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ITP IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT INDIANAPOLISFor ITP, there is no more important annual event than the Dealernews Magazine International Powersports Dealer Expo, held mid-February every year at the Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. Quite simply, "Indy" (and anyone in the ATV/motorcycle industry knows what that one word means) is the largest, most comprehensive trade show of its kind in the world for dealers, distributors and manufacturers of aftermarket powersports products. In 2006-the 40th anniversary of the Expo-roughly 25,000 powersports businesspeople from across the country and abroad braved single-digit temperatures and howling winter winds to check out what the industry has to offer for the upcoming year. This was an attendance record for Indy, as was the over 1,000 exhibitors. We at ITP can certainly believe these figures, because for the entire three days of the Expo, our booth was packed-standing room only-with folks straining to see and learn about what ITP is rolling out for 2006. And they weren't disappointed, as all-new tires like the Trac Star, TerraCross R/T, Holeshot GNCC and Dune Star as well as the new T-9 Pro Series Trac-Lock and C-Series Type 5B wheels stirred up a great deal of interest and excitement. Of course the rest of our highly innovative tire and wheel line was on display, too, and not just in our booth-we were thrilled to see that many other ATV aftermarket companies chose ITP tires and wheels for ATVs and utility vehicles in their display areas. The Indy Expo is not open to the public, but we're happy to show you some of the sights at this year's show, before the doors were opened. 
Step right up! The attractive ITP display area took up a generous amount of space, and it was needed, considering the quantity of new products being presented and the number of powersports people who wanted to take a look at them. 
Meet Miss ITP, known to her parents as Tanya Hofman. Tanya signed about a million ITP posters over three days. 
This very trick Arctic Cat Search & Rescue quad was put together by our friends at Rox Defined Images in Cohassett, Minnesota. For more info, visit www.roxdefinedimages.com. Those are ITP's Mud Lite XTR 27" tires mounted on C-Series Type 7 14" wheels, by the way. 
Here's another shot of the Rox-built Search & Rescue Arctic Cat, as well as the flaming hot Tanya Hofman (Miss ITP). 
The side-by-side utility vehicle market is on fire right now, and ITP has just released a new tire the TerraCross R/T designed specifically for the Yamaha Rhino, Arctic Cat Prowler and Polaris Ranger. You can see it here on a Rhino built by Rox Defined Images in Yamaha's 50th Anniversary color scheme. 
Another angle of the Rox Defined Rhino, showing the TerraCross R/T tires on C-Series Type 7 black 14" wheels. The graphics for this vehicle were produced by Blown Concepts (www.blownconcepts.com), out of Plymouth, Minnesota. 
Yet another view of the Yamaha Rhino put together by Rox Defined Images, in ITP's Indy display. Even three photos here don't begin to show how cool this UTV is. 
The distributor Motorcycle Stuff used ITP Mud Lite XTR tires and C-Series wheels on a Honda Rincon in their display booth. 
Motorcycle Stuff also had plenty for the sport-oriented ATV crowd, including a Yamaha YFZ450 with ITP Holeshot tires and C-Series wheels. 
This exotic Honda TRX450R showed up in the Tucker Rocky booth sporting Holeshot tires and black T-9 Pro Series wheels. 
Here's something you don't see every day, unless you were in the Tucker Rocky booth at Indy. Those are ITP TerraCross R/T tires and C-Series Type 7 wheels on mama, and Holeshot tires and T-9 Pro Series wheels on baby. 
That's a Honda Rincon with ITP's new, limited-edition 30" Mud Lite XXL tires and C-Series Type 7 wheels, as seen in the Warn Industries display. 
Warn Industries turned a few heads with this clever display piece, featuring ITP Mud Lite tires and T-9 Pro Series wheels. 
That's the Yamaha YFZ450 belonging to Team Yamaha's motocross hero Kory Ellis, discovered in the Alba Action Sports booth. 
Another full-custom Yamaha YFZ450, this one turning heads in the Hinson display. |
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