Polaris Announces 2008 Factory
ATV Racing Sponsorships
WORCS, ITP Quadcross, GNCC,
WPSA
Minneapolis, MN (1/14/2007) - Polaris
Industries is going full throttle into the ATV
racing season with the company's biggest effort,
to date, in factory racing sponsorships. For 2008,
Polaris will have racers competing in the Grand
National Cross Country series (GNCC), World Off
Road Championship series (WORCS), World PowerSports
Association (WPSA) and ITP QuadCross.
"Polaris has tripled our race team for 2008.
We enjoyed many successes in 2007and with the
additional efforts Polaris will be even more competitive
for 2008," said Justin Burke, race team coordinator
for the ATV Division at Polaris. "The addition
of two new race quads, the Outlaw 525 S and Outlaw
450 MXR, and the existing Outlaw 525 IRS, gives
our racers the advantage in the varying terrain
of each series."
WORCS and ITP QuadCross Racing Sponsorships
ATV racing legend, Doug Eichner, is back aboard
the Outlaw for the 2008 season as well as the
RANGER RZR. Eichner switched to the Outlaw four
races into the 2007 WORCS season and finished
on the podium six out of the seven races, only
six points behind the first place finisher. He
delivered eight Pro victories overall to Polaris
in 2007 and, in 2008, Eichner will race the Outlaw
525 IRS, Outlaw 525 S, Outlaw 450 MXR and the
RANGER RZR in the WORCS and ITP QuadCross Series.
Polaris and Eichner also have teamed with Lonestar
Racing to support the west coast team in their
pursuit of WORCS and ITP Quadcross Championships.
In addition to Team Captain, Doug Eichner, John
Shafe, Angela Butler and Youth Rider Caide Hunt
join the Polaris roster.
Professional Team Rider, John Shafe, will be
doing double-duty racing the Pro class in both
WORCS and the ITP QuadCross Series. Shafe was
fourth overall in the 2007 WORCS series and finished
with a strong third place overall in the ITP QuadCross
Series. Shafe will race the Outlaw 450 MXR in
both series.
With a total of nine championships to her credit,
Angela Butler will direct her championship riding
skills aboard the Outlaw 450 MXR for 2008 in both
WORCS and the ITP QuadCross Series. In 2007, Butler
won both the Women's ATVA Championship and WPSA
Championship.
Youth Team Rider, Caide Hunt will race a pink
Outlaw 90 in the "70-90cc Modified"
class in the WORCS Series. Hunt is a four-time
National Champion winning the 2004 ITP QuadCross
Championship, 2005 WORCS "50cc Stock"
and "Modified" Championship and 2006
WORCS "50cc Stock" Championship.
The first race of the 2008 WORCS Series is January
25-27, in Phoenix, AZ, and Round One of the ITP
QuadCross race will be held March 8 - 9, at Glen
Helen Raceway, in San Bernardino, Calif.
GNCC Racing Sponsorships
Up-and-coming "XC2 Pro Am" Rider, Kevin
Yoho joins the Polaris race team for 2008. Yoho
rounded out the 2007 season seventh overall with
four podiums. He will switch between the Outlaw
525 S and 450 MXR depending on race terrain.
Top-Ten, Pro Racer Bryan Baker returns for the
2008 season. Baker will race the Outlaw 525 S
and is looking get back into the Top 10 this season.
Polaris also re-signed "Super Senior (50+)"
Racer John Gallagher and again will sponsor the
Wilson Racing Team. Gallagher finished top of
his class again in 2007 with six firsts, four
seconds and one third. Wilson Racing consists
of "XC2 Pro Am" Racer Mike Sroka and
"Junior A" Todd Rothermel. Sroka finished
first in the "Junior A" class with six
podium finishes in 2007aboard the Outlaw 525 IRS.
Rothermel rode the Polaris Outlaw 500 to the "4-Stroke
Stock A" championship in the 2006 GNCC meet
and returns to the team in 2008. Gallagher, Sroka
and Rothermel will race both the Outlaw 525 S
and IRS.
The first race of the 2008 GNCC series is The
Triton, March 1-4, in Melbourne, Fla.
WPSA Powersports Tour
Racing Sponsorships
With the introduction of
the Outlaw 450 MXR half-way through last WPSA
race season, Polaris goes all out for 2008's season.
H-Bomb is back on their Polaris 450s racing the
Pro Class with Dana Creech and Jason Luburgh.
An ATV icon, Creech became part of an elite group
of riders when he appeared in Huevos 3 in 1999.
He has competed in WPSA, the Score International
Series and the GNC ATV series. H-Bomb Racer, Jason
Luburgh made his Pro debut in ATVA in 2001 and
has several Top 10 finishes in WPSA.
Polaris also signed Rath Racing to race in various
series. Daryl Rath will race a Sportsman in WPSA's
QTC, an Outlaw 525 S in the Super Moto Series
and GNCC, and a RANGER RZR in select Side by Side
events. Rath is a 26-year racing veteran with
four National Championships, two International
Championships, 38 State/District Championships
and the first-ever Quad Terrain Challenge Championship.
Landon Hurst, Brock Lyons, Cody Anderson and
Jay Corey will hop on the
Outlaw 450 for Rath Racing. Hurst and Lyons will
race WPSA's Pro Class, and Hurst also will race
the Outlaw 525 S in the Super Moto Series. Anderson
will race the Pro AM Class at WPSA and on his
off weekends, hit the Super Moto and Extreme Dirt
Track series. Corey will race WPSA's "B Class"
on the Outlaw 450. Corey is the youngest rider
on the roster and brings both MX experience and
Cross Country racing to the team.
The first race of the 2008 WPSA series May 17-18,
in Taylorville, Ill.
About Polaris:
With annual 2006
sales of $1.7 Billion, Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures
and markets snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs),
Victory motorcycles and the Polaris RANGER for recreational
and utility use.
Polaris is a recognized leader
in the snowmobile industry; and one of the largest manufacturers
of ATVs 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 motorcycle
cruiser and touring 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 Small-Cap
600 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.
www.polarisindustries.com
2100 Highway 55
Medina, MN 55340
(763) 417-8650
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