Can-Am Maverick 1000R side-by-side vehicle racer Tim Farr won the XC1 Pro UTV class at round 12 of the 2015 AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country series in St. Clairsville, Ohio.

Maverick 1000R pilots also won series championships in the Mid America Cross Country series, Wood Extreme XC Racing, American Wood Racing Championship Series and earned two runner-up spots in the World Off-Road Championship Series.

“Can-Am Maverick 1000R side-by-side vehicle racers keep impressing on tracks across America,” said Jeff Leclerc, Racing Project Leader, Can-Am. “Anytime you earn a GNCC XC1 Pro class victory it’s great, but we had two Maverick teams on the box at Powerline Park. We have also won three regional Pro UTV class titles and are in the running for the GNCC crowns as well. We will continue to strive for success at every event we enter.”

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Powerline Park in Ohio, included both ATVs (round 12) and side-by-side vehicles (round five). Can-Am / JB Racing / Gunk racer Tim Farr notched his first XC1 Pro class victory of the year, and third straight podium finish, in his Maverick 1000R. Offroadmotorsports / WickedBilt / Can-Am Maverick racer Steve Matko took third to join Farr on the podium.

Defending XC1 Pro class champion Kyle Chaney (TurnKey UTV / Can-Am), despite a 13th place finish, maintained his class points lead. Chaney, who is looking to notch back-to-back titles in his Can-Am Maverick 1000R, sits 24 points ahead of Larry Hendershot Jr., who took 11th in Ohio. Can-Am racer Seth Mitchell also tallied his first podium of the year, earning third in the XC2 Pro Sport division. Can-Am driver Joe Krcelich owns a three-point advantage in the XC2 Pro Sport class heading into the finale in Crawfordsville, Ind.

In ATV racing action, 4×4 Pro class defending champion Bryan Buckhannon kept his podium streak alive, as well as his class points lead, by earning third aboard his Can-Am Renegade 800R X xc ATV at Powerline Park. Buckhannon has made the podium all season (two wins, four seconds, six thirds) and has a 12-point lead. Can-Am racers also earned seven additional podiums at round 12, including a clean sweep in the 4×4 A/B ranks.

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Can-Am side-by-side vehicle racers continue to prove the impressive Maverick 1000R is the vehicle of choice for those serious about off-road performance. Can-Am Maverick pilots notched three titles and two runner-up finishes in four other racing series around the U.S.

Chaney added two other side-by-side racing championships to his trophy case, winning both the WORCS MAXC Racing Series SxS Pro Production class championship and the WEXCR UTV Open class title. Chaney also finished third in AWRCS, where Can-Am went 1-2-3. Dave Plavi won the title in his Maverick and the runner-up spot went to Richard Travalena Jr.

Out west, in WORCS side-by-side racing action, Kyle Melville ended up second overall in the SxS Pro Stock title chase inside his Can-Am Maverick 1000R. SxS 1000 Stock class racer Gilbert Flores also had a great season, taking the runner-up spot in the standings with his Can-Am Maverick 1000R. Also, Can-Am racer Matt Hancock captured third overall in the SxS Unlimited division.

Finally, the Can-Am / ITP / Murray Racing team currently owns the SCORE International class 1900 (Pro) points lead after taking third at round four, the Imperial Valley 250. The No. 1917 Can-Am Maverick MAX side-by-side vehicle of Derek and Jason Murray will compete in the SCORE World Desert Championship series season finale Nov. 17-21, in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

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Fresh off a win at Vegas to Reno, Polaris Factory Racer Justin Lambert in the No. 1918 Cognito Motorsports RZR 4 1000 EPS would line up with 24 other Pro UTVs for Best in the Desert’s (BITD) Blue Water Desert Challenge, and come away victorious.

The Blue Water Desert Challenge is two days of racing, three laps each day, for a total of 150 miles. The loops are about 25 miles each and the total time for all miles determines finishing position. Day one went flawless for Lambert, who ended up drawing the 21st position but worked his way to a third place finish. The day one finish meant the team would start day two in third place and more than two minutes behind the leader.

