VARTA Sponsors Jagged X Racing for 2014 Season

VARTA AGM powersports batteries has announced its co-sponsorship with the Jagged X Racing Team for the 2014 racing season. Jagged X Racing will be participating in five UTV competitions with the SCORE World Desert Championship series and six off-road races in the Best in the Desert series.

“We are excited to team up with VARTA powersports batteries. We are here to win races and need to have the most reliable battery available on the market,” said Bill Schueler, Jagged X Racing team owner. “The VARTA powersports battery is winning all the vibration, performance and torture tests we have thrown at it while racing in the desert.”

“We are proud and excited to be associated with this championship winning UTV racing team, and looking forward to a winning season,” said Doreen Lucht, VARTA powersports product manager.

VARTA powersports is a battery brand of Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company with established core businesses in the automotive, building, and energy storage industries.

The powerful line-up of these 12-volt Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) powersports batteries is made for active enthusiasts who expect the highest level of performance and durability. VARTA AGM powersports batteries offer 16 different group sizes covering more than 90% of powersports applications including motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, UTVs, scooters and personal watercrafts.

The boards of the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC), Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVIA), and the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA) voted unanimously to appoint Scott Schloegel as acting president and CEO of the associations. Diana Sanchez was appointed acting chief operating officer.

Schloegel and Sanchez, whose appointments are effective immediately, will also continue to serve in their current roles as senior vice president of government relations and vice president of operations respectively. The interim leadership was selected to ensure a seamless transition as the associations’ search committee continues to conduct a comprehensive review of the position of president and CEO, and a subsequent search to replace outgoing President and CEO Erik Pritchard.