American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 250 May 2020 | Page 18

SHOW Vance & Hines will Kick Off Delayed
ZONE 2020 Racing Season with Talented
2020
Mama Tried Postponed
Custom Show Emirates Cancelled
Toronto International Spring
MC Show Cancelled
Billsport Performance &
Custom Show Cancelled
Vive La Moto Cancelled
Laughlin River Run Cancelled
OG Moto Show Postponed
H-D Euro Festival Cancelled
Vision Moto Project Postponed
Moscow Custom & Tuning Show
Postponed from April
Moscow, Russia • May 9-11
Biker Fest Postponed
Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este
Cancelled
Bike Shed Postponed to 2021
FH-DCE Super Rally Cancelled
Euro Bike Fest
Pasohlavky, Czech Republic
• May 28-31
Gerardmer Motordays Cancelled
Isle of Man TT Cancelled
Street Vibrations Spring Rally
Sparks, NV, USA • Jun 5-7
Custom Bike Show
Norrtälje, Sweden • Jun 6
Wheels & Waves
Biarritz, France • June 10-14
Magic-Bike-Rally
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
• June 11-14
Republic of Texas
Austin, TX, USA • June 11-14
Laconia Motorcycle Week
Laconia, NH, USA • June 13-21
European H.O.G. Rally
Portoroz, Slovenia • June 18-21
Hamburg Harley Days
Hamburg, Germany • June 26-28
Punta Bagna Valloire
Valloire, France • June 26-28
Born Free
Silverado, CA, USA • June 27-28
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Colorado, USA • June 28
Prague Harley Days
Prague, Czech Republic • July 3-4
American Tours Festival
Tours, France • July 3-5
Myrtle Beach Bike Week
Postponed from May
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA • July 13-19
Custombike Summer Days
Mannheim, Germany • July 17-19
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Riders, Updated Equipment
With over 40 years of racing
success behind them, Vance &
Hines' partnership with Harley-
Davidson's Screamin' Eagle
Racing will put both brands on
the dirt tracks and drag race
strips when the race seasons
are finally able to get fully
underway - operating Harley's
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle and
American Flat Track (AFT) racing
teams.
When they do get underway,
they will be fielding what they
describe as the "most talented
motorcycle drag racers and flat
track rider line-ups ever.
Amassing hundreds of wins and
numerous championships during
their careers, these riders are
poised to add more hardware to
the Harley-Davidson and Vance
& Hines trophy case.
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle
2019 Champion Andrew Hines
and veteran riders Eddie
Krawiec and Angelle Sampey
have 145 race wins and nine
championships to brag about
between them, with Sampey's
42 race wins the most ever for a
female NHRA rider or driver.
The team's V-twin-powered Pro
Stock Harley-Davidson
motorcycles have bodywork
based on Harley's successful
FXDR model. The cosmetics of
the trio of bikes are updated for
2020 and Sampey gets a new
specification frame, built
specifically for her.
"We used the off-season to
make significant refinements to
our whole racing package," said
Krawiec. "We expect to be much
more consistent this year and
are excited about bringing
home another championship."
In the AFT series team Harley-
Davidson for SuperTwins, the
premier class of American Flat
Track (AFT) racing, will be a mix
of young guns and a seasoned
veteran.
Bryan Smith, known for his skill
on mile tracks, joins the team
intending to take back the
Number One plate he earned
with his championship in 2016.
He retains long-time crew chief
Ricky Howerton, who has also
made the move to Harley-
Davidson. Smith joins Jarod
Vanderkooi, a former AFT
Singles champion, and Dalton
Gauthier, the youngest member
of the team. Gauthier is the first
rider to put a Harley-Davidson
XG750R on top of an AFT
podium with his 2019 race win
in the Production Twins class in
Springfield, IL.
"We've learned so much about
the capabilities of the XG750R
in the past three years, and we
know these are our fastest
bikes ever," said Terry Vance, co-
founder of Vance & Hines. "We
will be a contender in every
race of the series."
Sturgis Museum Hall of Fame -
Class of 2020
This year's list of Sturgis Museum Hall
of Fame inductees includes parts,
accessory and performance industry
legends such as Allen Alvarez, Dave
Mackie and Skeeter Todd and
legendary custom bike builders such as
Arlin Fatland and Don Hotop (Arlen
Ness Lifetime Achievement Award).
There is recognition too for those who
have dedicated themselves to
"keeping the flame alive" in the face
of the challenges that Rider's Rights
are always facing, with this year's
Freedom Fighters award going to
Wayne and Susan Lettau of the local
Sturgis ABATE chapter.
Hugely liked and respected former
custom bike shop owner and builder
Micah McCloskey (California) is
recognized, along with Vicki "Spitfire"
Sanfelipo, a registered nurse and
motorcycle trauma response and
accident scene management expert,
and Jody Perewitz – unless I am
mistaken, making this a first father and
daughter to both be inducted.
sturgismuseum.com/hof
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