Harley-Davidson Adds Hillclimb to 115th Anniversary Festivities
Harley-Davidson celebration will encompass five neighborhoods in Milwaukee and is set for Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 29-Sept. 2.
Harley-Davidson is set to take grass-roots racing over the top with the addition of Hillclimb Motorcycle Racing to a slate of wide-open competition, moto-culture-centric activities, and street parties during the Harley-Davidson 115th Anniversary Celebration in Milwaukee August 29-September 2.
The Harley-Davidson 115th Anniversary Hillclimb, which will offer a taste of Harley-Davidson heritage while showcasing the heart-pumping excitement of today’s racing action, is scheduled for Sept. 1 at Little Switzerland, a 200-foot-high ski hill in Slinger, Wis.
“It will be rider and machine against gravity on a steep-and-gnarly course up the face of the ski hill,” says Harley-Davidson’s lead marketing rep Eric Jensen. “Hillclimb is one of the original forms of motorcycle competition and a big part of our history that’s celebrated by the Hill Climber statue at the Harley-Davidson Museum. This event is a natural fit for our anniversary weekend as we put motorcycle culture on full display.”
Other racing action scheduled for the anniversary weekend includes “Flat Out Friday” (Aug. 31), featuring bar-to-bar indoor flat-track racing on the concrete floor of Milwaukee’s Panther arena on an oval circuit soaked with sticky Dr. Pepper syrup. Also, “Run What You Brung Drag Racing” (Aug. 31) will put participants in head-to-head competition at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wis.
‘Hillclimb is one of the original forms of motorcycle competition and a big part of our history that’s celebrated by the Hill Climber statue at the Harley-Davidson Museum.’
The Harley-Davidson 115th Anniversary Celebration will encompass five neighborhoods throughout the Milwaukee area, and the Harley-Davidson Museum will be the epicenter of the activities. The Museum will host entertainment on two stages, motorcycle field games, a custom bike show, tattoo artists, food vendors, and more. Paid admission is required to enter the museum (but all H.O.G. members enjoy complimentary admission).
The Harley-Davidson 115th and H.O.G. 35th Anniversary Moto-Carnival at Veterans Park will celebrate 35 years of the Harley Owners Group and 115 years of Harley-Davidson with “Full Throttlefest,” a traveling version of the world-famous “Full Throttle Saloon” featuring a “Wall of Death” stunt showcase, highwire show, a bungee slingshot, helicopter rides,l and nightly concerts.
“Harley-Davidson, Full Throttle, and all of our Harley-Davidson riding brothers and sisters from around the world are a recipe for the best party on the planet for 2018,” says rocker Jesse James Dupree of the Full Throttle Saloon. “Harley-Davidson represents 115 years of American history and we are honored to be helping throw this amazing party on the Milwaukee lakefront.”
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