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World-Famous
Celebrities to Attend 2019 Buffalo Chip® Charity Rides
A growing number of superstars are
slated to mix and mingle with riders at Buffalo Chip charity ride events this
August.
Sturgis,
SD (June 18, 2019) –
The list of world-famous celebrities supporting 2019 Sturgis Buffalo Chip
signature charity events is growing. Some of the most celebrated names in
racing, music and pop culture are scheduled to appear at the following events
in the Black Hills this August.
Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s Rusty Wallace
Charity Ride
Wednesday,
Aug. 7 - Rapid City Main Street Square to the Buffalo Chip
RustyWallaceRide.com
One of the world’s fastest superstars and America’s greatest racecar drivers, Rusty Wallace, will be leading the first-ever Rusty Wallace Charity Ride. Wallace is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, Winston Cup Champion, Motorsports Hall of Famer and a 55-time race winner. He is listed as one of the top five earners in NASCAR history with nearly $55 million in career earnings and ranked eighth best all-time career total victories.
One of the world’s fastest superstars and America’s greatest racecar drivers, Rusty Wallace, will be leading the first-ever Rusty Wallace Charity Ride. Wallace is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, Winston Cup Champion, Motorsports Hall of Famer and a 55-time race winner. He is listed as one of the top five earners in NASCAR history with nearly $55 million in career earnings and ranked eighth best all-time career total victories.
Those joining
the Rusty Wallace Ride include:
Celebrity
politician, former Vice-Presidential candidate and Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd. Sarah Palin was named as one of the ”Most Influential
People in the World” by the Smithsonian; named to Time Magazine’s “Top 100”; is
a four-time Best Selling Author, including NYT’s Top Seller “Going Rogue.”
NASCAR President
and Vice-Chairman Mike
Helton, is the first person outside the France family to take
over the day-to-day operations of NASCAR. He serves as a member of NASCAR’s
Board of Directors and is also a member of the company’s Executive Council.
Motocross and
NASCAR racer Clint Bowyer
has appeared on A&E’s “Duck Dynasty,” co-hosted episodes of “Diners,
Drive-ins, and Dives” and guest starred on “Inside NASCAR.”
Don “The
Snake” Prudhomme
outlasted 90 entries to win the prestigious Bakersfield Top Fuel & Gas
Championships in 1962 at age 20. He became the first drag racer to sweep the
NHRA Winternationals and Nationals and recorded four consecutive NHRA Winston
Funny Car championships (1975-78) to become the then-winningest nitro fuel
racer in NHRA history.
One of the best
off-road racing drivers ever, Walker
“The Legends” Evans sports
142 victories and 21 championship titles in short-course and desert racing
events.
Evan Evans was the
off-road racing legend heir-apparent when an accident left him paralyzed from
the chest down. He drove the Baja 1000 just three days out of the hospital
following the accident and has been at it ever since.
One of the most
recognized cars in NASCAR history, Rusty’s #2 car, “Midnight,” will be on display at
Rapid City’s Main Street Square.
The Legends Ride Presented by GEICO
Motorcycle
Monday,
Aug. 5 - Deadwood Main Street to the Buffalo Chip
LegendsRide.com
Those joining
the 2019 Legends Ride include:
American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality,
and actor Dee Snider will
serve as Honorary Ride
Caption of the 2019 Legends Ride. Snider
first rose to fame in the early 1980s as lead singer and songwriter of
the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He is one of the Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time.
The list of his movie and television appearances is long and impressive.
Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor Tom Berenger has appeared in some of this century’s greatest movies and television shows including “Platoon,” “Major League,” “Last of the Dogmen,” “Sniper,” Gettysburg,” “Eddie and Cruisers,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” and many more. One of his most recent movies, “American Dresser,” was partially filmed at the Buffalo Chip. Berenger will be joined by his wife, actress Laura Moretti Moore.
Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor Tom Berenger has appeared in some of this century’s greatest movies and television shows including “Platoon,” “Major League,” “Last of the Dogmen,” “Sniper,” Gettysburg,” “Eddie and Cruisers,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” and many more. One of his most recent movies, “American Dresser,” was partially filmed at the Buffalo Chip. Berenger will be joined by his wife, actress Laura Moretti Moore.
“Horny
Mike,” Shannon Aikau and Ryan Evans stars of History’s “Counting Cars” have been restoring and
customizing cars and bikes on the hit show for several years.
Tuesday,
Aug. 6 - The Lodge at Deadwood to the Buffalo Chip
BikerBelles.com
Those joining
the 2019 Biker Belles celebration include:
Special guest
moto-traveler and journalist Alisa Clickenger
has been riding all over the globe, accumulating more than 150,000 ADV miles in
the last decade. She has been featured in various mainstream and women’s
magazines as a woman pursuing a life of adventure and living outside the box.
Gloria
Struck was one the
earliest members of the Motor Maids Motorcycle Club, joining in 1946 at the age
of 21. She is a member of the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame.
Co-founder of Open road
Radio, Gina Woods
is an avid rider and promotes Accident Scene Management Training.
Cris Sommer Simmons was the co-founder of
Harley Women, the first magazine for women riders. She has been an active
promoter of motorcycling as an author, songwriter and columnist. She is a
member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and wife of Pat Simmons of the Doobie
Brothers.
Jessi
Combs is an American television personality and metal fabricator
who appeared from 2005 to 2009 on the Spike TV show Xtreme 4x4 which was a part
of the Powerblock. Combs was cast as a co-host of Xtreme 4x4, which she held
for four years.
Carey Hart’s Good Ride
Sunday, Aug. 4 - Sturgis Indian to
the Buffalo Chip
GoodRideRally.com
GoodRideRally.com
Those joining
Carey Hart’s 2019 Sturgis Good Ride include:
Carey Hart is a
former professional freestyle motocross competitor, motorcycle racer, off-road
truck racer. and custom bike builder. He is known for being the first
motorcyclist to perform a back flip on a 250cc motorcycle during a competition,
and for his company Hart & Huntington Tattoo & Clothing Company. He is
married to singer/songwriter P!nk.
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here:
Find high resolution photos of the Rusty
Wallace Ride here:
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here:
Find high resolution photos of the Carey Hart’s
Good Ride here:
About the Sturgis Buffalo Chip
The Sturgis Buffalo Chip® is the Largest Music Festival in
Motorcycling®. It is the world’s first and leading entertainment destination
for the motorcycle enthusiast, awarded AMA Track of the Year in 2016, American
Flat Track Event of the Year and South
Dakota Excellence in Tourism Innovation award winner in 2017. Since 1981, the
venue’s high-profile, nine-day festival, known as The Best Party Anywhere®,
remains one of the world’s most televised and longest running independent music
festivals. Located three miles east of Sturgis, SD on 600 creek-fed acres, it
offers six stages of entertainment, a swimming hole, bars, mouth-watering food,
showers, cabins, RVs, camping and more to visitors traveling from all corners
of the world. The Chip's concerts and races are free with camping. The
Motorcycles as Art exhibit curated
by Michael Lichter showcases the works of the world’s best bike builders.
Numerous bike and stunt shows and all shopping, live music and events at the
CrossRoads are free and open to the public. More
details are available at www.BuffaloChip.com.
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