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Team
Elia Racing placed first overall in
their Polaris RZR S 800 UTV
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Minneapolis, MN (8/24/2011) -
Polaris RANGER RZRs continued their domination
of the race track at the four-hour Heartland
Challenge UTV race, in Carlisle,
Iowa by taking the top spot in all three classes
offered and going one-two
in the overall.
Team Elia racing in the "850 Modified"
class edged out "Open Modified"
Class Winner, Team Coastal/Yokley Racing by
six seconds for the Overall.
Team Elia went into the race with a nearly-stock
RANGER RZR S 800 with the
only mods being what it took to make it race
ready. The conditions were
perfect as it rained earlier in the week so
there was almost no dust and no
mud, making for good traction. Team Elia felt
the key to their win was
going fast through the woods, having consistently
faster lap times and
staying out of the pits. For the first two
hours of the race, the team was
patient getting through the traffic and in
the third and fourth hour, they
were able to find their rhythm, step up the
pace and pass vehicles each
lap. Through the home stretch, they kept their
pace steady and came to the
finish line with a 6-second lead of Team Yokley.
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Team
Yokley piloted their National Guard
/ Coastal Racing Polaris RZR XP 900
UTV to win the Open Modified Class
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For Team Yokley, the race began with William
Yokley getting a good start,
and immediately starting to pull away from
the pack. Yokley drove for the
first 2 hours, and opened up a lead of several
minutes. Scott Kiger took
over for the last 2-hours, and everything
was great. The check point
stations were telling the team that they had
a lead of more than 5-minutes,
and Kiger maintained a steady pace, not taking
any unnecessary risks in the
darkness. At the finish, the team found out
that Team Elia had finished
ahead on adjusted time, because they started
on another row. Team Yokley
then traveled to Washougal, Wash. WORCS race
where Yokley finished first
and Kiger third.
About Polaris
With annual
2010 sales of $1.99 billion, Polaris designs,
engineers, manufactures and markets off-road
vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles
(ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER(tm), snowmobiles
and Victory motorcycles for recreational and
utility use and has recently introduced a
new on-road electric powered neighborhood
vehicle.
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 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 MidCap 400 stock
price index.
Information about the
complete line of Polaris products, apparel
and vehicle accessories are available from
authorized Polaris dealers or anytime from
the Polaris homepage at www.polarisindustries.com.
