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n late July, Evel Knievel’s hometown of Butte plays host to the world’s greatest celebration for the world’s greatest daredevil. Started in 2002, the three-day event draws thousands of visitors from all over the world to the Mining City’s Uptown during the fourth weekend in July. Spanky Spangler, Ryan Capes, Trigger Gumm and the Kaptain himself, Robbie Knievel, have all performed headline stunts for EK Days, not to mention dozens of dazzling feats attempted by some of the country's greatest stuntmen and daredevils. Before his death in 2007, Evel took the stage at the annual hoopla to welcome his fans, promote the event — of which he was very proud — and to thank all of the daring stuntmen who showed up to perform in honor of the festival’s namesake. This year’s festival will not disappoint fans who have come to expect the best, with featured guests including Butte’s own Keith Sayers, the king of freestyle motocross who leaves audiences in awe with his flying stunts. The cannon lady, Jennifer Schneider, is back this year after amazing performances last year, as well as the World Famous Wallenda Skywalk, Acrodunk and the Wall of Death. Radical Rob the Dyno Maniac joins the show this year, along with 50/50 BMX, Supermotocross, and Geoff Aaron’s extreme riding exhibition. There’s something for everyone at Evel Knievel Days in inviting Uptown Butte.
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July 16, 2012 WELCOME TO BUTTE, MONTANA! It is with great pleasure that I extend to you a warm welcome to Butte during Evel Knievel Days 2012. We are very excited that you have joined us for this festival, which honors one of America’s greatest daredevil icons, Butte’s own Evel Knievel. We hope that while you are in Butte you will find time to experience all that our community has to offer. We are very proud of our historical past with its wealth of mining, political, architectural, and labor history. Butte is more than 100 years old and represents a diverse ethnic background of over 50 nationalities. In addition to its significant history of industrialization and mining, Butte-Silver Bow is rapidly gaining national and international recognition as home to some of the most innovative environmental and high-tech firms. Butte is also home to Montana Tech, an educational institution that has a worldwide reputation for excellence. We sit between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, and access to thousands of acres of public lands and blue ribbon trout streams are only minutes away. We are well known for our friendliness, and our hospitality is second to none. I am confident that you are in for a real “Montana experience.” While you are here for this great event, I hope that you will be able to take in all that our community has to offer. If you miss something during this visit, I want to personally invite you back! Butte is often referred to as a community with a storied past, an exciting present, and a promising future. Enjoy your stay in our wonderful city – Butte, Montana – The Richest Hill on Earth. We are delighted that you are here, and we thank you for coming. As Evel would say, “Happy Landings.” Sincerely,
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Headliner Keith Sayers brings excitement eith Sayers is a native Montanan born and raised in Butte, the hometown of Evel Knievel. Sayers brings his freestyle show and acrobatic excitement to Uptown Butte for a crowd-pleasing event. Those riders coming to Butte this year include Taka Higashino the 2012 X-Games gold and silver medalist as well as the 2010 X-Games silver medalist. Also on the roster is Ted Culbertson a AFMXA champion; Nick Dunne, Kenny Bell and Billy Kohnut and Health Frisby, also an X-Games gold medalist. Sayers has been riding motorcycles for most of his life. He bought his first motorcycle at the age of 9 from his neighbor for $10 and from there it has been one epic ride for this hard-working Rocky Mountain kid. In 1995, at the age of 12, Keith started racing motocross which led him to three Montana state motocross championships. From there, Sayers put in the time to advance himself in racing but found that Montana was a difficult area to become noticed. Finding new inspiration in 1997, Sayers started performing freestyle motocross demos during race intermissions. It caught on quickly, and in 2002 at the Unleash the Freaks tour, Sayers was introduced to Steve Miller from SCS Racing. The following year, he did his first ever freestyle
