14th Annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America Highlights Medical Safety

On Tuesday, about 175 bikers gathered for the annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America event. This year the Kyle Petty Charity Ride will actually only cover 10 states from Michigan to Georgia. In the past the charity ride has gone from the California and Oregon Coasts all the way across America to Florida and North Carolina, with the exception of last year when the ride started in Maine and ended in Florida.
The annual ride, now a fund raiser for the Victory Junction Gang Camp, came into being in honor of Adam Petty who was killed in a racing accident in 2000. Adam was the grandchild and son of Richard and Kyle Petty. According to reports, the Petty’s first began leading the ride in 1995 when it was a fund raiser for children’s hospitals and research facilities along the ride route. Adam was killed one week after the 2000 ride. In 2002, the Petty’s opened the Victory Junction Gang Camp and the ride became one of its biggest fundraisers.
As reported elsewhere, the ride this year began on Tuesday in Michigan and will officially end in Savannah, Georgia on Sunday morning. The ride first began with mostly Harley Davidson Motorcycle riders but has since accepted Honda, BMW, Victory and Kawasaki motorcycles.
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