Polaris Off Road Partners with Sebastien Loeb Racing to Compete in the 2024 Dakar Rally with Race-Ready RZR Pro R Factory machines

Racers Xavier de Soultrait and Florent Vayssade will Pilot the All-New Polaris-Engineered RZR Pro R Factory in the T4 Category

The Xtremplus and TH-Trucks Teams are Each Set to Field Three Drivers in 2024 Dakar Equipped with RZR Pro R’s

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – December 27, 2023 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The 46th Edition of the Dakar Rally kicks off on January 5, 2024 in Saudi Arabia, and today Polaris Off Road announced it is joining forces with Sebastien Loeb Racing (SLR), as SLR drivers Xavier de Soultrait and Florent Vayssade contest the SSV T4 category behind the wheel of Polaris’ RZR Pro R Factory race machines. Backed by the full power and innovation of Polaris engineering, the SLR team is well-equipped to battle the unrelenting terrain of Dakar, where both man and machine will be pushed to the limit.

Based on the revolutionary RZR Pro R platform, the all-new RZR Pro R Factory was unveiled earlier this year as the centerpiece for the Polaris Factory Racing team, setting a new precedent within the UTV industry with its race-ready level of power, strength, and control. Throughout the 2023 season, the vehicle and team have proven its superiority by dominating the competition and securing the SCORE Pro UTV Open Class Championship with wins at each of the four SCORE events – San Felipe 250, Baja 400, Baja 500, and Baja 1000. Now after a successful first season in the sands of Baja, Polaris will take the RZR Pro R Factory to Dakar for what is considered by many as the most grueling off-road race in the world.

Utilizing a high-strength, lightweight chassis compliant with FIA T4 Class, a race-tuned ProStar Fury 2.0L engine, FOX® 3.0 Live Valve X2 Internal Bypass shocks, the two SLR RZR Pro R Factory vehicles are stronger and more capable of withstanding the demands of the nearly 5,000-mile event. Additionally, the chassis has an integrated spare parts and tool storage supply, an imperative feature as there will be no pit crew, and drivers will need to make their own repairs while on the course.

“Our success with the Polaris Factory Racing team during its first season in the SCORE Baja racing series, capped off with a coveted Baja 1000 victory, was unprecedented and prodigious, but Dakar is an entirely different beast. That said, Sebastien Loeb Racing is a finely tuned program with an enormous level of experience at Dakar and together, we couldn’t be more excited to put the RZR Pro R Factory to an entirely new test,” said Alex…