Production 450cc ATVs: Nothing has changed ATV Racing more than the 450cc Four Stroke sport quad, in 2004 Yamaha, and Honda each introduced truly high performance machines (the YFZ450, and TRX 450R respectively) which could replace the 250R based machinery that had become a staple of ATV Racing. These machines changed racing forever, and gave way to the race ready Suzuki LTR450, the KTM 450 SX & XC, Can Am DS450, Kawasaki KFX450, and Polaris Outlaw 450.
Power Steering: While still kind of new to the Utility market, power steering has become a must have option. The ability to turn on a dime with little to no effort will make any machine without it seem antiquated, and obsolete. While still not completely apparent, trust us, power steering has changed the way we'll be buying Utility ATVs.
CMR Series: The CMR (Championship Mud Racing) series was the first National points series for mud racing that kicked off in 2008. This series not only legitimized the sport of mud racing but has bread a whole new segment of ATV enthusiasts.
Gorilla Team Hauler Burns: Just when everything seemed perfect for the almost impossible to beat Team Gorilla, their semi race rig burst into flames while in route to compete in a CMR race weekend. Everything from equipment to run the CMR series to the 9 fully modded race machines and trailer were completely lost in the fire.
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Other notables would have to include Matt Bartosek, whose untimely death changed the way on site medical treatment was approached through the "88 Live To Ride" campaign and the Mobile Medical Unit which was started by his mother Debi Bartosek. Ray Christie, who changed the visual landscape of ATV Racing by ushering in a consistent and Supercross-esque look to the tracks, which has become the new standard. Adam Campbell of ACP photography re-set the bar of ATV photography, Adam was the first ATV photographer to master the Digital Camera, and his photographic style has been emulated ever since.
Products: The Leatt brace, Satellite Radio, the iPhone, text messaging, Myspace & Facebook will change the game forever; there's no stepping back now. The sad thing is they'll probably be obsolete by 2020.