3rd RACE

THE DS650 WINNER OF THE NUMB BUM RACE, A 24 HOURS ICE RACING CHAMPIONSHIP.

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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 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.









2nd RACE

AFTER BAJA 2000, THE DS650 WON THE ROOF OF AFRICA 1000 KM RACE

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The Bombardier® DS650™ took a dominant win in the annual Roof of Africa 1000 km race. Known as the toughest off-road race in the Southern Hemisphere, this annual race is held in the Maluti mountains of Lesotho, in Africa.

The leading team through the event was DeVilliers on the DS650, but due to an accident he had 3 weeks prior to this event, he had to drop out during the second day. Another DS650 driver, John Steenkamp, had been running second until he passed the Yamaha Raptor in a section where the water came right up over the tank for over 50 feet down the river.

The DS650 team finished 1 hour and 40 minutes ahead of the Raptor team. The DS650 keeps proving itself, not just on it¹s performance but also on it¹s reliability, in the really big events like Baja 2000 and now the annual Roof of Africa challenge, where extensive modifications used to be the rule to determine who would win, until the DS650 showed up!







1st RACE

BOMBARDIER DS650™ ATV FINISHED FIRST IN THE BAJA 2000 ENDURANCE RACE

Valcourt, Québec, Canada, November 16, 2000 - Bombardier Recreational Products took the ATV world by storm last Tuesday, finishing 1st in its first-ever participation in the SCORE BAJA 2000 off-road desert endurance race held in Mexico. Up against the industry's top machines and racers in what is described as the longest and most grueling off-road race in the world, the Bombardier® DS650™ ATV was the first to finish the 1,754 mile non-stop race in 41 hours, 34 minutes and 43 seconds, nearly 15 minutes ahead of the Honda 400 EX, last year's winner.

Alain Brunelle, Vice President and General Manager, ATV, declared: "We are especially proud of the win because it's the first time in 17 years that a factory-built unit with so few modifications has taken top prize at Baja, especially since the DS650 is only in its first year of production!" The triumph of the DS650 in this 1,754 non-stop desert race is proof that our Sport ATV can not only play with the big boys, it can beat them at their game by a wide margin. With the engine measuring in at 653 cc, the DS650 stands apart from the competition in that it comes with a factory-built performance-ready package straight out of the box. Brunelle added, "We are very grateful to team manager Greg Row and his pro drivers for believing in our machine and leading us to victory. It's further proof that the DS650 is the choice of champions!"

Veteran Dean Sundahl, who rode the Bombardier across the finish line in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, was part of the 7-man Team Greg Row running in relay against elite racers from 30 states including challengers from countries as far away as Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Switzerland, England, Canada and Mexico. Also participating at SCORE BAJA 2000: were specialized Baja cars, modified pick-up trucks and motorcycles







PS. Raptors were in ALL of the above races

 

The DS really aint my "cup o' soup" but i think its pretty interesting that Bombardier is actually acknowledging that their quad is racing, and winning.Perhaps there is hope for the Bomb racer.

 

its all LIES!!!!!!!!! the raptor really won all the races!!!!!

 

3TV the DS650 Did not win the Nevada 2000 it was a Honda that won. Bombardier 5th http://www.bitd.com/Nevada2000Q.htm