4×4 and the other in his Can-Am Commander 1000 side-by-side.

“I’ve been working really hard over the years to collect some championships on my Can-Am machines,” said Zakowski. “It feels good to take home a double championship this year.”

NEATV-MX

Can-Am DS 450 Pro Josh Creamer (BCS Performance) won both the Pro and Pro-Am classes with 1-1 moto sweeps at round 10 of the NEATV-MX series in Minot, Maine. He was joined on both podiums by current Pro and Pro-Am class points leader and fellow DS 450 pilot Travis Moore, who finished third in both classes. In all, Can-Am DS 450 racers won six classes and earned 15 total podiums at round 10. The next round of NEATV-MX is scheduled for Sept. 28-29, at MX101 Moto-X Park in Epping, N.H.

WORCS

Dave Martinez (Murray Racing / Yoshimura / Can-Am) was the top finishing Maverick 1000R X rs pilot, earning fourth overall in the SxS Pro Production class, at round eight of WORCS in Milford, Calif. Can-Am racers Gilbert Flores (Motoworks), James Hill (Team IMG) Pablo Veglia (Del Amo Motorsports) finished fifth through seventh, respectively. Veglia currently leads Hill by one point for third place in the class standings heading into the finale.

Dillon Zimmerman (GPS Off-Road) earned fourth place in the ATV Pro class on his Can-Am DS 450. The final WORCS event is scheduled for Oct. 11-13, in Primm, Nev.

FMSQ

Can-Am Maverick 1000R pilot Charles-Antoine Villeneuve won the SxS class at round nine of the Provincial Endurocross circuit of the FMSQ series in Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada.

MWXC

Can-Am Maverick 1000R pilot Matt Rowell won the 801cc+ class at round 10 of the Midwest Cross Country Racing series in Martinsville, Ind. It was Rowell’s second straight win and third podium finish in three rounds of racing with the Maverick 1000R.

AWRCS 7

In its Can-Am Maverick 1000R, Team Hendershot Performance won round seven of the American Woods Racing Championship Series in Clintonville, Pa. The Hendershot team beat 17 other side-by-side vehicles to the finish line despite starting from row two.

“We now have the points lead with only one SxS round to go,” said Larry Hendershot. “We believe it made a big statement that the Can-Am Maverick is the machine to beat.”

For more information on Can-Am racing, the 2013 schedule, the ’13 contingency program and Can-Am DS 450 ATV amateur racer support program, visit www.can-amxteam.com.