POLARIS ACQUIRES HAMMERHEAD OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

 

 Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire HH Investment Limited ("Hammerhead").

Hammerhead manufactures gasoline powered go-karts, light utility vehicles, and electric utility vehicles in Shanghai, China. The Company markets its products globally under the Hammerhead Offroad brand, along with maintaining key private label relationships with other OEMs.

POLARIS ANNOUNCES 2015 OFF-ROAD RACE PROGRAMS

 Polaris comes into the 2015 off-road race season with teams competing in the Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC), World Off-Road Championship series (WORCS), Best in the Desert (BITD), SCORE International, Lucas Off-Road Regional Racing Series (LORRS), King of the Hammers (KOH) and Mud racing.

The company has expanded its race team once again for 2015 in RZR racing and will continue to field a Scrambler race team in GNCC. Polaris will continue to offer their ATV and Side-by-Side contingency and reimbursement program and has added a racer discount program for experienced racers on select models, including the Polaris ACE which a few racing series have added for the 2015 racing season.

"Polaris enjoyed a very successful 2014 race season and is excited to make an even bigger commitment to racing for 2015," said Donna Beadle, race team manager for Polaris' Off-Road Division. "We look forward to another great season."

MITCH GUTHRIE WINS SIXTH KING OF THE HAMMERS

 

 Guthrie in his Guthrie Racing RZR XP 1000 EPS sporting the No. 1 plate would be one of only five side-by-sides to finish, and he’d do it by more than 80 minutes in front of the next Pro Class finisher. Polaris Factory Racer Branden Sims in his No. 1913 Lone Star Racing RZR XP 1000 EPS would give Guthrie a run for his money during the race but Sims would end up with the same fate of a majority of the racers which would give Guthrie clear sailing to the end.

Jon Crowley in a predominately stock RZR S 900 EPS, took third in the Pro Class with no mechanical issues, showing the durability of one of the newest RZR offerings. A RZR XP 1000 EPS, piloted by Chad Hughes would finish fourth making three of the four Pro Class finishers RZRs.

Team Arctic/D&P Performance race team consisting of Dean Bulloch and Karl Munford proved the nay-sayers wrong in their stock 2015 Wildcat 700 Sport, as they placed 2nd in the Pro UTV Class during the country’s toughest UTV race; the King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley, California.

POLARIS TAKES THE PLUNGE IN A BIG WAY

 

 "Polaris is proud to lead the way in fundraising efforts for the Special Olympics Minnesota's Polar Plunge," said Scott Wine, Polaris Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "This organization provides wonderful programs for more than 8,100 Special Olympic Minnesota athletes and I'm pleased our employees embraced the cause in such a big way." http://www.plungemn.org/polaris-raffle