The undisputed king of stunt men? Sure, cer-tain names might come to

mind at that phrase. But since yesterday, at 6:03 PM, the only name people are mention-ing is Doug Danger. Because that was the time on the clock when Danger jumped 22 cars aboard Evel Knievel’s XR-750 Harley-Davidson, a stunt Knievel once attempted but failed to complete.

The feat took place in the amphitheater at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip as part of the Evel Knievel Thrill Show. Dan-ger, who has been performing motorcycle jumps for decades, was inspired by Knievel when he was young and got to know him later in life. Danger regarded this stunt not as way to best his hero but as a favor, completing a task for a friend.

Danger is fully cognizant of the potential peril of his cho-sen profession and he’s real-istic; he knows firsthand the flip side of a successful jump. But he felt solid and confident

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going into this jump and it showed. He cleared the 22 cars with feet to spare and though he came down hard with a slight bobble, he recovered and stopped safely.

“Something like this only comes together due to teamwork, and I have a great team, he said. “The Chip’s team really stepped up, too. Every-one knows that the greatest things happen at the Chip.”

Doug’s wife, Maria, was visibly relieved once the jump was over. When a TV news reporter asked if she was proud of him today, she replied, “I was proud of him yesterday!”

Added the Daredevil, “I can’t believe I made that jump! I’m gonna be high for a year!”

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Today’s ITInerary• 11:00 am – Explore the Oddities of the Evel Knievel® Thrill Show: Evel’s authentic leathers, bikes, helmets and X-rays: only here, only now. Get the inspiration behind Doug Danger’s jump. • 1:30 pm – Down Some Dollar Dogs & Drafts: Head down to Woody’s Watering Hole in the amphitheater and enjoy one of the best food and drink bargains of the Rally.• 3:00 pm – Get an Appointment at Tattoo Café: Reserve a time to be inked up by some of the best artists in the industry. You can finally get that heart with “Mom” on it.

• 7:00 pm – Keep Your Appointment: Return to Tattoo Café and get inked!• 7:30 pm – Take a Rip Down the Zip Line: Get an extra rush while Sweet Cyanide rocks the main stage. • 8:30 pm –Ninety Non-Stop Minutes of Metal Mayhem with Skid Row: You are locked, cocked and ready to rock. • 10:30 pm – Be Blessed by Def Leppard’s Hallowed Sounds of Rock: Def Leppard is blasting out the Rock of Ages.

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World record

I’ve hit a few bumps on my bike over the years, but nothing compared to the competitors in the Nitro National Hill Climb; these guys are incredible. They shoot 250-horsepower bikes straight up a friggin’ cliff. I get queasy just looking over the edge from the top. Don Beers told me how ‘easy’ it is to shoot up the cliffs and fly over the top when you stroke the horses just right. Nope. Not me. I’ll watch as these real-world champions make it happen.

– Rod Woodruff, Buffalo Chip President

Staff pick • 4:30 PMNitro NatioNal Pro Hill climb

An elated Danger pumps his fist after his victory flight.

Danger stands before Evel Knievel’s recently restored Mack truck rig, Big Red.

The crowd cheers as Doug Danger cruises onto the ramp in an attempt to jump 22 cars Thursday.

Victory is sweet! Danger grins from ear to ear after completing his world record jump Thursday.

One of the hardest working people in motor-cycling, Photographer Michael Lichter has been recording our shared history for over 35 years.

SRD: Did you plan to be a photographer? Michael Lichter: I started photographing at 13

but had no intention of becoming a commercial photographer. I was shooting for myself and exhib-iting some when a housemate who was a writer saw my pictures of Cheyenne Frontier Days. He sent them to a magazine with his story and one of them ended up on the cover two weeks later. I thought, “Wow! This looks great, it feels good and I get a check!”

SRD: How did you first start riding?ML: I rode on friends’ mini bikes, the kind of

thing any kid would go nuts over. I remember being 14 and going to see the film Easy Rider. Later, my housemate had a 1947 Knuck chopper with a 24-over front end. It was light and fast and I just flipped when I rode it. So I bought a Honda 450, it was purple and I wish I had that bike now; I’d café it.

