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Polaris Racing Goes Full-Throttle for the
12-Hours of Pont de Vaux
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 12, 2008-The best
racers around the world will converge at the
12-Hours of Pont de Vaux World Championship
scheduled for August 23 - 24, in Lyon, France.
This year, more than ever, Polaris is
reinforcing its commitment to the sport of ATV
racing with four Polaris teams competing in the
historic race including one team from the USA
and three French teams, all racing the
wicked-fast Outlaw 525 S.
Doug Eichner,
multi-time world and national ATV champion and
record holder of seven wins and ten podium
finishes at the12-Hours of Pont de Vaux, will
anchor Team Polaris USA. The team also will
feature the talents of Polaris rider Dana
Creech, well known for his Division 4 Freestyle
Championship and Clear Channel Stadium Series MX
Championship. GNC MX Pro National Champion,
eight-time GNC Pro-Am National Champion, former
Pont De Vaux top-three winner, and former
Eichner teammate, Travis Spader will be charging
hard as the final member of Team Polaris USA.
Polaris France will be represented by three
French teams. Successful MX Racer Vincent Broyer,
French MX National Champion Mickaël Revoy and
Thierry Chevrot will make up the first French
team.
The second French team features
Enduro Star Jean-Hugues Adam, Pascal De Palma
and Franck Allart.
And, returning again
to demonstrate their superiority in the Women's
Division, Adeline Martin and Betty Kraft will
constitute the third French team.
“Polaris is excited about the level of
participation at this year’s event and we look
forward to a successful race for all the teams,”
said Eric Nault, race team manager for Polaris
Racing. “We thank our World-Class Racers and
sponsors for helping put together the
most-competitive teams of racers we’ve ever had
at the historic 12-Hours of Pont de Vaux.”
About Polaris
With annual 2007 sales of $1.8 billion, Polaris
designs, engineers, manufactures and markets
all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), including the
Polaris RANGER™, snowmobiles and Victory
motorcycles for recreational and utility use.
Polaris is a recognized leader in the
snowmobile industry, one of the largest
manufacturers of all terrain recreational,
utility and side-by-side vehicles (ATVs) in the
world, and rapidly making impressive in-roads
into the motorcycle cruiser and touring
marketplace under the Victory® brand. The
Victory motorcycle division was established in
1998 representing the first all-new
American-made motorcycle from a major company in
nearly 60 years. 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.
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