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Minneapolis, December 12, – 2014– Polaris today announced that Polaris RZR will be the title sponsor of the first-annual UTV World Championship, to take place in Laughlin, Nevada, February 19-21. This exciting, new event will feature two world championship UTV races including a Best In The Desert Championship points race, and a short course / motocross style Production UTV Championship race. In addition to the growing prize purses and contingency cash, Polaris RZR will be awarding the winner of both Championship races a brand new Polaris RZR XP1000! More prizes will be announced as the race weekend draws near. “We are thrilled to have Polaris RZR as our title sponsor. They believe in our vision of bringing all forms of UTV racing together for one epic championship event! Providing new Polaris RZR XP 1000s for the winners of the two pro classes is huge,” stated UTVUnderground.com CEO/Founder Joey “Joey D.” DiGiovanni.

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to design your next off-road side-by-side (ROV) vehicle.Despite the willingness of off-road manufacturers, along with the Recreation Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA), to work in unison with the CPSC to develop ongoing safety improvements for all off-highway vehicles, the CPSC appears determined to mandate handling and performance capabilities, and require excessive and potentially unsafe restraint systems for future ROVs. If not halted, the mandate will unnecessarily limit design freedom in the off-road industry and negatively impact off-road customers.The proposed CPSC “rule” would require the manufacturers to make arbitrary design changes to all future side-by-side vehicles. The proposed changes could lead to future off-road vehicles with reduced steering response, reduction in ground clearance, and more restrictive driver and passenger restraint and seatbelt systems.

MINNEAPOLIS (November 12, 2014) — Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) today announced the acquisition of certain assets of LSI Products Inc. and Armor Holdings, LLC, privately-held Riverside, Calif.-based companies that design, develop, manufacture, source, sell and distribute accessories for performance side-by-side vehicles and ATV markets under the Pro Armor brand. This acquisition adds Pro Armor to Polaris’ growing parts, garments and accessories (PG&A) business. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Minneapolis, November 7, 2014- Polaris® Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), the leading manufacturer of off-road vehicles, today asked off-road enthusiasts to stand up and let their voices be heard regarding the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) proposed mandates for off-road, side-by-side vehicles (ROVs).Despite willingness by Polaris and other manufacturers, along with the Recreation Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA), to work in unison with the CPSC to develop ongoing safety improvements for all off-highway vehicles, the CPSC appears determined to mandate handling and performance capabilities, and require excessive and potentially unsafe restraint systems for future ROVs. If not halted, the mandate will unnecessarily limit design freedom in the off-road industry and negatively impact off-road customers.

Minneapolis, November 4, 2014-Round 8 of the Texas Off-Road Nationals (TORN) would see Team UXC Racer Chris Robinson take the win and seal the Utility Quad Championship on his Scrambler XP 1000 EPS. The race would see some stiff competition with eight utility quads lined up to tackle the 5-mile course. Robinson would jump off the line in second and by mile one, take the lead. He would hold the lead for the next two laps, get passed for a short amount of time, and then regain the lead to take the win and championship.

The most anticipated off-road viral video of 2014, “XP1K2” went live today at http://youtu.be/jxTvMaJBT3c. UTVUnderground.com and motorsports production powerhouse Mad Media hit the launch button this morning after debuting the new video to a crowd of thousands at Polaris Camp RZR West, in Glamis, California over the weekend.“XP1K2” is a seven-minute onslaught of intense off-road road action, set in a massive 600-acre forest near Mt. Baker, Washington. The video stars Off-Road Racing Champion RJ Anderson, driving a custom Holz Racing built Polaris RZR XP 1000 Side-by-Side (SxS), complete with a Polaris ProStar® 1000 Muzzys Performance engine and custom Walker Evans racing shocks. The “XP1K2” crew, including Tony Vanillo and his team of dirt and ramp engineers at the Off-Road Management Group, transformed the remote wooded location into a stunning array of creative obstacles, which included more than 20 natural terrain and man-made works of (terrifying) art. Spoiler alert – RJ Anderson reclaims the world record for a distance jump in a SxS – and does so by clearing a death-defying 100-foot gap! 

LAS VEGAS – The Chevrolet Silverado Polaris ACE+ concept shows that while Chevy’s full-size truck was designed for work, it also works hard to enable recreational interests. The outdoors-themed concept debuts at the SEMA Show this week and is paired with the new Polaris® ACE™ – a revolutionary single-seat, sit-in off-road vehicle launched earlier this year. The concept truck is based on the production 2015 Silverado 1500 crew cab with a 6-foot-6-inch cargo bed and the Z71 Off-Road package.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (October 28, 2014) – The Polaris/Coastal/CST/National Guard/Yoshimura/Yokley Racing Team captured a top five finish at the Ironman GNCC finale on Saturday in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The final stop of the 2014 GNCC Side-by-Side Championship drew the highest number of Side-by-Side entries all season with almost 90 cars, including 38 entries in the XC1 Modified division alone.The Ironman GNCC is notorious for its treacherous obstacles, especially in unfavorable weather conditions, but this year’s event saw plenty of sunshine and temperatures reaching the 70-degree mark. That, coupled with the thousands of spectators scattered throughout the woods, made for an ideal weekend of racing in Indiana.

Minneapolis, October 22, 2014-Polaris Factory Racers would line up for the last race of the WORCS season at Buffalo Bills, in Primm, Nevada. With Polaris Factory Racer Beau Baron wrapping up the championship in Round 8, Polaris Factory Racer Ryan Piplic was sitting in second coming into the race and wanted to keep it that way. After getting up-ended at the start, but landing on his wheels, Piplic would race like a man on a mission to take the win and seal a second place season in Pro SxS. RZRs would, once again, sweep the podium in Round 9.

Polaris Camp RZR Brimstone® was a HUGE SUCCESS, and we want to thank all those who came out and celebrated with us! This event would not have been possible without all of the loyal RZR Riders!We also owe big thanks to Polaris for all of the hard work and dedication that made Polaris Camp RZR Brimstone® so monumental.Check out this video with all the highlights! We are still amazed!