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www.PowersportsBusiness.com NEWS Powersports Business • April 4, 2016 • 7 Powersports Business in March announced that CyclePro has been named a sponsor of the 2016 Power 50 dealer awards program. The Power 50, the only program of its kind in the indus- try, annually selects the 50 most outstanding powersports dealerships in North America. CyclePro's dealership software debuted late last year and made a splash at the American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) with its revolutionary Inventory Management and Equity Mining tools designed specifically for powersports dealers. "It's awesome to see a company like CyclePro step up to sponsor of the 2016 Power 50," said Powersports Business editor in chief Dave McMa- hon, who also manages the Power 50 program. "Today's top-performing dealers will be guiding our industry into the future, and it's through the support of companies like CyclePro that we are able to promote their innovations in customer service and other best practices." "It is a perfect fit — Power 50 showcases the best dealerships in the country, and CyclePro is the future of dealership software," said Kartik Kakarala, CyclePro's founder and CEO. "We are thrilled to support a group of this mag- nitude and excited to introduce CyclePro's groundbreaking features to the masses." The Power 50 application deadline for dealers is June 1. The online application can be found at www.powersportsbusiness.com/ power-50. Power 50 winners will be announced at the Power 50 Awards Dinner held in Octo- ber during AIMExpo in Orlando. Among the highlights of the celebration is the announce- ment of the Top 5 dealers in North America, including the No. 1 dealer. In addition, awards are presented to dealers in a variety of Best in Class categories. Power 50 dealers also receive promotion via advertisements placed in Power- sports Business and in sister publications Rider and Thunder Press. PSB CyclePro to sponsor 2016 Power 50 HOT NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Trailer CEO Terry Carlson said. "The wide scope of his skills will help drive new market- ing initiatives and further advance product development within each of UTC's brands." Recent UTC product development launches have included the new aluminum Haulmark ALX trailer series, Wells Cargo SilverSport aluminum trailers, the Featherlite Liberty living quarters, the Haulmark Motor- coach STATUS Luxury Coach and the new Exiss living quarters trailers. In 2015, construction started on a new, 200,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufac- turing plant in Bristol, Ind. This new plant will feature advanced manufacturing techniques not currently used in the cargo trailer industry and will further fuel product innovation. DEALERSHIP OWNER PASSES AWAY Bob Currie Jr., 68, co- owner of Currie Chain Saw in Lumberton, N.C., passed away Feb. 17 at Southeastern Hospice House in Lum- berton. Family owned since 1952, the dealer- ship carries Honda and Suzuki ATVs and Honda Pioneer side-by-sides. POLARIS ADDS SENIOR VP Polaris Industries Inc. announced that Bob Mack joined the company on April 1 as senior vice president of Corporate Development and Strategy, and president of Adjacent Markets. These strategically important roles were combined to fully use Mack's extensive experi- ence and capacity in support of Polaris' profit- able growth. Reporting directly to chairman and CEO Scott Wine, Mack will lead the aggressive growth of Polaris' Global Adjacent Markets business and further the development of Polaris' strategy, which calls for the com- pany to evolve into a highly profitable, cus- tomer centric, $8 billion global enterprise by 2020. Mack is a seasoned leader with more than 20 years of global business experience, pre- dominantly with the diversified industrial company Ingersoll-Rand, most recently as their vice president of Corporate Develop- ment. He has consistently advanced his career through roles in M&A, finance, marketing, strategy and general management. "With responsibility for M&A and Global Adjacent Markets, Bob is uniquely positioned to accelerate the growth of our business," Wine said. "Bob shares my passion for power- sports and will certainly support the growth of our core businesses, while his command of industrial and commercial markets will hasten our efforts to build out that solidly growing, less cyclical part of our portfolio. He is going to be an extremely strong addition to the Polaris leadership team." "Polaris has a reputation for being extremely passionate about creating prod- ucts that people love to ride. During my conversations with the leadership team, it became clear that this passion extends to their growth plans and creating value for shareholders," Mack said. "That's exactly the type of company I want to be part of." Mack holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from Siena College and an MBA from Duke University. He is currently board chairman for the Lake Norman YMCA, on the Board of Hospice of Iredell County (North Carolina) and is a member of the Board of Advisors for Siena College. PSB BOB CURRIE JR.