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First Finalist in the Polaris Million Dollar Giveaway May be Moving -- to Easy Street    

26 May 2000

First Finalist in the Polaris Million Dollar Giveaway May be Moving -- to Easy Street     
 Walter T. Bacon is Polaris' Millionth Automatic ATV Million Dollar Giveaway
                           Semi-Finalist for March

    MINNEAPOLIS, May 25 The light to get on easy street could
be turning green for New Market, Tenn. resident, Walter T. Bacon, the March
semi-finalist in the "Polaris Millionth Automatic ATV $1 Million Giveaway"
contest.  Bacon won by submitting the winning photo of his ATV and an essay
explaining what Polaris' slogan, "The Way Out," means to him.  As a
semi-finalist, Bacon has already won a custom "The Way Out" ATV PRO Adventure
tour for two, tickets to a NASCAR Winston Cup race and he also wins a chance
at the $1 million grand prize.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000525/MNTH016 )
    The contest celebrates the production of Polaris' one-millionth automatic
transmission ATV. One semi-finalist will be selected each month from March to
December 2000 by a panel of independent judges.  In early 2001, each
semi-finalist's entry will be judged again, and one will be awarded the
$1 million grand prize.  Bacon purchased a Polaris Magnum 325 2 x 4 in March
and with his entry, will be one of ten finalists competing for the grand
prize.
    "I was excited about my new ATV so I decided to send in an entry," said
Bacon.  "Now I have this amazing opportunity to win one million dollars, the
whole thing is just a real thrill."
    Only ten semi-finalists will be eligible to win the one million-dollar
grand-prize.  Bacon's entry will be judged early next year and one of the ten
semi-finalists will come away one million bucks richer.
    Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets snowmobiles,
all-terrain vehicles, Victory motorcycles, personal watercraft, and the
Polaris RANGER for recreational and utility use.  Polaris is the largest
snowmobile manufacturer in the world, and one of the largest U.S.
manufacturers of ATVs and personal watercraft.
Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange and
Pacific Stock Exchange under the symbol "PII," and the company is included in
the S&P SmallCap 600 stock price index.