A little later I got a used Shovel at Frisco Chop-pers, a ‘71 FX that was mildly chopped. I rode it back from SF—and I still have it. Billy Lane redid it for me.

SRD: How’d you first get your gig with Easy Rider magazine?

ML: I met someone from Easy Rider at my first Sturgis in 1979. He told me to send some images but when they only printed 3 of the 10 I was insulted! So I didn’t send any more. When I saw them again they told me how lucky I was to have had the prior 3 printed. I was naïve and just didn’t know how it worked! So I sent more and within two months I had my first assignment.

SRD: Did you earn a living with regular assign-ments from ER?

ML: No! I did corporate commercial photog-raphy for years. My corporate clients didn’t know about my motorcycle work. One day some corpo-rate clients saw the shot of Puppy standing on his bike riding by Bear Butte and they built a campaign around it. That was the beginning of my commercial work in motorcycling until the business all melted together, and now I do nothing outside of motor-cycles.

SRD: What would you tell someone who wants to be a motorcycle photographer?

ML: It’s not a way to make a living. You have to love it for yourself and want to spend your time this way, because you’ll work way too many hours and

you won’t get paid for them.

SRD: And yet you’ve made lifelong friends in motor-cycling.

ML: I turned 60 in July so more of my life has been involved with motorcycles than hasn’t. Many of the people I have photographed have become friends; I see them on a regular basis, we have time to talk when I’m shooting their bikes. And I’m pho-tographing something important that comes from their heart. I’ve shot more than 60 of Arlen Ness’s bikes. I’ve met as many characters as I‘ve taken pic-tures—and I’ve taken thousands.

SRD: So you know the legendary custom builders for sure. What about the next gen builders?

ML: They’re keeping custom bike building alive and it’s important for the industry to embrace these guys. What’s cool now is how the bad economy has opened up custom platforms, with Honda 450s and 750s coming back. These are the most exciting times ever for custom motorcycles.

SRD: The Motorcycles As Art exhibit held at the Buffalo Chip has become a hallmark event at the Stur-gis Rally. How did it begin?

ML: I had a show of my photos in Dublin in 1981 that was boycotted by the league of decency in Ireland! I took that as a feather in my cap! But I got disillusioned and stepped back from the art world. So in 2000 I had a show of my images at Apex Gal-lery in Rapid City with a few bikes as well. I loved the feel of it and had another show at the Journey Museum in 2001. The next year I added other artists and started naming the shows.

SRD: And this year’s show is Naked Truth?ML: Yes. The quality in this show is incredible; it’s

good enough for Museum of Modern Art’s design area!

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Each year the Buffalo Chip honors military per-sonnel for their courage, sacrifices and patriotism. Bob Hansen award recipients emulate the distinc-tive service of the award’s namesake, a man whose robust life could be described as a hinge of history. Past recipients include Senator John McCain, Colonel Steve Ritchie, newsman Bob Woodruff, Retired Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods and Former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty. Buffalo Chip President Rod Woodruff presented the awards to this year’s honorees on the main stage Thursday night to the following American heroes:

Tyler SouThernOn May 5, 2010, while serving under the 1st

Battalion 2nd Marines in Southern Afghanistan, Corporal Tyler Southern sustained severe injuries that left him a triple amputee. Through the heroic efforts of his squad members, he was transported to a field hospital and then to hospitals in Bagram, Landstuhl, Germany, and Bethesda, MD, where the staff brought him back from near death on many occasions. The miracle man married his high school sweetheart in July 2011.

Mary DaugeIn 2004, 19-year-old Mary Dauge enlisted in

the U.S. Army as an Explosive Ordinance Dis-posal Technician. She deployed on January 1, 2007 as a senior team member to Camp Liberty, Iraq. On November 4, 2007, after disarming an IED and removing most of the explosive hazard, Mary began packing it for transport when it deto-nated, removing both of her arms above the elbow. She was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star Medal for her actions while deployed to Iraq.

ThoMaS Drago DzieranBorn in a communist-ruled East European

country, Thomas Dzieran was jailed for two years

as a political prisoner. He immigrated to the U.S, became a U.S. citizen and joined the U.S. Navy in 1991. He served on SEAL Teams 2 & 4, was a SEAL instructor, a Naval Lead Breacher, and performed over 100 direct action missions in Iraq. He was awarded the Bronze Star with “V”, Navy Commen-dation Medal with “V” and Army Commendation Medal among others.

