BRP Announces 2008 Can-Am X-Team Contingency Program

BRP Can-Am Offering Nearly $800,000 in Payouts for Eight Different ATV Racing Series.

Valcourt, Quebec, February 29, 2008 - In a sign of its commitment to ATV racing, BRP announced its 2008 Can-Am X-Team contingency program today. The program will pay nearly $780,000 CAD ($800,000 USD) total to those racers finishing in the top three at nearly 80 rounds of racing across North America in 2008.

"We are a company with racing in our DNA," says Del Bohlman, Media Relation and Racing Manager for Can-Am ATVs. "ATVs like the DS 450 were specifically engineered to win races; competition drives us to produce a better product, too. This is one way we can give back to those who choose to race with the Can-Am family."

BRP Can-Am is offering contingency for the following series: GNCC, AMA/ATVA MX Nationals, WPSA ATV Tour, CMRC Nationals, CMRC Quebec, ITP Quadcross, SCORE and WORCS. All pro classes and selected amateur classes will see contingency payouts to third place. There are also built-in bonuses for overall championships.

For a complete payout schedule and contingency submission forms, racers should visit www.can-amxteam.com and click on the "contingency" link.

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP), a privately-held company, is a world leader in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing of motorized recreational vehicles. Its portfolio of brands and products includes: Ski-Doo(r) and Lynx(tm) snowmobiles, Sea-Doo(r) watercraft and sport boats, Evinrude(r) and Johnson(r) outboard engines, direct injection technologies such as E-TEC(r), Can-Am(tm) all-terrain vehicles and roadsters, as well as Rotax(r) engines and karts.