Minneapolis, April 17, 2012- For the second time this season, there were GNCC and WORCS races this past weekend and, once again, RANGER RZRs dominated.
In the GNCC XC1 Modified Class, Points Leader and National Guard/Polaris/ Coastal/Yoshimura/DragonFire/Yokley Racing Team Driver William Yokley took another checkered flag to win the class, the overall and extend his points lead. The top seven finishers were RZR vehicles, including Yokley's teammate, Scott Kiger, in fourth and Rath Racing in fifth. RZRs also took the top four spots in the XC2 Limited class.
In WORCS, Walker Evans/Polaris Racing's RJ Anderson took first with the top five spots held by RZRs. Anderson currently holds the lead in the class for the season. A RZR also took the SxS Production 850 class and a RZR 570 piloted by Cody Rahders beat bigger machines in the SxS Production 700 class.
The next WORCS race will be the Race Town 395, in Adelanto, Calif., May 11-13 and the next GNCC UTV race will be The Can-Am Mountaineer Run, in Masontown, WV, May 26-27.
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Polaris is a recognized leader in the powersports industry with annual 2011 sales of $2.7 billion. Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets innovative, high quality off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER(r) side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles and on-road electric/hybrid powered vehicles.
Polaris is among the global sales leaders for both snowmobiles and off-road vehicles and has established a presence in the heavyweight cruiser and touring motorcycle market with the Victory and Indian motorcycle brands. Additionally, Polaris continues to invest in the global on-road small electric/hybrid vehicle industry with Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) and Goupil Industrie SA, and internally developed vehicles. Polaris enhances the riding experience with a complete line of Pure Polaris apparel, accessories and parts, available at Polaris dealerships.
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