Minneapolis, February 4, 2009 -Polaris will hit the racing circuit full bore this year competing in the Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC), World Off Road Championship series (WORCS), AMA ATV Motocross (AMA), ITP QuadCross, Best in the Desert (BITD), SCORE International and Mud racing. Polaris also will continue to offer their race contingency program.

"We are committed to ATV and Side-by-Side racing," said Eric Nault, Product/Race manager for Polaris's ORV division. "With the introduction of the Sportsman XP, RANGER RZR S, and Outlaw 450 MXR for 2009, we feel we have a fierce line up of vehicles to capture titles in the various circuits."

GNCC/AMA ATV Motocross Championship
Rath Racing is on board for 2009 to race the Sportsman 850 XP EPS in GNCC and the Outlaw 450 MXR in AMA ATV National Motocross Championship. Daryl Rath, Cody Anderson and Frank Batista will tackle the "4x4 Open" classes with the Sportsman 850 XP EPS, and Daryl Rath also will race the RANGER RZR in the Side-by-Side classes. Rath Racing was the first race team to hit the podium with a factory-backed Sportsman in GNCC series in 2008. In 2009, they will be competing for the championship with the 99-percent new, 2009 Sportsman 850XP EPS.  Rath Racers Landon Hurst (Pro-Am Class) and Mitch Reynolds (Pro Class) will race the Outlaw 450 MXR in AMA ATV National Motocross Championship.

Announced last fall, Polaris also is supporting the Yokley Racing/National Guard race team. Multi-time Pro and Pro Production GNCC Winner, William Yokley started racing the Polaris RANGER RZR during the 2008 GNCC season and took the Side-by-Side title. For 2009, Yokley will race the new Outlaw 450 MXR in the Pro Class and continue to race the RANGER RZR. Yokley's teammate, Mark Notman, will race the Outlaw 450 MXR in the Pro-Am Class.

John Gallagher Sr. is back on board the Outlaw 450 in GNCC. Gallagher Sr. has owned the Super Senior class all three years he's raced it on an Outlaw and looks to add another class first in 2009.

About Polaris
With annual 2007 sales of $1.8 billion, Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), including the Polaris RANGER^TM,  snowmobiles and Victory motorcycles for recreational and utility use.

Polaris is a recognized leader in the snowmobile industry, one of the largest manufacturers of all terrain recreational, utility and side-by-side vehicles (ATVs) in the world, and rapidly making impressive in-roads into the motorcycle cruiser and touring marketplace under the Victory® brand. The Victory motorcycle division was established in 1998 representing the first all-new American-made motorcycle from a major company in nearly 60 years.  Polaris also enhances the riding experience with a complete line of Pure Polaris apparel, accessories and parts, available at Polaris dealerships.

Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PII," and the Company is included in the S&P Small-Cap 600 stock price index.
Information about the complete line of Polaris products, apparel and vehicle accessories are available from authorized Polaris dealers or anytime from the Polaris homepage at www.polarisindustries.com.