Sturgis Rally Daily

Automotive icon Jessi Combs died Tuesday while attempting to beat her own land speed record, according to a variety of online news reports.

Rapid City's Jessi Combs dies in crash of jet car Automotive icon Jessi Combs of Rapid City died Tuesday while attempting to beat her own land speed record, according to a variety of online news reports. Her 52,000 horsepower jet-powered

Charlie St. Clair, 69, has visited the Sturgis motorcycle rally most every year since 1976. Last week, during a daily news conference for reporters, he offered his views of the rally from the outside looking in.

Laconia Motorcycle Week director chimes in on Sturgis rally STURGIS | Charlie St. Clair has seen a motorcycle rally or two.

ICYMI: American Motorcyclist Association’s American Flat Track Series at the Buffalo Chip Campground during this year's Sturgis motorcycle rally.

PHOTOS: Tourist Trophy racers rally despite rain Sunday marked the third appearance of the American Motorcyclist Association’s American Flat Track Series at the Buffalo Chip Campground.

Overall, 499,654 vehicles entered Sturgis at nine different locations from Aug. 2 to Aug. 11, which compares to 505,969 over 10 days last year, the DOT said in a news release Wednesday.

Sturgis motorcycle rally traffic count down compared to 2018, state says The final traffic count for the 79th annual Sturgis motorcycle rally was down 1.2 percent from 2018, according to the state Department of Transportation.