STURGIS, S.D. — They say all issues should come to an finish, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally isn’t immune.
Although the rally ends Sunday, the City of Sturgis held its closing ceremonies on Saturday at Rally Point.
The ceremony for the 82nd Sturgis Rally started with a speech from Sturgis Mayor Mark Carstensen, who thanked the sponsors and rally-goers for his or her assist of the occasion.
To give the rally the right sendoff, Stuntman Cole Freeman jumped Main Street Sturgis on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. It’s the third yr, Freeman says, that he’s hoping to hold on the legend of daredevil Evil Knievel.
“What a solution to finish it, you realize? I’m the one man on this planet to leap a bike over Main Street Sturgis,” Freeman mentioned. “It’s my third time doing it. It’s a terrific privilege to have it. I wish to hold doing it. I feel it’s an effective way to finish the rally and let’s simply hold doing it that method.”
Following Freeman’s soar, the town additionally unveiled the emblem for subsequent yr’s rally.