John r. rappJohn Rapp served three tours in Vietnam

from December 1964 to March 1969 in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a Red Eye Missile Operator, Combat Operator of all SEAL Support Craft, Insertions/Extraction/Fire Support and Leading Gunners Mate on all SEAL Missions from U.S. support craft.

Mike riTlanDMike Ritland served as a U.S. Navy SEAL in

Operation IRAQI Freedom and several special operations deployments. Ritland is the author of New York Times Best Selling books Trident K9 Warriors, Navy SEAL Dogs, and most recently, Team Dog. He is the founder of Trikos Interna-tional, a company that provides private protec-tion dogs. He is also the founder of The Warrior Dog Foundation, which serves the special oper-ation forces K9 community and their handlers.

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The CrossRoads exploded yesterday when the Rat’s Hole Bike Show came to town! Online regis-trations were far beyond expectations and ride-ins pushed display space outside the ropes.

When the dust settled the judges had managed to choose winners in every class but it was a daunt-ing task. Several said this was one of the toughest fought Rat’s Hole Shows they’d ever judged, the quality of the bikes was just so stellar.

And the winners are:Three Wheeler, Gene Bateman, Bridgeport, NE1cc to 1000cc, Brad Whitmer, Fallon, NVCafe Racer, Paul Cavallo, Rancho Cucamongo, CASportster Custom 1100, Brad Hall, Ashford, WASportster Radical, Shortsters, Wausa, NEMost Unusual, Vaughn Shafer, El Jebel, COFull Dresser & Touring, Gilliland Customs, Jackson, OHRat Class, Stan Luebbers, Erie, COAntique/Classic Restored, Mark Schmidt, Hanahan SC

Antique/Classic Unrestored, Dave Chappell, Las Vegas, NVBobber, Aron Wilson, Elk CityOver 1000cc Stock, Frank Fedler, San Antonio, TXOver 1000cc Custom, Bryan Freytag, Farmington, NM

Over 1000cc Radical, Christian Rivard, Trois Rivteres, Quebec Over 1000cc Super Radical, Gordon Tronson, Henderson, NVBlack Hills Bagger Showdown, Oscar, Powerhouse Customs, Houston, TXBest of Show, Paul Cavallo

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Budweiser Roadhouse6:30, 8 & 10 P.M. ..................... Colossal Boss

Kinison Stage4 P.M. .........................................Captain Jack5 P.M. ............................Pickle Lickin’ Contest6 P.M. ..................................................... Mms10 P.M. ........... Sturgis Rider Rhythm RockersMidnight .................... Illumination Fire Troupe12:15 A.M. ........................................... Nicnos

Hoyt Axton Stage1:30 P.M. ................................... Biker Games2:30 P.M. ........................... Iron Cowgirl Missy4 P.M. ........................................ Biker Games5 P.M. ................................ Reformed Whores5:30 P.M. ...................................Biker Contest6:30 P.M. ............................... Jimmy BratcherMidnight .................Midnight Endurance RideMidnight .........................................Swampfox

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Dave Manzer can’t contain his excitement over the new initiative he and fellow NRA field rep Clay Pederson have begun with the Sturgis Buf-falo Chip. But before we tell you about that, Dave insists that some background is in order.

The NRA, he explains, has three parts: First, the NRA is a shooting club. Then there’s the NRA Foundation, a 501 (c)3 that supports the shooting sports through the Friends of the NRA program. This branch funds 4-H groups and buys ammo and targets to educate and train about the proper use of firearms. “We’re very good at that,” said Manzer. “Last year nationwide we spent over $30 Million on the shooting sports through local out-reach. We fund things on the national level too, but few people know this.”

The third part of the NRA is the Institute of Legislative Action (ILA), the political wing of the organization. Added Manzer, “The ILA wing is what everybody knows and we haven’t been so good about making money for that.”

So Manzer and Pederson got together to brain-storm about that and what resulted was the Defend America campaign, an initiative that brought the NRA to the Chip CrossRoads during the Sturgis 75th. “We want to send the message that the NRA is certainly more than politics but it’s important and we have some major battles to fight that apply to the second amendment,” said Manzer “The NRA has always been a one issue organization and we will never waver from that. We are about the second amendment.”

