Polaris Sponsors Mafia Industries RANGER RZR Race Team
Team Mafia will race RANGER RZR in 2007

Polaris Ranger UTV at the Baja 250

Minneapolis, MN (8/23/2007) - IPolaris Industries today announced Mafia Industries is its newest factory sponsored race team for the RANGER RZR. The partnership couples one of the industry leaders in short course racing with the hottest high performance side by side on the market.

"We are excited to add Mafia Industries to our growing list of factory sponsored race teams." said Craig Scanlon, Product Line Sales Manager for the Polaris Side by Side Division. "The RANGER RZR's power, performance and responsiveness coupled with Mafia's racing and technical expertise will guarantee success on the short course."

Team Mafia will consist of three racers and a complete support staff which includes:

Team owner/Mgr, Jeff Smith

Driver 1, Chad "Rockstar" Mittag-Been riding most of his life and is the only person to clear the 70 foot triple at Lake Elsinore.

Driver 2, Travis "Pinky" Peterson-Team Mafia's first driver and very influential in getting short track racing started.

Driver 3, Corey "T-Rex" Macomber-Newest member of Team Mafia and is an ex-Pro Motocross rider.

Team Support
Jeff Smith – Owner, Nik Gerdel, Doug Mittag, Sal Marchese, Jerrod Hovis, Doug Hovis, Joe Clark, Rod Swaney, Dave Heine

"Polaris getting involved in UTV racing is huge for the industry," said Jeff Smith, owner/manager of Team Mafia. "We are very excited to be a part of Team Polaris. The RZRs are the best side x side's on the market and we can't wait to hit the track with them"

Team Mafia will be racing their short-course modified RANGER RZR in the CORR Racing Series. Their first race in the RZR is Antelope Valley, Sept. 15-16.

About Mafia Industries
Mafia Industries is part of Demon Fabrication, Inc. We have been in business for 5 years. We started building long travel sand cars and jumped into the UTV market about 2 years ago. Jeff started the business and Chad joined as Shop manager and lead fabricater. About 2 years later we brought Sal in as Office manager. The last 2 years the 3 of us have built one of the best UTV shops in the country. Along with Travis Peterson , we started the short coarse racing at Lake Elsinore MX Park. Which is now catching on all over the country.