February 11th 2001, another victorious day for the
Bombardier® DS650™ since it won the 24 hours world
endurance ice racing championship. " No other production ATV could do the race with so few changes " declared the winners.The DS650 won the race because nothing beats that engine for the output/durability ratio. The race was 16 km long. At the beginning, the DS650 lost a great lead when they blew a fuse and had to change the circuit (they put extra halogen lights and hand-warmers on the same circuit). They went back out in 7th place behind the leading Honda TRX 250R, a highly modified unit. There was one long straight that belonged to the DS650,nobody could touch the Bombardier's riders through that section
and they made up time. By half-way, the race-track was all torn-up and now the DS650 suspension and tracking stability got a chance to show off. The Honda TRX 250R arrived in second position, the Banshee was 3rd, 2 Honda 400ES were 4th and 5th, and the Raptor took the 6th position. Thanks to the drivers : Bobby Parr, Jimmy Stephenson, Adam Campbell,Murray Treiber, Eric Dollente and Tim Neidhardt . Thanks to Kevin Avina of CT racing and Murray Treiber of Riverside Racing for an excellent job in the Pits. Also a special thanks to Gerry Picard who worked hard for Bombardier and the DS650.
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