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Media Mentions, Onsite Events

Polaris RZR Drifts Entire Karting Track With Precision

Courtesy of The Drive: Side-by-side vehicles like the Polaris RZR are fun four-wheelers used mostly for off-roading through wooded trails and generally having a good time away from the pavement. This Polaris RZR, as you’re about to see, is a little different.

Someone at the Monticello Motor Club thought it would be a good idea to fit a set of street tires on one of its two-seat, short-wheelbase Polaris RZR XP Turbo side-by-sides and let track director (and former Rally America champion) Chris Duplessis rip around on the course’s infield karting track. It was a good idea, indeed.

The combination of those tires plus the RZR’s fancy adjustable suspension and 168-horsepower turbocharged 925cc twin-cylinder means a whole lot of sideways action, as you can see. Duplessis places the RZR with some impressive accuracy, even managing to do a few donuts around an unsuspecting kart driver.

Watch for yourself as he shreds some tires around the private track’s facilities.

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Media Mentions, Onsite Events

A Pro Rally Driver Tried to Kill Me in a Polaris RZR

Courtesy of The Drive: We’re rocketing across the dusty landscape, annihilating small bushes and sending gravel into the stratosphere, when I see the cliff. The rough two-track we’re following appears to end at the edge, and I’m just starting to calculate how we can possibly slow down in time as reality strikes with an awesome, terrible clarity: Chris Duplessis is not going to stop.

The Drive‘s Mike Spinelli would later say that it was like we were recreating the final scene to Thelma & Louise, except I looked far less certain about my choices than Geena Davis riding shotgun. But when a former professional rally driver hops in a Polaris RZR XP Turbo and wants to show you “what this thing can do,” well, that decision is already made for you. You climb in, hang on, and brace for the landing.

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Media Mentions, Onsite Events

Watch Chris Duplessis Drift A 2018 Trackhawk

Courtesy of The Drive: Monticello Motor Club track manager and driving “jedi” Chris Duplessis spent the majority of his day with The Drive this past Thursday at Monticello Motor Club. Although Chris has an extensive WRC background, he doesn’t shy away from the pavement. After spending a full day of ripping Polaris RZRs through the Monticello off-road course and ensuring everything on the track was going smoothly for the members, Chris wanted to get some seat time in the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk.

Obviously, The Drive was more than happy to share the wealth and Chris showed us what the Trackhawk was made of. After completing an in-car review of the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, practicing launches and sending the 707 horsepower SUV around the track ten plus times, the Trackhawk was still ready for Duplessis’ punishment.

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