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Gloria Tramontin Struck (born July 7, 1925) is an American motorcyclist who was one of the early members of the Motor Maids women's motorcycle club, which she joined in 1946, at age 21. [2] She is both a Sturgis Hall of Fame and Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee. Struck was born in a room behind her parents' Clifton, New Jersey motorcycle shop ...
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally held annually in Sturgis, South Dakota, and the surrounding Black Hills region of the United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It began in 1938 by a group of Indian Motorcycle riders and was originally held for stunts and races.
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is in its 84th year. The rally begins on Aug. 2 and lasts 10 days, ending on Aug. 11. Where to watch the Sturgis webcams.
Noem supported the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August 2020, despite warnings from experts that it could spread COVID-19. [167] Nearly 500,000 bikers attended the event. [168] Public health notices were issued for saloons and other businesses in the Sturgis area.
Even non-bikers can appreciate the spectacle of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, held every August. It's been known to bring 750,000-plus people to Sturgis, a town of just over 6,600 in the Black Hills.
Sturgis is notable as the location of one of the largest annual motorcycle events in the world: the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which lasts for 10 days beginning on the first Friday of August. It attracts large numbers of motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world. Sturgis is also noted for hosting WCW's Hog Wild/Road Wild events from 1996 to 1999.
The Sturgis Buffalo Chip Campground, located outside of Sturgis, SD, began in 1981 [6] [7] as a campground for bikers attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. In the early years motorcyclists roughed it in tents in little more than a pasture, however over the years the Buffalo Chip Campground improved infrastructure by installing electricity, drilling wells, laying asphalt, and erecting flush ...
It was open from late March/early April until mid-November (weather permitting), and was busiest during the annual week-long Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Each year, the first full week of August marks the beginning of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, during which time, the Saloon could average 20,000 guests each night.