McGrath, Heger Charge into 2018 as Maxxis Title-Sponsored Competitors
With a new look and new tires, but the same competitive drive, Jeremy McGrath and Brock Heger will be charging hard into the 2018 season. Both drivers are title-sponsored by Maxxis, off-road racing’s dominant tire company and LOORRS’ Tire Manufacturer of the Year. After a successful 2017 season, during which McGrath took LOORRS’ Pro 2 championship and Brock Heger...
Polaris Names Craig Scanlon as New Transamerican Auto Parts President
MINNEAPOLIS (April 9, 2018) – Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) announced today that Craig Scanlon has been named president of Transamerican Auto Parts (TAP), effective immediately. Scanlon will succeed Greg Adler, who is assuming a new role as executive vice chairman for TAP. TAP continues to be a strong component of Polaris’ growing Aftermarket segment; Scanlon and Adler will...
GET OUT AND BACK TO RIDING FAST WITH THE ALL-NEW, FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND RAPID ROPE RECOVERY POLARIS PRO HD WINCH
From rock crawling, mud pits, plowing snow, or hard at work, a winch can be an invaluable tool for your off-road vehicle. Most winches can pull big loads, but once you have several feet of cable extracted, things can get real slow as you wait to spool it back up. That is until now. The new Rapid Rope Recovery...
CAN-AM MAVERICK BREAKS FREE FROM THE SHACKLES OF WINTER WITH NEW APACHE TRACK KIT
Track conversion kits are certainly nothing new, but they have come a long ways since those early versions. The latest iterations are quieter, smoother, faster, and deliver greater handling; add it all up and you can quickly transform your beloved dirt buggy into a potent drift buster. The crew from Can-Am just put this tasty number across our desk,...
THINK YOU’RE TOUGH? KLIM IS LOOKING FOR YOU TO JOIN THEIR OFF-ROAD RACING TEAM
Klim, a respected outerwear manufacturer for the snowmobile industry (and owned by powersports power house Polaris) recently branched into the world of dirt, bringing the same level of expertise and quality in jerseys, pants, jackets, and helmets. Now they are looking for the toughest racers to join them this summer. Do you have what it takes? Find out by...
POLARIS PUTS DOWN ROOTS IN GLAMIS WITH PURCHASE OF BEACH STORE AND 166-ACRES
When it comes to off-road and hosting kick-ass events, Polaris knows how to put on a show with their Camp RZR events. The big RZR gatherings have become so epic at Glamis, Polaris has decided to become a land baron with the purchase of the Beach Store and adjacent 166-acres. The move, albeit a bit unusual for a manufacturer,...
KYLE ANDERSON, CJ GREAVES AND JOHNNY GREAVES FINISH KING OF HAMMERS ON MAXXIS
Out of more than 100 riders who began the brutal Can-AM King of the Hammers UTV Race presented by HCR Racing, only 12 made it to the finish line. Three Maxxis-sponsored racers were among them: CJ Greaves finished fifth, his father Johnny Greaves finished seventh, and Kyle Anderson took ninth place. Although both have won multiple short course off-road championships,...
NEW POLARIS RZR RS1 SIDE-BY-NOTHING WINS IN ITS WORCS DEBUT
Whether it has two seats or just one, the Polaris RZR has been the one to beat. However the margin of victory has been getting slim as both Yamaha and Can-An have unleashed some worthy metal of their own and in the process spent some time on the top box. But Polaris is looking to stop these changing tides...
Dakar Rally: Xtreme Plus Polaris Team takes 2nd, 3rd, 4th overall on CST Tires
The Dakar Rally is an annual "rally raid" that has been spooling up dust since its inception in 1978. Now, 30 years later, the 2018 event just wrapped up with a host of newcomers and long time Dakar veterans attempting arguably the world's toughest once again. In terms of the UTV aspect of the event, one particular standout was...
BRP SCORES WINS IN EVERY SEASON AND EVERY ELEMENT IN 2017
BRP, a world leader in powersports, is celebrating an outstanding 2017 racing year and is preparing for another great tally in 2018. It all kicks off later this week with the Dakar Rally in South America, in which the company’s Can-Am Maverick X3, the industry’s most powerful side-by-side vehicle, will compete for the first time. “In 2017, BRP’s products really...