Manzer and Pederson believe they can reach like-minded people in the biking community, people who appreciate their freedoms, who exer-cise them, and who are independent free think-ers.

The one challenge with that group of people, according to Manzer, is they tend to be loners. “Like hunters, bikers like to go off by themselves. That’s why many people ride! And that makes them harder to connect with,” he said.

So you’ll find the NRA set up at the Buf-falo Chip CrossRoads, signing up new mem-bers, accepting donations and talking about their “Pledge to forever defend America campaign.” The campaign allows concerned individuals to pledge either $2500 or $7500 to the NRA ILA and receive one of two different custom engraved handguns.

Manzer and Pederson are also making people in the region aware of their further collaboration with the Buffalo Chip: a hosted dinner and fund-raising gala is planned for Saturday, September 12 at the Chip to further promote the Defend Amer-ica campaign and engage local leaders to partic-ipate. Interested? Contact Dave Manzer at 307-746-2520, dmanzer@NRAHQ.org.

SturgiS rider dailyContributorsChris Yushta, Jordan Axtman, Christine Paige Diers, Paul Mitchell, Aaron Packard, Jessica Nelson, Brad Schneck, Manny Pandya, Mary Panerio, Kurt Shaw, Jeff Smith, Marilyn Stemp, Max O’Connell, Deb Holland, Nathan Ellenbecker, Sean Ryan. Other material contributed by staff of the Rapid City Journal.

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The Buffalo Chip’s ubiquitous Rod “Woody” Woodruff loves to meet campers. He roams far and wide at the Chip, so keep your eyes peeled for his smiling face and say hello. And if you want to win classic Chip merch, also look for Woody in the pages of the Sturgis Rider Daily. Each day there’s a different Woody caricature hidden in a photo of an event or location he especially recommends. The first three campers or visitors who report their find to the Chamber of Commerce/Rally Info Cen-ter at the Chip Crossroads win a prize. And don’t forget to take note of where Woody is hiding out, because that’s definitely the place to be.

Where’S Woody?

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Tyin’ the Knot at the Rally

If the romantic spirit shakes your world while you’re enjoying a biker vacation in the Black Hills, there’s help available to make it official and tie the knot. Casual attire and informality are the order of the day but that doesn’t mean a few traditions can’t be included. Besides, in the case of a biker wedding at the Rally, empty beer cans are plentiful.

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The Best Party Anywhere™ got a whole lot better last night for Cary Nun-nelly when his name was announced as the winner of the 2015 Sturgis Rider Sweepstakes.

Nunnelly rides away on a 2015 cus-tom Victory Gunner produced and promoted by the Buffalo Chip in cooperation with Victory Motorcycles, Arlen Ness Motorcycles, Epiphone and Amsoil.

The stunning black and gold Gunner was customized by Cory Ness employing one-off black Beveled wheels, match-ing pulley and rotors, plus cam, ignition and derby covers. A dozen or more carefully selected accessories were pulled from the Ness catalog to grace the Gunner.

The bike is embellished with multiple layers of sparkling gold, gilt anodizing and the Buffalo Chip’s 75th anniversary logo, making it an instant collector’s item. The sleek-cruising Gunner sports a Freedom 106 power plant that produces 110 ft. pounds of torque; and a dry weight of 649 pounds.

And as if that’s not enough, the motorcycle is accompanied by a paint-matched Epiphone Sheraton II guitar. Congrats, Cary! You are one lucky dude!

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International Bikini Team

Learn more about the beautiful and hard working ladies of the International Bikini Team in tomorrow’s edition of the Sturgis Rider Daily. They travel to events all over the country but say that the Sturgis Rally is their favorite.

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Honoring everyday HeroeSevery rider every veteran

In only its second year, the Freedom Celebration Ride has secured a foothold in the Sturgis Rally tradition. It brings together the spirits of camaraderie, empathy, appreciation and respect for a day like no other and it spills into the existing Freedom Celebration that’s been in place at the Buffalo Chip for 24 years now.