Day two, the team started in the second row, and beat the UTV that started with them. The course was even rougher than the previous day with a few graded sections but luckily the team didn’t have to encounter as much dust as day one given the start position. Lambert would overtake the first and second place UTVs and keep up the momentum to come in first with time to spare.

He’d beat the next competitor by more than four minutes on corrected time for both days and easily win the BITD Blue Water Desert Challenge 1900 Class. Polaris Factory Racer Johnny Angal would finish in fourth in his RZR XP Turbo with four of the top five winners in RZRs.

Polaris is a recognized leader in the powersports industry with annual 2013 sales of $3.8 billion. Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets innovative, high quality off-road vehicles, including all- terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER and RZR side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles, and on-road electric/hybrid powered vehicles. Polaris is among the global sales leaders for both snowmobiles and off-road vehicles and has established a presence in the heavyweight cruiser and touring motorcycle market with the Victory and Indian Motorcycle brands. Additionally, Polaris continues to invest in the global on-road small electric/hybrid powered vehicle industry with Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), Goupil Industrie SA, Aixam Mega S.A.S., and internally developed vehicles. Polaris enhances the riding experience with a complete line of Polaris Engineered parts, accessories and apparel, Klim branded apparel, and ORV accessories under the Kolpin and Cycle Country brands. Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PII,” and the Company is included in the S&P Mid-Cap 400 stock price index.

Information about the complete line of Polaris products, apparel, and vehicle accessories is available from authorized Polaris dealers or anytime at www.polaris.com.

Driving his Polaris-sponsored RZR XP 1000, Cody Rahders took a second-place finish in Round 7 of the Lucas Oil Regional Series and won his second consecutive Production 1000 class title. This is Rahder’s fourth title in three years at the Regionals and seventh since he started racing side-by-sides in 2007.

Starting in the qualifier, Rahders didn’t take any chances and ran easy laps where he qualified third for the main however, he missed post qualification tech and was moved to last place for the start of the main.

“Brain fade. I was thinking about how I should race going into the main and drove right past tech, the penalty made the decision for me,” said Rahders.

Starting in last place for the Production 1000 main event, as the pack pushed wide into turn one, Rahders took the low line and passed four cars right off the start. By the end of lap one, he was eighth, end of lap two he was in fourth and by lap six, he was in second.

As the laps wore down, Rahders made a move for the lead but with near contact in a couple of the turns he decided to wait for the last lap, ride the leader’s rear bumper and hopefully force a mistake. The mistake never came and Rahders finished nose to tail with the race winner over the finish line.

“That was the most fun I’ve had in a long time! Starting last was a relief, I would have started third but instead to playing defense for 12 laps I got to drive relaxed, work the pack and hope my momentum carried me to the win,” said Rahders. “Once the second place in point’s car broke I wanted the win but didn’t have to anymore so I just kept the pressure on the leader hoping to force a mistake. In the end the title was more important.”

Polaris is a recognized leader in the powersports industry with annual 2013 sales of $3.8 billion. Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets innovative, high quality off-road vehicles, including all- terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER and RZR side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles, and on-road electric/hybrid powered vehicles. Polaris is among the global sales leaders for both snowmobiles and off-road vehicles and has established a presence in the heavyweight cruiser and touring motorcycle market with the Victory and Indian Motorcycle brands. Additionally, Polaris continues to invest in the global on-road small electric/hybrid powered vehicle industry with Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), Goupil Industrie SA, Aixam Mega S.A.S., and internally developed vehicles. Polaris enhances the riding experience with a complete line of Polaris Engineered parts, accessories and apparel, Klim branded apparel, and ORV accessories under the Kolpin and Cycle Country brands. Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PII,” and the Company is included in the S&P Mid-Cap 400 stock price index.

Information about the complete line of Polaris products, apparel, and vehicle accessories is available from authorized Polaris dealers or anytime at www.polaris.com.

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