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Polaris RANGER RZR takes 2008 Racing Season by
Storm
Jagged X,
Eichner and Yokley win series
Minneapolis, October 31, 2008 – The Polaris
RANGER RZR continues to be a force by
impressively taking the Best in the Desert,
WORCS and GNCC racing championships for 2008.
“Polaris Racing is very excited to have three
series championships for 2008,” said Eric Nault,
race team manager for Polaris. “The side-by-side
race teams did an awesome job with their RANGER
RZRs, and we’re convinced their dedication will
result in many more championships.”
Jagged X and their No. 1919 RANGER RZR took
their second Best in the Desert Points
Championship by winning their fourth race in a
row in the series. They sealed the championship
in the sixth out of the seventh race, at the
Golden West Cycle LV 150 where pilots Brandon
Schueler and Blake Van de Loo started in fifth
position. After only 11 miles The Jagged X team
had made their way to second position where they
would stay for the larger part of the race and
took the lead to finish first. The No. 1919
leads the class scoring an impressive 440 points
to the second place finisher’s 292 points.
Polaris/Lone Star/Eichner Racing’s Doug Eichner
captured the top spot for the WORCS Side-by-Side
title on his RANGER RZR with six podium
finishes. Mark Holz and his RANGER RZR finished
a respective fourth with three firsts and one
second in the four races he competed in.
Multi-time Pro and Pro Production GNCC Winner,
William Yokley raced the Polaris RANGER RZR in
GNCC’s UTV Open Modified class and went
undefeated taking the GNCC UTV Championship. An
impressive nine of the top 10 overall finishers
were racing RANGER RZRs.
"Jagged X, Eichner
and Yokley have been very dedicated to racing
the RANGER RZR and we are extremely happy with
their successes in their respective racing
series,” said Craig Scanlon, product line sales
manager for Polaris’ Side-by-Side Division. “The
varying terrain and challenges each racing
series has and being able to finish at the top
in the three series continues to show the
versatility, quality and power of the RANGER
RZR.”
Watch for Mark Lindsey and his
RANGER RZR at the Baja 1,000.
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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