The ride was established to honor veterans and raise funds for organizations benefitting wounded vets and their families. Freedom Riders gathered in Spearfish yesterday morning then rode the Hills, ending at the CrossRoads just in time to finish off the Human Eagle performance art montage, a singular one-time happening.

Once inside the Chip amphitheater, riders witnessed heroes in the flesh as five honorees received Bob Hansen Distinguished Ser-vice Awards. Inspiration and emotion were thick in the air.

The pictures tell the story better than words ever could. Your own experience determines how it resonates from here.

No matter what the language, the name “Sturgis” needs no transla-tion.

“Sturgis is legendary for motor-cycles,” said German Ramirez, of

Mexico City.Ramirez and his friends, Gabriel Sanchez and

Elias Gasca, all members of a Mexican motorcy-cle club, have logged 7,456 miles on their trek to Sturgis for the 75th holding of the annual motor-cycle rally.

The three stood in line at the Sturgis Commu-nity Center Thursday, ready to order custom Har-ley-Davidson T-shirts to commemorate their week at the rally.

The trio is part of a growing contingent of bik-ers and curious tourists from across the world who make the long and sometimes arduous journey to South Dakota for the rally and a taste of Amer-icana they can’t get anywhere else. This year in Sturgis, the presence of foreign visitors seems more prevalent than ever.

They spend thousands in air travel costs and to have their cycles shipped here. But like rally patrons of any nationality, they all want to feel a part of the unique culture that surrounds the Sturgis rally.

“Sturgis,” says Roman Iglin, of Belgorod, Rus-sia, “is know around the world.”

Although his English may be a bit broken, Iglin’s knowledge of motorcycling is top notch. He is the chairman of the Federation of Motorcycling Biketourism of Belgorod Region in Russia, near the Ukranian border.

He’s traveling with his brother, Evgeny Kapus-tin, head of the International Center of Education and Cooperation of Belgorod State Technological University.

They began an around-the-world motocross in June, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Their bikes were shipped to Los Angeles and they took a little side trip to Stur-gis before they head south to Mexico and South America.

“My English not good,” Kapustin said. But he was able to muster this: “Sturgis. Good rides.”

The total length of the brothers’ route is about 28,000 miles. They will visit 30 countries before they are finished.

The Sturgis Rally Department does no direct marketing to the international audience outside of social media, said rally director Brenda Vasknetz.

“We can reach the entire world that way,” she said. “Facebook is our largest international mar-keting tool.”

The Sturgis motorcycle rally Facebook page has about 200,000 followers with about 3,500 new page “likes” just this week.

While most foreign visitors have mainly posi-tive things to say about Sturgis and the rally, a Norwegian visitor pointed out one drawback.

The only complaint Venche Runde has of her first trip to the United States has nothing to do with traffic or motorcycles.

“The hotel breakfasts are absolutely terrible,” said Runde, whose home country and European neighbors are known for hotels that serve hearty breakfasts with varied sausages and baked goods.

The international rider, from Haugesund, Nor-way, is touring Sturgis with a group of 26 other Europeans as a part of the Harley Owners Group motorcycle club. The caravan has seven riders from Denmark and two from Sweden. The other 17 rid-ers are from Norway.

The group flew into Denver International Air-port last week and all rented motorcycles from a Harley-Davidson store in Denver. They have been touring the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone

National Park and Montana before diving into the Black Hills on Thursday. The trip will cost each rider about $7,000, a price Runde said has been well worth it.

“We have always heard about the Sturgis rally for years and years and years,” Runde said. “We’ve always heard Sturgis is the ultimate biker destina-tion, and we certainly see it this year.”

Runde said the motorcycle culture in Norway is a bit more tame than in the United States. She said her home country doesn’t have the historical connection to gang violence or outlaw behavior as it does in the U.S.

And despite the increased traffic in the Black Hills from the Sturgis rally, Runde said her group isn’t phased.

“The people and the traffic in the United States and even Sturgis are much more efficient and much more faster than in Norway,” Runde said. “We have a population of 5 million people. Hello, we’re used to this.”

Jem Symmonds and his son, Shaun, of Shrop-shire, England, flew from London to Chicago then to Rapid City to attend this year’s anniversary rally.