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Evel Knievel Days schedule of events THURSDAY, JULY 26 11 a.m. — Family Fun Day until 4 p.m. (Park & Main). Noon — Festival Kickoff with Keith Sayers (Broadway & Arizona) Noon – 1 p.m. — Supermoto open practice registration Noon – 1 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 12:30 p.m. — The World Famous Wallenda Skywalk 1 p.m. — American Motordrome Wall of Death opens daily 1:30 p.m. — The Cannon Lady 2 p.m. — Sayers Production Freestyle Show 2:45 p.m. — 50/50 BMX 1 – 5 p.m. — Supermoto open practice (will shut down for FMX at 2:00) 3:30 p.m. — The World Famous Wallenda Skywalk 4 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 5:30 p.m. — The Cannon Lady 6 p.m. — 50/50 BMX 6:30 p.m. — The World Famous Wallenda Skywalk 7 p.m. — Sayers Production Freestyle Show 8 p.m. — Thursday Night Fights (Staack’s Motor Sports on Galena) 8 p.m. — Radical Rob the Dyno Maniac 8:30 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 8:15 p.m. — Geoff Aaron Extreme Trials 8:45 p.m. — Live Music with F.O.G. 10 p.m. — Live Music with Moneta
FRIDAY, JULY 27 11 a.m. — Noon Super Moto open practice registration Noon — World Famous Wallenda Skywalk One Wheel Revolution Noon to 5 p.m. — Supermoto open practice (will shutdown for FMX at 1:45) 12:30 p.m. — 50/50 BMX 1 p.m. — American Motordrome Wall of Death opens daily 1 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 1:30 p.m. Geoff Aaron Extreme Trials 1:45 p.m. — Sayers Production Freestyle Show 2:30 p.m. — The Cannon Lady 3 p.m. — Super Moto practice 3 p.m. — 50/50 BMX 3:30 p.m. — The World Famous Wallenda Skywalk 4:15 p.m. Geoff Aaron Extreme Trials 4:30 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 5 p.m. — Super Moto Team Race
5:15 p.m. — Parade Lineup (Get ready to cruise the loop) 6 p.m. — Cruise Evel Knievel Loop starting in Uptown Butte 6:15 p.m. — The World Famous Wallenda Skywalk 6:40 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 7:15 p.m. — The Cannon Lady 7:30 p.m. — Geoff Aaron Extreme Trials 7:45 p.m. — Radical Rob the Dyno Maniac 8 p.m. — 50/50 BMX 8 p.m. — Live Music with Shellshock Lullaby 9 p.m. — Sayers Production Freestyle Show 9 p.m. — Live Music with Miles Crossing 10 p.m. — Live Music with Tim Montana & His Shrednecks
SATURDAY, JULY 28 8 a.m. — Car & Bike Show & Shine (until 4 p.m.) 10 a.m. — EK Days Poker Run starting at Copper Canyon Harley Davidson 10 a.m. – Noon — Super Moto registration (closes at noon) Noon — Super Moto Practice (until 1:45 p.m.) Noon — The Cannon Lady 12:15 — American Motordrome Wall of Death opens 12:30 p.m. World Famous Wallenda Skywalk 12:30 p.m. — 50/50 BMX 1 p.m. — Geoff Aaron Extreme Trials 1:30 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 2 p.m. — Sayers Production Freestyle Show 2:30 p.m. — Super Moto Qualifiers (until 4:30 p.m.) 3 p.m. — 50/50 BMX 3:30 p.m. — Geoff Aaron Extreme Trials 4 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 4:30 p.m. — The Cannon Lady 4:45 p.m. — Super Moto Amateur & Pro Mains (until 6:45 P.M.) 5 p.m. — The World Famous Wallenda Skywalk 5 p.m. — 50/50 BMX 5:30 - 7 p.m. — Live music with Andre Skyy Reggae Music 5:50 p.m. — Geoff Aaron Extreme Trials 6 p.m. — Street Bike Freestyle 7:15 p.m. — Park Street Show 8 p.m. — Live Music with Triple Threat 8 p.m. — The World Famous Wallenda Skywalk 9 p.m. — Live Music with Ken Rich Band 9:45 p.m. — Evel Knievel Harley Davidson Giveaway (Raffle Drawing) 10 p.m. — Live Music with Guitar Jack
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Jennifer Schneider: Cannon Lady Sailing 150 feet through the air — after being shot from a cannon — is a thrilling sight to see in Uptown Butte. Returning this year to EK Days is Jennifer Schneider, The Cannon Lady. The act has been in her family since she was 15. Twenty years later, she has flown in front of thousands of people in more than 10 countries. Schneider is launched out of a 28-foot long cannon with a force of 9 g’s. The secret of the operation is just that, a secret that Schneider’s dad perfected. “The launch isn’t bad, but the landing in the net can be dangerous if it’s not accurate or the wind is blowing,” Schneider said. At the height of her trajectory, Schneider is about 150 feet off the ground, traveling about a half-block. The fun of the event is that the crowd can remain fairly closet to the cannon and net on Butte’s narrow streets. So the blast is “in your face” in a way. Not to be outdone, her husband, “Radical Rob” will also have an explosive show. “He puts himself in a box of explosives and, yes, blows himself up,” she said. The result is a huge fireball, and has not been seen in Butte before. The human cannon act began as early as the 1800s as a feature in circus acts everywhere. Jennifer’s father, David Smith, built his first cannon more than 20 years ago and his entire family has taken part in three similar acts like this one. Schneider and her husband, who mans the cannon, are currently in Rhode Island doing a show and will be driving to Butte to arrive just in time for Evel Days.
