2013 Polaris Off-Road Race Teams and Contingency Announced
With the 2013 ATV and Side-by-Side racing season upon us, Polaris has announced its race teams and contingency program.
Polaris will have teams competing in the Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC), World Off-Road Championship series (WORCS), Best in the Desert (BITD), SCORE International and Mud racing. Polaris also will continue to offer its ATV racing contingency program and has expanded its Side-by-Side contingency, which now includes both the BITD and SCORE series.
“After a successful 2012, Polaris decided to expand its factory race team for 2013,” says Donna Beadle, race team manager for Polaris’ Off-Road Division. “We look forward to another exciting and successful race season.”
GNCC
Polaris will continue to support National Guard/Polaris/Coastal racing for 2013. William Yokley took the GNCC championship in his National Guard RZR XP 900 and will look to five-peat in the GNCC series this year. Yokley’s teammate, Scott Kiger finished second in the GNCC Open Modified class in his RZR XP 900 and is back for 2013.
Polaris has provided support to the Muscle Milk/Blingstar team for 2013, and the team has signed Adam McGill to race a RZR XP 900 in the Open Modified class. The Muscle Milk/Blingstar team also will run the WORCS with RZR XP 900s.
BITD
After a successful 2012 season including winning the UTV Championship, Polaris has signed Holz/Coastal Racing to run BITD for 2013. The Holz Coastal Racing RZR XP 900 will be piloted by Kiger and Mark Holz.
Jagged X is back for 2013 for a run at the BITD championship, racing the familiar No.1919 RZR XP 4 900, in the Pro Class. Brandon Schueler and Blake Van de Loo look to recapture the championship for 2013. Polaris General Manager of RZR Off-Road Vehicles Craig Scanlon also will run the Pro Class with co-pilot Bill Schueler in the No. 1931 RZR XP 4 900.
SCORE
Jagged X will be making its Mexican Debut in 2013 with Matt Parks and Jason Spiess competing in the three-race SCORE Baja series in their BITD 1932 RZR XP 4 900. SCORE has agreed to allow a new and long-awaited PRO UTV class and Jagged X is looking to take the inaugural year.
WORCS
WORCS top three in the 2012 SxS Production 1000 class will run for Polaris in 2013 in the PRO Production class. Ryan Piplic, who won the championship and Beau Baron, who finished third are newly-signed to the Polaris Factory Race Team. Returning to the team is the 2012 second place finisher, RJ Anderson, who will be on the hunt for the WORCS championship for 2013. All three racers will run RZR XP 900 units.
Muscle Milk/Blingstar Racing has also received support from Polaris for the 2013 season. The three-man WORCS team consists of Blingstar owner Clint Roberts, long-time racer Nick Nelson and H-Bomb Films CEO Wes Miller. All will race RZR XP 900s.
Cody Rahders wowed the Production 700 class with his RZR 570 taking the championship the first year out. Rahders will return, racing for Polaris, in the RZR 570 in the Production 700 class.
King of the Hammers
Three-time King of the Hammers Winner Mitch Guthrie was back for 2013 to defend his hammer, in his new RZR XP 900. Polaris also had Jon Crowley racing a RZR XP 900. Guthrie and Crowley finished one, two for 2013.
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