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The First Trail Indy
An offspring of the RX-L technology was the TX-L Indy. It became to cross country and the emerging snocross racing what the RX-L had been to oval racing. From its introduction in 1980 it defined a level of performance that others copied, but its success was not duplicated.
The creation of a new International 500 race from Thunder Bay, Ontario, to St. Paul, Minnesota, allowed Polaris to continue its tradition of winning such major endurance events.
In 1987, a Polaris test driver, Nolan Knochenmus won the first race. In 1988, Lauren Wolff, another Polaris Indy rider, won the second event. And in 1989, Jeremy Fyle made it three in a row for the Polaris Indy. This time it was with an all new Indy 500.
A direct result of cross country racing was the liquid-cooled hydraulic disc brake. Innovation and vision have gone hand in hand at Polaris all through its history, but perhaps a little more so in Polaris' racing history. David Johnson had the first competitive fires. Allan Hetteen stoked the flames. And today's independent racers keep them burning.