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A Butte, Montana, Welcome... On behalf of the Evel Knievel Days Organizing Committee, I would like to welcome you to Butte, The Richest Hill on Earth. Evel Knievel Days organizing committee is made up of a small group of dedicated volunteers that work diligently to make sure we have a fun, safe, and free event for everyone to enjoy. This year marks the 11th year of this annual event. It would not be possible without the support of our dedicated sponsors such as Summit Beverage, Town Pump, Zip Beverage, Gilman Construction, Butte Silver Bow TBID, and various departments of Butte-Silver Bow, just to name a few. If you would like to help see Evel Knievel Days continue into the future, we encourage you to make a drop in the bucket, purchase a raffle ticket to the custom painted Harley Davidson that we will be given away Saturday night, or even buying an Evel Knievel Days t-shirt as all proceeds go back into funding this event. For everyone enjoying the famous friendly hospitality of The Mining City for Evel Days, we hope that you have a wonderful time enjoying the many exciting events we have assembled for you. We hope that you will take the time to discover and enjoy the many historic and scenic attractions that make Butte unique from the rest of the world. We hope you will come back next year and bring your friends. Make it a safe and memorable weekend. Sincerely, Chad Harrington Evel Knievel Days Committee
Evel Knievel Days 2012 Committee Chad Harrington, executive director Mark James, president Jim Dick, vice president Gina Konen, secretary Jim Anderson, treasurer Jon Sesso Sean Johnson Scott Griner Pete Stelman Tim Norbeck Ronnie Kuchtyn Travis Birkenbuel Josh Peck
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Highwire act World famous Rick Wallenda to skywalk over Butte BY GERARD O’BRIEN of the Montana Standard
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n celebration of Nik Wallenda’s famous high wire walk across Niagara Falls, his second cousin, Rick Wallenda will walk across Uptown Butte from building top to building top for Evel Knievel Days. Rick is part of the Wallenda family that now has five separate troupes conducting high wire acts around the world. He’ll perform his high wire act three times a day throughout the Evel Knievel Days celebration, July 26-28 in Uptown Butte. All events are free. “My family knew Mr. Knievel very well,” Wallenda told The Standard from his Sarasota, Fla., offices. “I’ll be in Butte in two RICK WALLENDA is pictured above doing a skywalk weeks to see where the best place is to put the high wire up,” he said. “Depending on the weather, I’ll not only walk from rooftop to at King’s Island, Ohio. rooftop, but may stand on my head on the wire. No teather, no BELOW, WALLENDA stands on his head on the high net.” Wallenda, 39, said he’s been on a high wire ever since he could wire in this courtesy photo. remember. He turned professional at 13. “I don’t remember learning it, but we had high wires in our backyard as other people had swing sets.” His mother, Carla, is still doing high wire acts at age 76. The Wallendas have a long history with Butte daredevil Evel Knievel, as well. “We were there as a warm-up act for the (ill-fated) Snake River jump,” he said. “When Evel broke a world record jump at King’s Island outside of Cincinnati, my grandfather set a distance world record of 1,800 feet there,” he said. Likewise, Wallenda broke his grandfather’s record in 2008 with a distance of 2,000 feet just after Robbie “Kaptain” Knievel broke his dad’s record for a motorcycle jump at King’s Island. The troupe is well-known for its death-defying pyramid with the youngest girl in history to present the fabled chair balance. However, that won’t be on the card this time. Rick Wallenda, is eldest grandson of founders, Karl and Helen Wallenda. Wallenda has performed on three continents during his career, and on more than one occasion participated in a recreation of the gigantic seven-person-pyramid. As the patriarch, he leads this troupe to each destination as his grandfather once led the original group.
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upermoto racing returns to the Mining City as part of Evel Knievel Days, July 26-28. Lee Collins, the operator of the event and track, says Supermoto is a combination of street bike and dirt bike racing. Everyone from small 50cc bikes on up can have a chance to race on the track; even four-wheelers. There will be pro-circuit races as well. “It’s a ratio of 70 percent street racing and 30 percent motorcross, with jumps and hills and dirt racing,” said Collins of WHR motorsports racing in Seattle. This is the fourth year for supermoto cross. Riders from all over the Northwest and Canada will participate over the three-day event. “It’s sort of a grand prix of racing, and is open to the local kid who wants to try it on up to the 450cc bikes,” Collins said; though there is no limit in bike size. Even small mini-bikes are welcome. Racers can reach 100 mph, but for the Uptown, the speed is limited to 60 mph. The course runs from the Belmont Mine yard on Mercury on up to the Lexington Gardens, a great place for viewing the racers. “The WHR crew is amped up to make the track even better than years before,” said Collins. “This year we will be running the track in the opposite direction and since the “urban crossover” was such a big hit we are bringing it back again this year.” There is $5,000 prize money for the professional racers. Also, there is a costume race, where racers will dress up in funny garb and the onlookers will vote for the best or worst-dressed. The event is easy to watch and a good one to take in during the break in the other performances.
