Rally in the Valley
Rally in the Valley is scheduled for August 27-29, 2010 at Bradner Stadium.
The Bikes are back in town! The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce, JAYBRAKE, and the Greater Olean Motorcycle Enthusiasts will be hosting the Eighth Annual Rally in the Valley August 27-29 (held rain or shine) in Olean all at one location - Bradner Stadium, 550 East State Street, Olean. The three-day event is a motorcycle rally with the proceeds from the event benefiting a host of community charities. Rally in the Valley was introduced to the area by local business leaders who saw what other communities have done with similar events. They knew the event would draw many people from outside the area. Since 2003, the event has grown: in terms of number of days held (2-3); number of dice run participants (149 - 863); number of contests (3-7); and spectators (2,500 - 8,330).
FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT - Friday, August 27, the Rally will kick off the weekend with a MOTORCYCLE PARADE from the Olean Middle School to Bradner Stadium at 6 PM. A free concert will feature regional band, Steel Reign, from 7-10 PM. The Rally will also present the third annual BYOBW-- Bring your own Big Wheel Adult Race! The event runs until 11 PM.
CERTO BROTHERS SATURDAY FUN & GAMES - On Saturday, August 28, the stadium will be turned into a street festival with a variety of activities, including bike contests, bands, foods, and vendors. The event runs 11 AM - 11 PM. Come join us as a spectator or event better - a participant. Test your motorcycling skills and balance at the Biker Rodeo. Compete for a chance to win cash prizes. The bike contests include slow ride (tests a rider's balance at a very slow speed in lanes 3 feet wide and 50 ft. long), ball drop (passenger tries to place tennis balls on the top of the cones), tire toss (passenger tosses bicycle tires on top of these cones), and hot dog (the passenger attempts to bite off a dangling hot dog covered in mustard). Enter your rides in the annual bike show. Show them off, let everyone enjoy them. Then let our judges make the tough decisions of who has the best bikes at this year’s rally. We’ll be proudly presenting awards in 9 different categories.
The musical entertainment on Saturday includes the Jokers Wild, 4:30 - 7:30 PM and The Strangers from 8 - 11 PM. Food is plentiful all weekend! Food vendors will have something for everyone. Menu items include sandwiches, pizza, fried dough, Texas hots, tacos, milkshakes, nachoes, biker burgers, roasted corn, and more. Retail vendors will have motorcycle accessories, clothing, sunglasses, leather wear, motorcycles, even a truck/trailer to haul your motorcycle! Saturday will also mark the return of the trick riders who use their bikes to climb over obstacles like cars, tree logs, and fly over people!
SUNDAY DICE RUN - Sunday, August 29, the bikes will take to the run and complete an approximate 110-mile Dice Run ending at Bradner Stadium in Olean with a food, music, prizes and more. The bikers will compete for $2,000 in dice run cash prizes. Rally has lined up the band Fat Brat to entertain from 3 - 6 PM.
Tickets are available for a chance to win a 2010 Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide, black with flames. After a year's absence, the wide glide returns to the 2010 H-D lineup as one of four newer revised models introduced in the standard 2010 production line. The 2010 Dyna Wide Glide looks smoking' hot in its vivid black with flames color combo. The pulse of the Wide Glide is provided by a 1584cc, air-cooled Twin Cam 96 engine. Tommy Gun 2-1-2 exhausts replace the dual staggered shorty pipes of old and emit note at speed.
Tickets are available for a chance to win the Dyna Wide Glide and second prize of a Krish Enclosed Two Bike Trailer. The tickets are $20 with a limit of 2,000 tickets to be sold. The drawing will be announced on Sunday, August 29. The motorcycle was partially sponsored by Larry's Sport Center, Galeton, PA. Tickets are available to purchase before the event at the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce, Poor Cow Leather, at the Taste of Olean and Gus Macker, various Rally committee members and during the Rally event.
Sponsors for the Rally include Jaybrake, WPIG-FM, and Certo Brothers. For more information on the Annual Rally in the Valley, call Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce at 716-372-4433 or email tourism@oleanny.com.
2/17/10
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