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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Bike Night roars into Rowena
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The weather has been pretty stormy the past couple of days, but did you hear that thunder last night east of Sioux Falls? It was super loud as a storm of motorcycles rolled into a local establishment. It's where bikers and bands join together to raise a few bucks. 'This is a kickstart of another summer,' owner Mitch Runge said. Last night was the first night of Bike Night, the annual fundraiser at the Red Rock Bar & Grill. It's now in its 11th year. Judge grants Mines student injunction against DHS 'When we started it, we thought we could get 35 to 50 bikes a week to come out we've been blessed to get 350 to 500 a week to come out,' Runge said. Bike Night is a fundraiser for the Children's Home Society, a non-profit shelter for kids who have been abused. It's a cause a lot of these bikers take to heart. 'Helping kids, local kids, kids who don't have a voice or have a choice is something we've always felt strong about and try to support,' Runge said. 'It's free to attend, you don't have to buy anything, you can bring a lawn chair and hang out ; check out the band,' emcee host Frank Anderson said. As part of the fundraiser, Red Rock is also selling raffle tickets for this new Indian motorcycle to be given away later this summer. Last year Bike Night raised $40 thousand dollars for the Children's Home Society and it hopes to do the same again this year if not more. 'These events that are going on on the fringes are essential to keep our funding where it needs to be to continue to provide the services that we do for the community,' Assistant Director of Development at the Children's Home Society Andrew Hewitt said. A cause that revs up a lot of money every summer for the Children's Home Society. 'So it's a great middle-of-the-week activity that doesn't take you too far outside of Sioux Falls and you can sleep in your own bed at night,' Anderson said. To learn more about Bike Night and a look at the lineup of bands that'll be playing this summer, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Automotive
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Starting the season with the Race Party Car Show
ROWENA, S.D. (KELO) — The dirt track racing season at Huset's Speedway in Brandon is scheduled to start one month from today on Mother's Day, May 11. It's was foggy morning on Friday of cleaning the outdoor coolers and sprucing up the grounds at Red Rock Bar & Grill in advance of Saturday's Race Party Car Show. 'It's a fun time to get the local racers together with their cars and everything before they get dirty and banged up on the race track,' Red Rock Bar & Grill owner Mitch Runge said. Student faces misdemeanor for leaving gun in car The afternoon event is expected to include dozens of local drivers and a variety of race cars. 'There'll be everything from go-karts and quads to 410 sprint cars,' Runge said. Runge says the event allows fans of all ages to get hands-on with the cars. 'Everybody can kind of hang out, enjoy them, and get up close and personal and touch them, kids can come and see them,' Runge said. 'One of the best things, the funnest things for me, is to have the little kids coming up and being able to shake their hands and have them sit in your car and you bounce them a little bit and let them do their thing inside the race car,' sprint car driver Jay Masur said. Masur has spent nearly five decades with the MED-Star Dirt Track rescue team. He's also a second-year sprint car driver and considers everyone at the track family. 'You get to go see your family there and you don't have to worry about them pushing you into the wall or anything else, by accident most of the time, but it's that time where you can talk and have fun about the things that happened last year that weren't so fun,' Masur said. 'I'm kind of the older guy out there now but it's still fun to drive,' sprint car driver John Lambertz said. Lambertz has been racing sprint cars for more than 30 years and says he changes up his car every season, adding an element of excitement to the race party. 'You bust your hump all winter long to get your cars done and you kind of get to show them off, all your hard work that you did on the off-season,' Lambertz said. A former driver himself, Runge is ready for opening night and the future of the sport. 'Local racing is strong,' Runge said. Drivers are encouraged to unload their cars at Red Rock Bar & Grill between 9 and 11 Saturday morning, with the party running from noon until 4 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
