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STI’s
Nic Granlund took the win in the WORCS
SxS Production 850 Class at Speed World
MX Round 4 |
Brooklyn Center, MN (4/19/2012)
– STI Tire & Wheel’s ultra-versatile
cross terrain radial tire, the Black Diamond,
is proving to be just as competent on race courses
as it is on rocks, mud, sand and snow. At tracks
from one end of the country to another, side-by-side
UTV drivers are realizing how much of a performance
advantage the Black Diamond can provide.
For example, in the most recent World Off
Road Championship Series (WORCS) event at
Speed World MX in Surprise, Arizona, Nic Granlund
took his STI Black Diamond-equipped Polaris
RZR to a convincing victory in the highly
competitive SxS Production 850 class. This
former quad racing star from Las Vegas topped
a field of 18 cars in a race that lasted just
over 41 minutes. For this race Granlund had
his Black Diamonds mounted on STI’s
brand-new HD Alloy Beadlock wheels—a
smashing debut for the groundbreaking product.
With three top-five finishes in four events,
Granlund now holds fourth place in the class
point standings (and he didn’t even
compete in the opening round).
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STI’s
John Yokley placed seventh in the XC1
Modifed Class at Big Buck GNCC |
On the opposite side of the country, John
Yokley is showing how well the Black Diamond
works in the woods. Driving a Polaris RZR
XP 900 for Big Country Powersports, Yokley
is enjoying considerable success in Grand
National Cross Country (GNCC) racing. He and
co-driver Jarrod McClure got their feet wet
in UTV racing in this series—which takes
place at selected GNCC events—during
the first round in Washington, Georgia.
They placed seventh overall out of 46 entries,
also good for seventh in the XC1 Modified
class. That result was nearly duplicated at
the next round in Union, South Carolina, where
Big Country placed eighth overall and again
seventh in class in an extremely dry and dusty,
hour-long race. Thanks to this consistent
performance and tire reliability, the team
currently stands a promising sixth place in
season points.
Shooting back to the western end of the nation,
the UTV racing effort of Auburn Extreme Powersports
continues to impress with its own impeccable
RZR XP 900. As you may recall, this team made
a splash at the recent King of the Hammers
event. The car was then entered in a Valley
Off Road Racing Association (VORRA) short
course event at Prairie City in northern California,
where it had a highly competitive battle in
progress until breaking a CV joint late in
the race.
It’s activities like these—putting
a product through the wringer like only racing
can—that provides tremendous feedback
to STI engineers to help make future tires and
wheels even better. We’d say our current
level of development is already in the winner’s
circle.
STI tires and wheels are available at finer
ATV/UTV dealers everywhere, through MTA Distributing.
For more information, to place an order or to
locate an STI dealer, visit
www.stitireandwheel.com
or call: East (318) 255-0049; West (951) 272-0971.
