SideXSide Action - January 2008 - (Page 14) A Bright Idea – PIAA to Sponsor WORCS 8-Hour UTV/ATV Endurance Race side x side news [ Podium News] PORTLAND, Or. – PIAA Corporation, a leader in powersports lighting and accessories, has teamed up with the World OffRoad Championship Racing Series to host WORCS’ first-ever PIAA 8-Hour UTV/ATV Endurance Race, announced PIAA Powersports Business Unit Manager Gordon Robertson. The event will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2008, at Speedworld Raceway in Surprise, Ariz., and will feature racing for a variety of UTV and ATV classes. Thief River Falls, MN - The 2007 World Powersports Association National UTV season is now in the books, and Team Arctic placed two Prowler teams in the top four spots. Kyle Fiebelkorn led the crew to bring home the first-ever Arctic Cat UTV championship aboard his Prowler XT. Arctic Cat Wins First Ever WPSA Side X Side Championship In addition to brainstorming the concept for the inaugural race, PIAA will be the presenting sponsor, providing financial support as well as offering a lucrative contingency program that will encourage racers to use PIAA halogen and HID lighting products. And, since the race starts at 4 p.m. and finishes at midnight, having a PIAA-equipped vehicle will be a distinct advantage. “PIAA is excited about helping this inaugural event be a success,” Robertson said. “This is a great opportunity for us to show the ATV, UTV and Powersports industry that PIAA lighting products are indeed the best in the world, proven everywhere from the Daytona 24-Hour sports car race to the World Rally circuit.” While there are a handful of ATV endurance races held in the U.S. (such as the 12 Hours of ATV America each fall), the PIAA 8-Hour will be the first time an endurance race will include the wildly popular UTV classes. “UTV racers will have the opportunity to prove who is the fastest as well as the toughest,” Robertson said. Kyle remarked about his results, “I had a lot of fun in the Pro Supersport series. The Arctic Cat Prowler is a stout machine that really takes a pounding. Some of these jumps are monstrous, but with a little bit of tuning our Prowlers ran really strong and outpaced our competitors.” “I couldn’t be much happier with how our season went,” said Arctic Cat Race Manager Ted Bettin. “The Team Arctic/Jack Links/SPI Racing Prowlers were quite fun to watch and pretty entertaining for the crowd. The SpeedWerx crew did a great job race tuning our 650H1 motor. The Prowler proved there’s a new performance player in town.” It will be a standard endurance event with teams racing non-stop for eight hours around a 5-mile loop that starts on the Speedworld motocross circuit then heads out into the Arizona desert. There will be separate overall winners for both divisions, UTV and ATV. For UTVs, racing classes include Unlimited, Modified, Stock, and Ironman/woman; for ATVs, classes will be Pro A, B, and C; Women’s Pro A and B; Veterans 30+; Masters 40+; and Ironman/Woman. PIAA’s contingency awards should inspire all competitors: Overall finishers will be awarded $1000 for first, $500 for second, $250 for third. In addition, each class winner will receive $250. To be eligible, vehicles must use PIAA HID or Halogen lamps and run PIAA decals For entry and class information, plus rules and regulations, visit www.worcsracing.com or call 435-635-1597. For details on all PIAA UTV and ATV lighting products, visit www.piaapowersports.com So what’s next for Arctic Cat? Bettin says, “We learned a lot from the Pro SuperSport racing series. This is a rapidly growing market and Arctic Cat plans to expand its boundaries!” For more information on Arctic Cat products, please log on to www.arcticcat.com or visit your local Arctic Cat dealer. Last Issue Retraction 14 SIDE X SIDE ACTION MAGAZINE With deadlines always knocking at our doors, we sometimes overlook a couple things during editing. In the November issue, we published the wrong contact information for Pro Comp in our product review section. The correct contact information is: 619.216.1444 or www.explorerprocomp.com. Also the correct contact information for Extreme Composites in our “Ultimate Rhino Giveaway article should have been: www.extreme-composites.com, 928.505.8287. http://www.arcticcat.com http://www.worcsracing.com http://www.piaapowersports.com http://www.explorerprocomp.com
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