Polaris GNCC Team for 2008
by: Jason Weigandt
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 | 12:00 AM
Polaris Press Release
Polaris Industries is going full throttle into the ATV racing season with the company’s biggest effort, to date, in factory racing sponsorships. For 2008, Polaris will have racers competing in the Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC), World Off Road Championship series (WORCS), World PowerSports Association (WPSA) and ITP QuadCross.
“Polaris has tripled our race team for 2008. We enjoyed many successes in 2007and with the additional efforts Polaris will be even more competitive for 2008,”à said Justin Burke , race team coordinator for the ATV Division at Polaris. “The addition of two new race quads, the Outlaw 525 S and Outlaw 450 MXR, and the existing Outlaw 525 IRS, gives our racers the advantage in the varying terrain of each series.”Ã
GNCC Racing Sponsorships
Up-and-coming “XC2 Pro Am”à Rider, Kevin Yoho joins the Polaris race team for 2008. Yoho rounded out the 2007 season seventh overall with four podiums. He will switch between the Outlaw 525 S and 450 MXR depending on race terrain.
Top-Ten, Pro Racer Bryan Baker returns for the 2008 season. Baker will race the Outlaw 525 S and is looking get back into the Top 10 this season.
Polaris also re-signed “Super Senior (50+)”à Racer John Gallagher and again will sponsor the Wilson Racing Team. Gallagher finished top of his class again in 2007 with six firsts, four seconds and one third. Wilson Racing consists of “XC2 Pro Am”à Racer Mike Sroka and “Junior A”à Todd Rothermel. Sroka finished first in the “Junior A”à class with six podium finishes in 2007aboard the Outlaw 525 IRS. Rothermel rode the Polaris Outlaw 500 to the “4-Stroke Stock A”à championship in the 2006 GNCC meet and returns to the team in 2008. Gallagher, Sroka and Rothermel will race both the Outlaw 525 S and IRS.
The first race of the 2008 GNCC series is The Triton, March 1-4, in Melbourne , Fla.