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Polaris Announces 2012 Race Teams and
Contingency
Polaris to have
representation in various series
Minneapolis, February 2, 2012 –Polaris comes
into the 2012 race season with teams competing
in the Grand National Cross Country series
(GNCC), World Off-Road Championship series
(WORCS), Best in the Desert (BITD) and Mud
racing. Polaris also will continue to offer
their ATV racing contingency program and has
added a Side-by-Side contingency for the BITD
series.
“Polaris is excited for another
year of ATV and Side-by-Side Racing,” said Donna
Beadle, race team manager for Polaris’ Off-Road
Division. “We had a great 2011 winning several
championships and we expect 2012 to be another
successful year.”
National
Guard/Polaris/Coastal Racing
Polaris will
continue to support National
Guard/Polaris/Coastal racing for 2012. William
Yokley took the GNCC and WORCS championships in
his National Guard RANGER RZR XP 900 and will
look to four-peat in the GNCC series this year.
Yokley’s teammate, Scott Kiger finished third in
the GNCC “Open Modified” class in his RZR XP and
is back for 2012.
Rath Racing
Rath
Racing is back for a third year to race the RZR
XP in GNCC. Daryl Rath continues to dial in his
RZR XP and will race the “Open Modified”
Side-by-Side class.
Team Hendershot
Polaris has added Team Hendershot to their GNCC
race team for 2012. Team Hendershot finished
second overall in their RZR XP in the GNCC “Open
Modified” class behind William Yokley. They will
race the RZR XP for 2012.
Jagged X
Jagged X is back for 2012 for a run at the Best
in the Desert championship, racing the familiar
No.1919, with a newly built RZR XP 4. Brandon
Schueler, Chad Riccio, Blake Van de Loo and Mike
West look to recapture the championship for
2012. Jagged X also has signed 2011 BITD
Champion, Matt Parks to run with the team this
year in a second RZR XP 4. Both new RZR’s will
be revealed at the Mint 400, in March. Parks
started the 2012 BITD series out on a high note
winning the “Pro UTV class,” at the Parker 250,
in January.
Walker Evans
RJ Anderson
will switch gears this year and race the WORCS
series with his new Walker Evans RZR XP.
Anderson raced a few WORC races in 2011 and
ended up winning the final race of the season in
the “SxS 1” class. He looks to capture the
championship for 2012.
High Lifter
Team High Lifter-Polaris Racing will be muddin’
on Polaris’ once again for 2012. Racers include
Brian Haughton, Josh Monroe and Adam Schumaker
and will race the Sportsman XP 850, Sportsman
550, RANGER XPs and RANGER RZRs.
Polaris Contingency
Polaris also will
continue to offer an ATV race contingency
program, in three ATV racing series, GNCC, WORCS
and the Heartland Challenge, and has added a
side-by-side contingency in the Best in the
Desert Series. The total purse is more than
$85,000. Racers must race 2008 or newer
Sportsman XP 850 or Sportsman 550 ATVs for the
ATV contingency and must run the Pro 1 class in
a RANGER RZR product in Best in the Desert. More
information and complete rules about Polaris’
racing contingencies can be found at
www.polarisfactoryracing.com.
About Polaris
Polaris is a recognized leader in the
powersports industry with annual 2011 sales of
$2.7 billion. Polaris designs, engineers,
manufactures and markets innovative, high
quality off-road vehicles (ORVs), including
all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris
RANGER® side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles,
motorcycles and on-road electric/hybrid powered
vehicles.
Polaris is among the global sales leaders
for both snowmobiles and off-road vehicles and
has established a presence in the heavyweight
cruiser and touring motorcycle market with the
Victory and Indian motorcycle brands.
Additionally, Polaris continues to invest in the
global on-road small electric/hybrid vehicle
industry with Global Electric Motorcars (GEM)
and Goupil Industrie SA, and internally
developed vehicles. Polaris 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 Mid-Cap 400
stock price index.
Information about the complete line of
Polaris products, apparel and vehicles
accessories are available from authorized
Polaris dealers or anytime at
www.polarisindustries.com.
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