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Simple Entry Form
The Grand Prize Winner will receive $500 in Cash, 2 VIP Wristbands for Glencoe CampResort, Free Admission to all events at Rock’n the Rally, Free Admission to ThunderRoad, plus a $300 shopping spree at the Sturgis Bike Week Superstore in downtown Sturgis. Ad additional 50 winners will receive a Limited Edition Sturgis Bike Week 2008 t-shirt.
If you’re attending Daytona, you can sign up in person at the J&P location at Destination Daytona. Look for the Motorcycle Monster.
Or use our Simple Entry Form. Drawing giveaway will be July 4, 2008 and announced on this website.
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The City of Sturgis and the Jackpine Gypsies are teaming up to bring AMA sanctioned Half Mile Racing back to the Sturgis Fairgrounds. Of course, this is how it all started back in 1936 with the formation of the Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club. Racing commenced in 1938 and as they say, the rest is history.
The Sturgis City Council on approved a Gypsie proposal that calls for the City spending about $27,000 to get the track ready and provide prize money for the races. The Club will match the prize money and do all of the work to organize, promote and manage the races. Jerry Peterson, Marketing Director and Legislative Officer for the Jackpine Gypsies told the Council that he and the rest of the Gypsies are committed to bringing back Half Mile Racing to Sturgis.
The Sturgis Fairgrounds has seating for 2,000 spectators. While it hasn’t been determined yet, it appears the racing at the Fairgrounds may take place on Tuesday afternoon of the Rally. The Fairgrounds has no lighting suitable for nighttime racing. Peterson also said he hopes the local business community will help support the Gypsies.
Dave Wilson, Sturgis Real Estate Co., announced at the same meeting a donation of $1,000 to the Gypsies to help support the racing. Wilson is a longtime Sturgis booster and Rally supporter.
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Dan Holmes Goes for Second Bonneville Speed Record Attempt with Classic Royal Enfield Motorcycle
February 27, 2008
Source: USRiderNews
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Houston, TX. Possibly the greatest underdog in motorcycle history is back on the attack. Dan Holmes, age 52, ex-Royal Enfield motorcycle dealer, forced into early retirement with heart problems, now has a pacemaker and is determined to take his team back to Bonneville and set a speed record on his second attempt in September with a Royal Enfield 500cc Bullet motorcycle, considered by most in the motorcycle world to be one of the most underpowered motorcycle around.
Dan's story is capturing the attention and admiration of motorcycle enthusiasts worldwide with his grassroots underdog Bonneville speed record crusade. Longtime motorcycle enthusiast Bob Hutchinson, president and founder of the International Wireless Industry Association, found Dan's quest to be a great project and catalyst for starting up an International Classic Motorcycle Association. Among the nonprofit Classic Motorcycle Association's first projects is gathering International support for Dan's Bonneville Bullet project.
In starting the new motorcycle association Bob Hutchinson said, "I liked Dan's story much better that the smoke from the U.S. presidential want-a-bees because you can't use smoke or mirrors at Bonneville. It's the real deal. CMA is funded by older bikers like me and baby boomer's that grew up around bikes that are classics today. Great fun."
During the week of August 31 - September 5, 2008, Dan Holmes of Goshen, Indiana, will arrive once again with his Royal Enfield motorcycle, aptly named The Bonneville Bullet, to attack the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, looking for best speed in class, and ultimately to set one or more land speed records. Dan is considered to be an underdog in his quest to achieve that record on a classic motorcycle that is historically known as “underpowered”.
After success as the largest Royal Enfield dealer in the US and successful road race campaigns with his almost stock 500cc Royal Enfield single cylinder bike, Dan's team took on the mile high salt flats at Bonneville in 2002 as "new comers". After frustrations learning the Bonneville "ropes", qualification was attained just short of a class record speed.
Dan later encountered some setbacks, notably serious heart issues and the loss of a daughter to cancer. However, this year with health stabilized, he and his all volunteer team are forging ahead with his shoestring budget 2008 Bonneville plans. Dan encourages all enthusiasts with interest in classic motorcycles to visit the Classic Motorcycle Association web and support this quest.
CMA is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to: Classic motorcycle: owners, riders, admirers, enthusiasts, dealers, weirdos, nuts, ex riders, retired riders, want-a-bees. Classic, antique, vintage and, recent, late model and new owners and aficionados browse and support endeavors at CMA. We invite you to share our classic motorcycle passions. See more - About CMA.
More available at the Classic Motorcycle Association's webs:
classicmmotorcycleassociation.org
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