Polaris Takes on Dakar Rally
Polaris RZR Dakar Rally Driver Willy Alcaraz
Minneapolis, MN (12/29/2014) - Polaris Industries today announced the company will, once again, team with Xtreme Plus Willy Alcaraz to take on the world famous Dakar Rally. Polaris sponsoring has yielded three, back-to-back victories by solo racer Willy Alcaraz.
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Polaris will be sponsoring once again Xtreme Plus driver Willy Alcaraz for the 2014 Dakar Rally that will take place on January 4-17, 2015
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French Racer Alcaraz will be trying to win his fourth Dakar as a solo racer, an incredible feat given the tough racing conditions the race presents. Xtreme Plus also will field two other teams in the race, Team Munk/Delaunay from Denmark and France, and Team Gibbs from the United Kingdom. All teams will race the RZR XP 1000 for the first time with the hopes of taking home a Dakar win.
This year's Dakar Rally is 9,000 Kilometers, spanning three countries with 665 competitors from 53 nations taking on some of the toughest geography offered in an off-road race.
Dakar fans can find the latest information on
Xtreme Plus during the race on Polaris' new Dakar
race page at www.polaris.com/es-al/rzr-side-by-side/dakar.
The page features class and overall rank, time
and a route map showing where each team is in
the race.
The Dakar Rally runs January
4-17, starting in Argentina, running through
Bolivia and ending in Chile.
About Polaris
Polaris is a recognized leader in the powersports
industry with annual 2014 sales of $4.5 billion.
Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets
innovative, high quality off-road vehicles, including
all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER®
and RZR® 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® and Slingshot®
brands. Additionally, Polaris continues to invest
in the global on-road small electric/hybrid powered
vehicle industry with Global Electric Motorcars
(GEM), Goupil Industrie SA, Aixam Mega S.A.S.,
and internally developed vehicles. Polaris enhances
the riding experience with a complete line of
Polaris Engineered Parts, Accessories and Apparel,
Klim branded apparel and ORV accessories under
the Kolpin®, Cycle Country® and Pro Armor® brands.
Information about the complete line of Polaris
products, apparel and vehicle accessories are
available from authorized Polaris dealers or anytime
at polaris.com
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