PRESS RELEASE
(Vaughan, ON, April 4, 2011)
Dominating weekend at season’s finale for Team Rockstar
Energy Polaris Racing
Lee Butler and his
teammate Iain Hayden,
who clinched the CSRA
Pro Open Championship
this past weekend, put
Rockstar Energy Polaris
Racing in the winner’s
circle at the final round of
the Snowcross Nationals
at Horseshoe Valley in
Barrie, ON.
They totally dominated
the proceedings with
Hayden snaring first
place in the final on
Saturday and Butler
bringing home first on Sunday.
Hayden sent a strong message to the competition that he came to take care of business at
the ultimate showdown of the season. In his qualifiers on Saturday, he grabbed the
holeshot both times to then lead wire-to-wire. He also holeshot the final to speed off to a
convincing win. In Sunday’s racing action, Hayden put the icing on the cake by going 1-2
in his qualifiers and grabbing a solid 2nd place in the final.
By clinching his fourth CSRA National Championship title—which together with the
CSRA Ontario Provincial Championship that he claimed a week earlier in Kitchener—
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Hayden left no doubt in anyone’s mind that he is a champion’s champion who will be the
man to beat next season.
As he did in the provincial title hunt the Espanola, ON native led the national series from
the get-go, keeping a comfortable points lead in the process. He cemented the
championship with an impressive 96 points on second place in the series David Joanis.
“Although nothing compares to winning
your first championship, when you win
another one there’s the motivation to keep
on going and try to set a record. Right now
I’m tied for winning the most CSRA pro
championships and that’s pretty exciting.
I’m really stoked winning the title this year,”
Hayden said. “Things started out a little
shaky at times, but as the season progressed
we really started pulling everything together.
Everyone worked really well together and I
owe a lot of my success to our crew chief
and team manager Stu. The Polaris IQ sleds
proved to be second to none and that really
gave me an advantage.”
Despite coming off a foot injury, Butler held up his end to assure a 1-3 finish in the
championship for Team Rockstar Energy Polaris Racing. In Saturday’s qualifiers, he
recorded 3-2 results. In the final, he didn’t quite get the start he needed to finish in the top
three, taking 5th at the flag when all was said and done.
Undaunted, Butler pulled out all the stops on Sunday to hammer down 2-1 finishes in his
qualifiers and then wrap up the season with a win in the final. He snagged the holeshot of
his second qualifier as well as the final. Butler, who ended up losing his Pro Open crown
to Hayden, came within one point of securing second place in the title hunt.
“It’s never easy losing the title when you’re
the defending champ, but it’s not so bad when
you lose it to your teammate. When it comes
to the big picture, your and your teammate’s
goal is first and foremost to win the title for
your team and sponsors, and we achieved that.
We definitely had the equipment and crew to
do that,” Butler said. “To win a championship
you have to be consistent and Iain was without
a doubt the most consistent out there. I had
hoped to at least finish runner-up, but I guess
I’ll have to settle for third. I know I had the
speed this year, winning a number of races
proved that. I just wasn’t able to put it together at every event.”
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Team Rockstar Energy Polaris Racing would like to congratulate Iain Hayden for his
double championship win this season, as well as Lee Butler for delivering a noteworthy
third place in both the provincial and national title hunts. A special thank you goes to
Adam “Stu” Robinson and the rest of the crew for their hard work behind the scenes,
making sure Iain and Lee had the best equipment on the track. Thanks also to all our
quality sponsors whose invaluable contribution helped land two pro titles this year.
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