And Sturgis hasn’t disappointed.“I absolutely love it here,” Jem Symmonds said.

“The atmosphere is fantastic. The local area is beautiful, and the people are friendly.”

But the strong American dollar has weakened their purchasing power. On Thursday, a British Pound was worth $1.55 American, when it was worth well over $2 just a few years ago.

Symmonds also had another motive for attending the rally. He’s interested in buying used Harley-Davidson motorcycles and shipping them back to England to sell. He said he found about four or five this trip, but wants to buy 25 bikes next summer and begin shipping them on a more regular basis.

Symmonds’ friend, Ian “Big E” Doignie, said he’s heard of Sturgis for years and always wanted to come.

“I don’t think you’ve really been to a motorcycle rally until you’ve been to Sturgis,” he said.

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Ian “Big E” Doignie, of Shropshire, United Kingdom, sits on a Harley-Davidson while looking at motorcycles Thursday afternoon during the 75th Sturgis motorcycle rally. Doignie, whose first time is in the United States, travelled to the rally with two friends saying it has been a great trip and was everything he expected.

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Take a break at the beach

The last weekend of the Sturgis 75th is here and you’ve partied hard. Treat yourself to a little R&R at Bikini Beach to check email and recharge for the wrap-up. It’s easy on the eyes and good for the soul.

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The CrossRoads buzzed with an undercurrent of excitement yesterday afternoon. The Rat’s Hole Bike Show was well underway when a parade of bikes arrived completing the Freedom Celebra-tion Ride.

And those bikes didn’t head to a parking lot, no sir! They headed for the Chip’s Field of Fags where artist John Quigley had earlier placed a parking grid in preparation for the Eagle 75 Human Eagle photo montage.

Freedom Riders cheered and high-fived amid the revving of engines and exhaust noise until finally every motorcycle and every person was in place. That’s when Quigley took to the skies in the Husker’s helicopter to photograph the happening.

With flags flying and energy high, the spirit was palpable and defies description. You had to be there to feel it for yourself.

This singular event was presented by Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, the Chip, and SpectralQ to celebrate the Sturgis 75th, recognize the freedoms we enjoy in America, and honor the active mili-tary and veterans who keep them secure.

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When you gather hundreds of thousands of people in one small town, it’s a given that the local infrastructure will be taxed beyond capability. An example? Sturgis, South Dakota during the 75th anniversary rally, of course. But staying connected has become a necessity in the 21st Century so what to do?

Fortunately for campers at the Buffalo Chip, West River Television Company offers no worries WiFi with brand new state-of-the-art RallyLink service. Similar to some hotels, when you open your device—laptop, tablet or phone—it searches for available networks. When “RallyWiFi4U”

pops up click on it, choose your plan and enter your credit card number. Done!

Reed Metzger, general manager of West River says that this new, super strong service is state-of-the-art, with broad coverage that’s superior to any installation they’ve handled to date. Fiber-wired repeaters are placed every 300 feet throughout the Buffalo Chip, far exceeding most municipalities that only have hot spots of connectivity in select common areas. In fact, at this moment Buffalo Chip is the most comprehensively wired city, end to end, in the United States!

Metzger credits the partnerships his company

formed with Sisco who provided the hardware and CCI Systems, the company that designed the net-work. West River has spare equipment on site just in case and in the event of user technical difficul-ties, a staffed booth is located near the west box office till midweek. That’s reassuring!

West River offers daily or weekly plans and in terms of reliability the service has been engineered to exceed the number of users. Especially in cer-tain areas such as the Chip’s amphitheater, there’s enhanced capability in recognition of the con-centration of potential users there. That area fea-tures high-density wireless deployment focused on

specific antennas to create the best experience for users. No matter how many people are at the con-cert, you can still post to Instagram or Facebook knowing the network will support it.

The benefit of West River’s service compared to using data on your mobile plan is the one-time charge. Most mobile providers have a data cap and charge per gig. Your RallyLink plan also works for any two devices – that’s like a 50% discount if two people each use one device.

So don’t ruin your vacation at the Sturgis 75th with worries over connectedness. Get signed up early and forget it!

