Sommer-Simmons to ride in Cannonball Run

From Andrea Burnett Public Relations

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Three-time Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee and author of the newly published book, The American Motorcycle Girls: 1900 – 1950, Cristine Sommer-Simmons has announced that she will be riding in the Motorcycle Cannonball Run next year.

Sommer-Simmons will be one of only two women riders in the cross-country endurance run of the century. The Motorcycle Cannonball Run is gathering momentum to launch a pack of riders on vintage motorcycles for an historic ride across America in September, 2010.

The brainchild of Lonnie Isam, Jr., promoter and owner of Jurassic Racing in Sturgis, SD, the Motorcycle Cannonball Run of 2010 requires that participants ride classic pre-1916 motorcycles such Pope, Sears, Flying Merkel, Excelsior, Henderson, Indian, Triumph, and Harley-Davidson’s Silent Grey Fellows.

Sommer-Simmons will start the 3,320-mile transcontinental ride on Sept. 10 on the east coast in Kitty Hawk, NC on her 1915 Harley-Davidson.

“This is the thrill of a lifetime,” she said. “It’s an honour to be a part of such a historic and monumental race, and even more exciting to be the only American woman registered for the event.”

For more information about the Motorcycle Cannonball Run, visit www.motorcyclecannonball.com.