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 help of the occasion.
To give the rally the correct sendoff, Stuntman Cole Freeman jumped Main Street Sturgis on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. It’s the third 12 months, Freeman says, that he’s hoping to hold on the legend of daredevil Evil Knievel.
“What a solution to finish it, you recognize? I’m the one man on the planet to leap a bike over Main Street Sturgis,” Freeman stated. “It’s my third time doing it. It’s an excellent privilege to have it. I need to preserve doing it. I feel it’s a good way to finish the rally and let’s simply preserve doing it that method.”
Following Freeman’s bounce, town additionally unveiled the brand for subsequent 12 months’s rally.