Minneapolis, MN (2/8/2010)
- Polaris comes into the 2010 race
season with teams competing in the Grand National
Cross Country series (GNCC), World Off Road
Championship series (WORCS), ATVA Motocross
National (AMA), Best in the Desert (BITD), TORC,
MS4X, LUCAS and Mud racing. Polaris also will
continue to offer their race contingency program.
"We continue to be committed to ATV
and Side-by-Side racing and are excited for
another successful year," said Eric Nault,
Product and Race Manager for Polaris' ORV
Division. "2009 was a great year for
us with RANGER RZR's continued racing successes,
new milestones with the Outlaw 450 MXR and
a solid finish for the Sportsman XP in its
first full year of racing. We look to continue
the momentum into 2010."
Rath Racing is back on board for 2010 to
race the Sportsman 850 XP with Power Steering
in GNCC and the Outlaw 450 MXR in AMA. Daryl
Rath will be vying for the top of the "4x4
Open" class with his Sportsman 850 XP
with Power Steering. Rath finished the 2009
season in third place for the class in the
Sportsman XP's first full race year and with
a more fine-tuned vehicle for 2010, Rath will
be on the throttle for No.1. Rath Racer Casey
Martin will race the Outlaw 450 MXR in the
"450 Pro-Am" class for AMA. After
a mid-year switch to the Outlaw 450 MXR and
a podium finish at Loretta Lynn's, Martin
looks forward to a full race year on the quad
with continued success.
| Yokley
Racing / National Guard ATV Race Team |
Polaris will continue to support the Yokley
Racing/National Guard race team for 2010.
Multi-time Pro and Pro Production GNCC Winner,
William Yokley started racing the Polaris
RANGER RZR during the 2008 GNCC season and
took the Side-by-Side title. In 2009 he finished
Fourth in the "Open Modified" class
and looks to be back on top for 2010.Yokley's
teammate, Jarrod McClure, will race the Outlaw
450 MXR in the GNCC "Pro 450 XCI"
class and "450 Pro ATV Class" in
select WORCS events.
| Jagged
X Polaris Ranger RZR Race Team |
Jagged X and the No. 1919 RANGER RZR look
for their fourth Best in the Desert Championship
in 2010. The team hit the podium in five of
seven races, with three wins and two second
places in 2009 and Brandon Schueler, Chad
Riccio and Mike West will be back looking
for another successful race season.
| Walker
Evans Racing - Polaris Ranger RZR |
RJ Anderson will be back to conquer the
TORC, MS4X and LUCAS series with his Walker
Evans RANGER RZR. Anderson finished the 2009
season first overall in the MS4X series and
second overall in TORC's UTV standings.
| Team
Highlifter-Polaris Racing |
Team Highlifter-Polaris Racing will be muddin'
on Polaris' once again for 2010. The team
will be racing Sportsman 850 XP, Sportsman
550, RANGER XPs and RANGER RZRs. The racers
are as follows:
Sportsman 850 XP: Alicia Gorman, Blake Mann,
JW Otwell, Maggie Robertson
Sportsman 850 Touring: Blake Mann, JW Otwell
Sportsman 550 XP: Brian Haughton, JW Otwell
and Maggie Robertson.
RANGER XP: Scott Smith, Brian Robertson
RANGER RZR S: Blake Mann, Maggie Robertson
RANGER RZR 4: Brian Haughton
Polaris ATV Contingency
Polaris also
will continue to offer an ATV race contingency
program for all youth and adult classes, in
seven ATV racing series, with a total purse
of about $405,800. Polaris is offering contingencies
in GNCC, WORCS, ATVA-AMA Motocross Nationals,
ITP Quad Cross, New England ATV Motocross
Series (NEATV), the Heartland Challenge and
Canadian Motorsport Racing Club Series (CMRC).
Racers must race 2007 or newer quads, and
utility classes must be raced on a Sportsman
850 XP or Sportsman 550. More information
and complete rules about Polaris' ATV racing
contingencies can be found at www.polarisfactoryracing.com.
About Polaris
With annual
2009 sales of $1.6 billion, Polaris designs,
engineers, manufactures and markets off-road
vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles
(ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER(r), snowmobiles
and Victory Motorcycles(r) for recreational
and utility use. Polaris is a recognized leader
in the snowmobile industry, and one of the
largest manufacturers of ORVs in the world.
Victory Motorcycles, established in 1998 and
representing the first all-new American-made
motorcycle from a major company in nearly
60 years, are rapidly making impressive in-roads
into the cruiser and touring motorcycle marketplace.
Polaris also enhances the riding experience
with a complete line of Pure Polaris(r) apparel,
accessories and parts, available at Polaris
dealerships.
Polaris Industries Inc.
trades on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol "PII," and the Company
is included in the S&P Small-Cap 600 stock
price index.
Information about the
complete line of Polaris products, apparel
and vehicle accessories, is available from
authorized Polaris dealers or anytime from
the Polaris homepage at www.polarisindustries.com.
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