Polaris Industries (PII), based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) including the Polaris RANGER™, snowmobiles and Victory motorcycles for recreational and utility use. Earlier this month, Polaris announced the release of a 2008 limited edition RANGER; the lineup included five, customized models which will be available at select US and Canadian dealerships starting this month. Victory motorcycles, established in 1998, represents the first all-new American-made motorcycle from a major company in nearly 60 years. Polaris also provides a complete line of Pure Polaris apparel, accessories and parts, available at Polaris dealerships.

The company recently announced it is offering an ATV race contingency program for all youth and adult classes, in eight ATV racing series, with a total purse of about $773,000. Polaris will offer contingencies to racers on Polaris Outlaws, Outlaw 90s, Predators, Predator 90s and 50s, and Sportsmen 90s in the Grand National Cross Country Series (GNCC), World Off Road Championship Series (WORCS), World Powersports Association ATV Tour (WPSA), ITP Quad Cross Series, SCORE Desert Race Series, Best in the Desert (BITD), AMA Pro ATV Tour and Canadian Motorsport Racing Club Series (CMRC).

“The continuation of our contingency program is part of our ongoing commitment to ATV racing,” said Justin Burke, race team coordinator for Polaris. “Offering a contingency program for eight racing series complements our expanded line of high performance ATVs, which includes the Outlaw 525 IRS, Outlaw 525 S and Outlaw 450 MXR, as well as our youth models.”

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