Press Release – 20 Dec 2011

Labrador City, NL – With more than a month left before registration closes, 16 teams have already signed on for Cain’s Quest Snowmobile Endurance Race and all indications are that Cain’s Quest will see a full roster in 2012.

It is shaping up to be a banner year for Canada’s Longest and World’s Toughest Snowmobile Endurance Race as both new and returning teams are busy gearing up for what proposes to be the biggest event to date!

The roster so far is as follows:

TEAM COUNT	TEAM NO:	RACER		HOMETOWN	PROVINCE/STATE	COUNTRY
1	5	George Rodgers		Happy Valley Goose Bay	NL	Canada
1	5	Mark Simms		Happy Valley Goose Bay	NL	Canada
2	TBA	Jean Francois Tremblay		Quebec	QC	Canada
2	TBA	Reginald Tremblay		Montreal	QC	Canada
3	TBA	Luc Bourgault		St. Alphonse de Granby	QC	Canada
3	TBA	Joel Couture		Shefford	QC	Canada
4	TBA	Kevin Flowers		Hopedale	NL	Canada
4	TBA	John Lucy		Hopedale	NL	Canada
5	4	Dwight Loveman		Labrador City	NL	Canada
5	4	Jonathan Earle		Labrador City	NL	Canada
6	11		Robert Stadler	Barkhamsted	CT	USA
6	11		Paulo Matias	Labrador City	NL	Canada
7	13		Bradley Leamon	Labrador City	NL	Canada
7	13		Brad Coles	Labrador City	NL	Canada
8	29		Joachim Nui	Natuashish	NL	Canada
8	29		Mark Nui	Natuashish	NL	Canada
9	30		Clarence Nui	Natuashish	NL	Canada
9	30		John Nui	Natuashish	NL	Canada
10	31		Tim Lessard	Monmouth	ME	USA
10	31		Eric Hall	Dennistown	ME	USA
11	33		Craig Acreman	Happy Valley Goose Bay	NL	Canada
11	33		Barry Callahan	Labrador City	NL	Canada
12	39		Coreen Paul	Labrador City	NL	Canada
12	39		Jason Paul	Labrador City	NL	Canada
13	77		Aaron Poker	Natuashish	NL	Canada
13	77		Len Rich	Natuashish	NL	Canada
14	55		Guy Bertrand	Listowel	ON	Canada
14	55		Norm Bertrand	Chelmsford	ON	Canada
15	TBA		Robert Newton	Meath Park	SK	Canada
15	TBA		Joey Lukan	Saskatoon	SK	Canada
16	19		Francois Brunet	Mont-Laurier	QC	Canada
16	19		Alain Robitaille	Mont-Laurier	QC	Canada

2012 registration closes January 31^st, 2012 and with many more teams left to register, the Cain’s Quest Organizing Committee anticipate at least a total 30 teams for the New Year. This year will be the first year Cain’s Quest will have a husband and wife team at the start line. Returning racer Jason Paul from Labrador City has registered for Cain’s Quest 2012 with his wife Coreen and organizers and race fans are excited to see a woman step up to the challenge. In 2010, Cain’s Quest had a husband and wife team on the roster but unfortunately with the cancellation of the race, having a woman at the start line never came to fruition. In 2011, Cain’s Quest proposed an all-women’s event with a shorter racer route and due to low registration numbers, that event was cancelled as well.

There will be a lot of first’s for Cain’s Quest 2012, with a new prize purse structure, a new province represented at the start line with the registration of Robert Newton and Joey Lukan from Saskatchewan, our first female racer and new communities included in what is sure to be our longest Cain’s Quest route ever.

We will be counting down the days until race day on March 17^th, 2012 in Labrador City.

For more information on Cain’s Quest, e-mail cainsquest@crrstv.net. Follow the race live via satellite at www.cainsquest.com.

Contact: Todd Kent-Co Chair-(709)-944-5013 or 5011 PO Box 206, Labrador City, NL Canada, A2V 2K5

The purpose of Cain’s Quest is to promote Labrador as a premier snowmobiling destination and provide reliable, consistent, safe and honourable cross‐country snowmobile racing and recreational riding in Labrador.