Stay connected at the chiP the most wired city in the u.S.a.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame inducted six new members and one Free-dom Fighter yesterday at the annual breakfast gala in Deadwood. In addition, Sturgis Chief of Police Jim Bush received the J.C. Pappy Hoel Outstand-ing Achievement Award for his 38 years of service to the city and the rally.

The six new Hall of Famers include: Top AMA racer Everett Brashear; Custom builder and fabri-

cator Sugar Bear; Harley-Davidson dealer and race team manager Don Tilley; builder Eddie Trotta; Eagle Rider’s Chris McIntyre; and builder John Shope. Attorney Richard Lester received Freedom Fighter recognition for his efforts in uniting and educating riders of their rights.

John Paul DeJoria, a member of the class of 2004, served as master of ceremonies for this com-pelling event that never fails to inspire.

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2015 HOF inducteeS HOnOred

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There’s no gray area in hill-climb racing. These purpose-built machines tackle the course in a take-no-prisoners clash: you either get up the hill or you don’t. Qualifying and one main hap-pened yesterday and there are two more racing mains tomorrow. So get over to the PSC and catch the action. It begins at 4:30, tickets are $20 at the gate.

450 Qualified 1.Carson Loyd 12.15 2.Bret Peterson 12.2 3.Max Simmons 12.3 4.Logan Sipala 12.5 5.Travis Whitlock 12.8 6.Austin Cardwell 12.9 7.Jordan Schmidt 13.1

8.Casey Curtin 13.16 9.Tyler Cardwell 13.26 10.Sean Cardwell 13.29

700 Final 1.Logan Cipala 11.2 2.Austin Cardwell 11.3 3.Jason Smith 11.7

4.Bret Peterson 11.8 5.Logan Mead 11.9 6.Travis Whitlock 12.0 7.Tyler Cardwell 12 .1 8.Austin Tyler 12.2 9.Max Simmons 12.4 10.Brandon Whitlock 12.5

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Race Results

The 2015 class of Inductees to the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame are: from left, Jim Bush, Donna Tilley (accepting for her father Don Tilley), Everett Brashear, Richard Lester, Eddie Trotta, John Shope and Sugar Bear. Not pictured: Chris McIntyre.

Chipster of the Day

Is this you? Watch this space each day in the Sturgis Rider Daily. If you see yourself, head to the Rally Info Center/Buffalo Chip Chamber of Commerce at the Crossroads and the nice people there will reward you with cool rally merch!

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Def Leppard is on track to have a new studio album out this fall. That’s fairly big news, consider-ing even when the band was at its commercial peak, four or five years

passed between 1983’s “Pyromania,” 1987’s “Hys-teria” and 1992’s “Adrenalize.”

What’s more notable, according to guitarist Phil Collen, is the new album may be the purest repre-sentation ever of the kind of sound and music Def Leppard wants to create.

“The great thing about this is we weren’t after a sound,” Collen said in a phone interview last month in advance of the band’s show at the Buf-falo Chip along with Skid Row and Sweet Cyanide tonight.

“So there’s a freedom in that that just allows you to be a true artist. It’s the first time we’ve ever done that, in the 30-odd years I’ve been in the band. Probably when the band first got together and was doing demos, that was a (true) representation.

“But after that, the fans want to hear a certain thing or management or the record company wants it to sound it a certain way. Then you set yourself, you use it as a brief. We’ve done that before. We’ve said this album should sound like this and this and that. For this one, we didn’t.”

Collen, in fact, said the band didn’t even realize it was making an album until the project was tak-ing shape. The five band members — singer Joe Elliott, Collen, guitarist Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick Savage and drummer Rick Allen — went into the studio in February 2014 thinking they might want to record a song — perhaps an EP — to have something new for the live show.

“I think we were just trying to come up with a

song. We should do something,” Collen said. “We were just playing each other ideas. Instead of put-ting them into a bracket or a box, we just did the songs that sounded most exciting to us straight off of the bat and all of a sudden everything kind of had a fresh kind of vigor about it.”

Two more recording sessions followed: one in May 2014 and a third session in January and Feb-ruary of this year. Now the album is getting some finishing touches and getting mixed on the road (using a mobile studio setup) as Def Leppard tours this summer.

Collen is fired up about Def Leppard’s latest work, saying it’s “the best thing we’ve done since ‘Hysteria.’”

