Article: Serious threat: Smiley, Team Polaris dialing in Predator.(Hot Wheels)(Matt Smiley)

Underneath a gray Polaris easy-up a hard-at-work Matt Smiley and Team Polaris busily make last-minute modifications to their Polaris before the Orange Crush GNCC gets under way. Sandwiched among the pro elite in the GNCC National Series, a reserved Smiley tends to stand out. Just like the previous season, hordes of riders wrench on quads from Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki, but not Smiley, who rode a YFZ last year.

Smiley's black and gray Polaris Predator 500 invokes curious and inquisitive looks from racers and fans--the Predator is new to the GNCC pro scene. And that only makes the factory-backed Smiley and his team work harder to prove the Predator can not only be ...

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