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William
Yokley's Polaris Rzr went undefeated
in the GNCC UTV Racing Series
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Minneapolis, MN (10/31/2008) - The
Polaris RANGER RZR continues to be a force by
impressively taking the Best in the Desert,
WORCS and GNCC racing championships for 2008.
"Polaris Racing is very excited to have
three series championships for 2008,"
said Eric Nault, race team manager for Polaris.
"The side-by-side race teams did an awesome
job with their RANGER RZRs, and we're convinced
their dedication will result in many more
championships."
Jagged X and their No. 1919 RANGER RZR took
their second Best in the Desert Points Championship
by winning their fourth race in a row in the
series. They sealed the championship in the
sixth out of the seventh race, at the Golden
West Cycle LV 150 where pilots Brandon Schueler
and Blake Van de Loo started in fifth position.
After only 11 miles The Jagged X team had
made their way to second position where they
would stay for the larger part of the race
and took the lead to finish first. The No.
1919 leads the class scoring an impressive
440 points to the second place finisher's
292 points.
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Doug
Eichner Wins the WORCS UTV Championship
with his Polaris Rzr
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Polaris/Lone Star/Eichner Racing's Doug Eichner
captured the top spot for the WORCS Side-by-Side
title on his RANGER RZR with six podium finishes.
Mark Holz and his RANGER RZR finished a respective
fourth with three firsts and one second in the
four races he competed in.
Multi-time Pro and Pro Production GNCC Winner,
William Yokley raced the
Polaris RANGER RZR in GNCC's UTV Open Modified
class and went undefeated taking the GNCC
UTV Championship. An impressive nine of the
top 10 overall finishers were racing RANGER
RZRs.
"Jagged X, Eichner and Yokley have been
very dedicated to racing the
RANGER RZR and we are extremely happy with
their successes in their
respective racing series," said Craig
Scanlon, product line sales
manager for Polaris' Side-by-Side Division.
"The varying terrain and
challenges each racing series has and being
able to finish at the top in
the three series continues to show the versatility,
quality and power of
the RANGER RZR."
Watch for Mark Lindsey and his RANGER RZR
at the Baja 1,000.
About Polaris:
With annual 2007
sales of $1.8 billion, Polaris designs, engineers,
manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles
(ATVs), including the Polaris RANGER(tm),
snowmobiles and Victory motorcycles for recreational
and utility use.
Polaris is a recognized
leader in the snowmobile industry, one of
the largest manufacturers of all terrain recreational,
utility and side-by-side vehicles (ATVs) in
the world, and rapidly making impressive in-roads
into the motorcycle cruiser and touring marketplace
under the Victory(r) brand. The Victory motorcycle
division was established in 1998 representing
the first all-new American-made motorcycle
from a major company in nearly 60 years. 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 are available from
authorized Polaris dealers or anytime from
the Polaris homepage at www.polarisindustries.com.