Minneapolis,
MN (2/4/2009) - Polaris will hit the
racing circuit full bore this year competing
in the Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC),
World Off Road Championship series (WORCS),
AMA ATV Motocross (AMA), ITP QuadCross, Best
in the Desert (BITD), SCORE International and
Mud racing. Polaris also will continue to offer
their race contingency program.
“We are committed to ATV and Side-by-Side
racing,” said Eric Nault, Product/Race
manager for Polaris’s ORV division. “With
the introduction of the Sportsman XP, RANGER
RZR S, and Outlaw 450 MXR for 2009, we feel
we have a fierce line up of vehicles to capture
titles in the various circuits.”
| GNCC
Racing / AMA ATV Motocross Nationals |
Rath Racing is on board for 2009 to race the
Sportsman 850 XP EPS in GNCC and the Outlaw
450 MXR in AMA ATV National Motocross Championship.
Daryl Rath, Cody Anderson and Frank Batista
will tackle the “4x4 Open” classes
with the Sportsman 850 XP EPS, and Daryl Rath
also will race the RANGER RZR in the Side-by-Side
classes. Rath Racing was the first race team
to hit the podium with a factory-backed Sportsman
in GNCC series in 2008. In 2009, they will be
competing for the championship with the 99-percent
new, 2009 Sportsman 850XP EPS.
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Daryl
Rath |
Cody
Anderson |
Frank
Batista |
Rath Racers Landon Hurst (Pro-Am Class)
and Mitch Reynolds (Pro Class) will race the
Outlaw 450 MXR in AMA ATV National Motocross
Championship.
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Landon
Hurst |
Mitch
Reynolds |
Announced last fall, Polaris also is supporting
the Yokley Racing/National Guard race team.
Multi-time Pro and Pro Production GNCC Winner,
William Yokley started racing the Polaris
RANGER RZR during the 2008 GNCC season and
took the Side-by-Side title. For 2009, Yokley
will race the new Outlaw 450 MXR in the Pro
Class and continue to race the RANGER RZR.
Yokley’s teammate, Mark Notman, will
race the Outlaw 450 MXR in the Pro-Am Class.
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John
Gallagher Sr. |
William
Yokley & Mark Notman |
John Gallagher Sr. is back on board the Outlaw
450 in GNCC. Gallagher Sr. has owned the Super
Senior class all three years he’s raced
it on an Outlaw and looks to add another class
first in 2009.
| WORCS
/ ITP Quadcross Series |
ATV racing legend, Doug Eichner, will continue
to race the Outlaw 450 MXR and RANGER RZR
S for the 2009 WORCS season. Eichner took
the WORCS Side-by-Side title and finished
fifth on his Outlaw 525S in the 2008. He looks
to defend his Side-by-Side title and finish
on top of the ATV Pro Class for 2009, now
that his Outlaw 450 MXR is completely dialed
in. Eichner also took the ITP Pro Open Championship
in 2008 and will be racing the 450MXR in select
ITP QuadCross series events.
