Jagged X and the No. 1919 RANGER RZR look for
their third Best in the Desert Championship
in 2009. The team has a current win streak of
six consecutive races, including the 2009 series
opener, and Brandon Schueler and new team member
Chad Riccio, look to continue their winning
ways.
Mark Lindsay and his RANGER RZR captured the
“UTV Sportsman” championship in
2008 and are back racing Baja in 2009! Lindsay
not only won the championship in 2008, but made
history in SCORE racing by being the first Side-by-Side
to finish the Baja 500. Lindsay went on to finish
third in the Baja 1,000.
Team Highlifter-Polaris Racing is back in
the bogs for 2009 after a very successful
2008. The team will be racing Sportsman, Sportsman
XPs, RANGER XPs and RANGER RZRs. The racers
are as follows:
Sportsman 850 XP: Adam Shumaker, Alicia Gorman,
Blake Mann, Brian Robertson, JW Otwell, Maggie
Robertson and Trey Thomas
Sportsman 550 XP: Josh Gorman, JW Otwell
and Maggie Robertson.
Sportsman 800: Scott Smith, Maggie Donald
Sportsman 400: Alicia Gorman, Renee Thomas
RANGER XP: Scott Smith, Brian Robertson
RANGER RZR S: Josh Gorman, Trey Thomas, Maggie
Robertson
| Polaris Racing Contingency Program
|
Polaris also will continue to offer an ATV race
contingency program for all youth and adult
classes, in seven ATV racing series, with a
total purse of about $773,000. Polaris is offering
contingencies in GNCC, WORCS, AMA Pro ATV Tour,
ITP Quad Cross, SCORE Desert Race Series, Best
in the Desert and Canadian Motorsport Racing
Club Series (CMRC). Racers must race 2007 or
newer quads, with the contingency also including
the new Sportsman XP.
Contingencies are paid out as follows:
| Pro
and Pro Am Contingency |
Adult
Amateur Contingency |
ATV
Youth Contingency |
|
Pro
Pro Am
1st $2,000
$350
2nd
$1,000
$250
3rd $500
$150
4th $250
$100
5th $100
$75
(US
DOLLARS) |
Adult
1st $250
2nd $200
3rd $125
(US
DOLLARS) |
50CC 90CC
1st $100 $100
2nd $80 $80
3rd $60
$60
(US
DOLLARS) |
| Class Championship |
Class
Championship |
Class Championship |
| 1st $6,000
$1,500
2nd
$4,000
$750
3rd $2,500
$350
(US
DOLLARS) |
1st $1,000
2nd $500
3rd $250
(US
DOLLARS) |
1st $500 $500
2nd $250 $250
3rd $150 $150
(US
DOLLARS) |
More information and complete rules about
Polaris’ ATV racing contingencies can
be found at www.polarisfactoryracing.com.
