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Polaris/Rath Team Performs as Hurst Hauls into
Top Ten Twice!
AMA ATV Pro
Am/Pro Am Unlimited Motocross – Round 5 –
Walnut, Ill.
Titan GNCC Open 4x4/Limited 4x4 – Round 6 -
Lafayette, Tenn.
Landon Hurst
Daryl Rath |
Medina, Minn., (5/5/2009) - It was another
double header weekend for the Polaris/Rath/Duro
Team and it proved to be successful for both
teams. The weather made it perfectly clear the
team was in two different locations, the MX team
enjoyed sun with some mild temperatures while
the GNCC team had to fight Mother Nature’s worst
elements, rain and lots of mud!
The AMA ATV “Pro Am” and “Pro AM Unlimited”
classes are quickly becoming a popular show of
the day with rider entries nearing forty leaving
full gates of riders not even qualifying for the
main event. Landon Hurst, #179, competes in both
“Pro-AM” classes aboard Polaris Outlaw MXR. When
asked about the weekend Hurst stated, “I came
here this weekend with goals for myself, my team
and my sponsors. I wanted to get out of the gate
clean and push toward the front.” He added, “I
was able to accomplish those goals because my
Outlaw is performing better than ever and the
results prove that. I am planning to work
extremely hard over the next few weeks as I
prepare for Round 6, which will be at the Steel
City MX, on May 23.”
Hurst had qualified for the Pro Am Unlimited
class by taking a sixth place finish in his
heat. That secured his place in the main event
along with a full gate of twenty. This class has
some serious talent that is destined to be the
future Pro class of the sport. As the gate
dropped Hurst went to work and raced to a strong
eight place finish giving him a seventh place
finish overall for the day. Hurst continued his
to put his Polaris Outlaw to the test on Sunday
by, once again, making his mark in the top ten
with a ninth place overall finish.
Anderson takes over Third place in “Utility
4X4 Limited” Class Points- While Rath nets
another Third place class finish in the “Utility
4X4 Open” Class.
Just a few states away watching the rain
drown an already saturated GNCC cross country
track, the GNCC team prepared for the worst mud
race of the season. Rath, Batista and Anderson
prepared their Sportsman 850XPs with Power
Steering for some serious mud and water. The
bikes were prepped by planning for the worst
conditions they could think of. After a hard
charge by Rath, who was running in Second and
was slowed down by a flat tire, Rath would
settle in for a third place finish and a 15th
place overall in the Morning Class. Anderson
fought the track all day and was able to finish
in Fifth place allowing him to move up into the
Third place position in overall class points for
the season. Rath said, “I talked with the team
and we decided to focus on riding the track as
fast as we could in the conditions, we knew how
important it is just to survive and finish in a
mud race.”
Batista, fresh off of success last round, was
sidelined by a mechanical not allowing him to
finish the race. Although Batista was
discouraged by the day’s events, he still sits
in the top five of his class and is already
focusing on Round 7. Batista added, “I knew I
had my work cut out for me after a bad start and
was hoping after fighting my way up to the Third
position I would be able to finish there.”
Polaris/Rath/Duro Team Partners and valuable
sponsors- Polaris Industries – Rath Racing –
Duro Tire – Fox Shox –Fly Racing- FMF Exhausts
-DWT Douglas Wheel Technologies– B&B Racing
Engines –Wiseco - RPM- Fly Racing –
S&S Cycle Inc. -Hinson Clutch Components -
Xstream Composites- Precision Racing Products –
Pure Polaris Lubricants & Fuels – WPS – QuadTech
–– Powermadd – Tireballs – Faast Co. – Scott
Goggles – PEP –– K&N Filters – Moto X Nutrition-
Team Industries –Rebel Gears –DP Brakes –
MedZone Products
About Polaris
With annual 2008 sales of $1.9 billion, Polaris
designs, engineers, manufactures and markets
off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain
vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER™,
snowmobiles and Victory motorcycles for
recreational and utility use.
Polaris is a recognized leader in the
snowmobile industry, and one of the largest
manufacturers of ORVs 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 cruiser and touring motorcycle
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, is available from authorized
Polaris dealers or anytime from the Polaris
homepage at
www.polarisindustries.com.
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