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The Daytona Beach Bike Week rally started as the Daytona 200 race on January 24, 1937. This first race was a 3.2 miles (5.1 km) beach and pavement course. It was won by Ed Kretz from California riding an Indian motorcycle with an average speed of 73.34 mph (118.03 km/h).
Biketoberfest is an annual motorcycle rally held in the fall in Daytona Beach, Florida since 1991 [3] or 1992. In 1992 it was known as "Daytona Fall Tour"; in 1993, it started to be called Biketoberfest, [4] [5] and is now known as the "little brother" of the spring Daytona Beach Bike Week event. [6]
The Daytona 200 is an annual motorcycle road racing competition held in early spring at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [1] The 200-mile (320 km) race was founded in 1937 when it was sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). [ 2 ]
In 1999, France founded the Grand American Road Racing Association, a sanctioning body for various forms of road racing in North America, finally the governing entity for five series, including the Rolex Sports Car Series, the successor to the United States Road Racing Championship and the sponsor of the 24 Hours of Daytona; the Koni Challenge Series, a two-class touring car league; and the ...
J&P Cycles was founded by John Parham in 1979. The company operated retail stores in Ormond Beach, Florida, in the Daytona area, Sturgis, South Dakota, and Anamosa, Iowa, where the company was originally founded as a small motorcycle shop.
Cook Neilson (born August 24, 1943) is an American former journalist and motorcycle racer known widely for his win on a Ducati 750SS at the Daytona International Speedway in 1977. He graduated from Princeton in the mid-1960s, [ 1 ] was hired as associate editor of Cycle in September 1967; promoted to editor in 1969, and is credited for making ...
After the White House, the Obamas moved to an 8,200-square-foot mansion in Washington, DC. Donald Trump flew to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida instead of attending Joe Biden's inauguration.
Orlando, Florida, US Has chapters in various parts of the United States in addition to Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany. Wheels of Soul: 1967 Philadelphia, US A predominantly black (but multiracial) one-percenter club. [190] [191] Zulus: 1969 Akron, Ohio, US Known for being one of the first Afro-American 1%er clubs in the United States.