That’s no small statement. That 1987 album, which was the follow-up to Def Leppard’s break-through release, the seven-times platinum 1983 album “Pyromania,” was a blockbuster. Boast-ing hits such as “Animal” and “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” sales of “Hysteria” eventually topped 15 million and pushed Def Leppard to the very top among rock acts at the time.

The group had one more huge hit with their next CD, “Adrenalize,” but then grunge became the big rock trend and this helped push Def Lep-pard and other ‘80s hard rock/metal acts out of the spotlight. While Def Leppard continued to turn out new CDs on a regular basis, its album sales declined. Nevertheless, the band has remained a popular live act.

In fact, Collen reports that the group has been drawing some of its biggest stateside crowds in years on this summer’s tour.

“There seems to be a lot of excitement about us, which is great,” he said.

The band even has guitarist Campbell back on tour. For a time it looked likely he would have to sit out the summer tour.

In June 2013, Campbell announced that he had Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He went through treat-ments and doctors advised him his cancer was in remission in July 2014. But in June, he found that his cancer had returned.

Campbell, though, is able to go through his lat-est treatment regimen on tour, and he rejoined Def Leppard a week into this summer’s tour. So far, Collen said, Campbell seems to be doing fine.

According to Collen, the current show features new video content and a set list that’s packed with hits, plus a couple of album tracks that haven’t been part of Def Leppard’s show for some time. The set, though, doesn’t include any of the new songs.

“We’re not going to play any of the new stuff until the record comes out,” he said.

In addition to his touring duties, Collen is also spending this summer helping get the word out about his new side group, Delta Deep. The band, which includes Collen, singer Debbi Blackwell-Cook, bassist Robert DeLeo (also of Stone Temple Pilots) and drummer Forrest Robinson, takes Col-len in a very different musical direction from the melodic hard rock of Def Leppard.

The group’s self-titled debut album was released in June, and it’s a powerhouse. It encompasses deep blues, hard rock, funk, soul and a bit of jazz, with Blackwell-Cook’s vocals a highlight over 11 songs, eight of which were written by Collen, his wife, Helen, and Blackwell-Cook.

“I’ve said this and other people have said this, it’s like Aretha Franklin singing over Led Zeppelin,” Collen said. “It really has got that vibe.”

talking with deF lePPard

From left, Vivian Campbell, Phil Collen, Rick Savage, Joe Elliott, and Rick Allen of Def Leppard. The band is on track to have a new album out this fall, and plays at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip tonight.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT POLICE

REPORTSBy Chuck Koro

Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys

Police reports can make or break your case. Never argue with the police officer at the scene of the accident, even if you think his investigation or his conclusions are off base. If your behavior is intimidating, argumentative or irrational, his judgement calls will most likely be tainted. Also, although you may think the officer’s

investigation is going against you, you may be dead wrong. Wait until the police report is finalized. If the final information is inaccurate, try to submit a supplemental report. This usually requires a visit to the police station. The best way to approach the officer on duty at the station is to be overly polite and low key. The old saying “you get more with honey than vinegar” holds true.If you are permitted to submit a written

supplemental report, do not accuse the responding police officer of misconduct or of providing inaccurate information. Just objectively state your version. An unfavorable police report isn’t necessarily the end of your case.If you aren’t allowed to supplement the

report, at least you can honestly state that you did attempt in good faith to try to submit your version and were refused.

Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys 1-800-4-BIKERS or visit russbrown.com. This article provides general information only and is not meant to be legal advice. Laws vary from state to state and can change. This article should not be relied upon as determinative of the actual law or legal ramifications of the reader’s actions or inaction. Independent counsel in the proper venue should be consulted to ensure your rights are protected.

Illustration by Anne Mitchell.

DAILY LEGAL TIP

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Styx made music industry headlines in the ‘70s and ‘80s with four consecutive multi-platinum albums. Rallygoers in the Chip amphitheater last night heard many of those once progressive now classic hits when the band delivered as ordered, their distinctive sound solidly in tact. As predicted, The Guess Who, at left, had the crowd singing along to almost every number on the set list when they took their turn on the Wolfman Jack stage. Every American Woman —and American man—caught the energy.

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