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EVEL KNIEVEL DAYS JULY 26-28, 2012
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Wall of Death perennial favorite of Evel Knievel Days in Butte is the Wall of Death motor drome performance. That’s where man and machine take on centrifugal force to ride perpendicular against gravity’s pull. In the style of past circus thrill shows, the wooden, 14-foot deep circular structure holds up to 200 spectators on the top looking down at the riders below. It puts the spectators inches away from the riders at times. The show is an authentic slice of baseball and apple-pie Americana. The first motor dromes appeared in the United States in the early 1900s making the Wall of Death show America’ Original Extreme Motorcycle Thrillshow. Charlie “Ransom” (no last name) says that Butte is one of the most popular venues for the performance. “Jay ‘Lightnin’ ’ of Santa Clara, Calif,. built the structure about 10 years ago to display his specially built, vintage motorcycles. This show has been done the same way since the eary 1920s,” Ransom said. Of note are the vintage motorcycles, especially the Indian Scout from the 1920s.
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“You can’t wear out an Indian Scout,” the motto goes. “A Scout is very well balanced, low center of gravity which makes it ideal for the motor drome,” said Ransom. Also the group uses Harley Davidson bikes from 1975 and go-carts in the show. And they have a 1940 Harley Hummer on display. Riders stand in the bottom of the structure and ride See WALL, Page 18
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VOLUNTEERS ERECT the “Field of Honor” near the Belmont mine on East Mercury Street in July 2011. The display, which is hosted by the Butte Exchange Club, will be set up again this year during Evel Knievel Days, July 26-29. Walter Hinick / The Montana Standard
Flags to dot Belmont field during Evel Days
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his summer, the Butte Exchange Club, in partnership with the Colonial Flag Foundation, will again host the “Field of Honor” flag display on the field at Continental and Mercury. Volunteers will post 1,003 U.S. flags, size 3-feet by 5-feet, atop eight-foot poles, beginning Thursday, July 26, and ending Sunday, July 29. The display is free to the public. The Field of Honor program is a nonprofit, non-political, and non-partisan community fundraiser for local charities and causes. Selected as this year’s beneficiaries are Big Brothers Big Sisters, Butte Rescue Mission, United Veterans Council, Big Sky Honor Flight, Intermountain Children’s Home (Butte branch), Butte-Silver Bow Family Drug Court, Butte Cares
and the Butte YMCA. Flags will honor serving military, veterans, those killed in defense of our nation, first responders, law enforcement officers, personal heroes, and the victims of child abuse in Montana. Sponsored flags can be dedicated to individuals. Flags in the display may be sponsored for $35 each or $30 for two or more. Sponsors can purchase the flags for $20 more per flag. For details, contact Doug Rotondi at 491-6039. Donations and corporate sponsorships are being accepted online or can be made at the time of this event. Checks may be written to the Exchange Club Foundation and mailed to Box 763, Butte, 59703. Updates and schedule are also available online. For details, visit www. healingfield.org/butte.
Wall ... Continued from Page 17 up on the 14-foot walls. It’s loud, shaky and fun to watch. A team of five travels the daredevil circuit all year with the motor drome, setting up and tearning down. “The only funny thing about Butte is there is really no level spot, so we have to adjust,” said Ransom, who’s father is originally from Montana, and remarked that he first met his grandfather years ago in Butte. “The Butte audience has been really cool with us for the last eight years. Kids that were in strollers those first years are coming up to us on bikes now,” he said. The event is dedicated to the memory of Samantha Morgan, who was one of the original organizers of the show.
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EVEL KNIEVEL DAYS JULY 26-28, 2012
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Tim Montana, Shrednecks to cover Evel Days ver since Tim Montana was a young man growing up in Butte he’s been breaking the rules. His latest album, “Tim Montana and His Shrednecks,” displays a brand of country with such a rough and dirty edge that folks in the music industry are finding it hard to define. “So far there’s a buzz of excitement about it (the new record), because no one’s heard anything like it. They don’t know what to do with it,” Montana told The Montana Standard during a recent phone interview from Nashville. Montana and his band will play the Friday night closer in Uptown Butte. He describes his music as mix of outlaw country, rock and roll and grunge. One of his contemporaries described the sound as “mountain metal.” Renowned country songwriter Kostas came up with the term “shredneck” to describe the band’s sound, according to Montana. The name stuck. Montana decided to not just be a name, but to go into this next project with a band. This latest album has 10 orginal songs which they started recording in March. The record features legendary guest musicians Paul Shaffer from The Late Show with David Letterman and guitarist Steve Cropper from the Blues Brothers Band. (Montana performed live on the Letterman show in 2008.) Montana recalls calling Shaffer when they were recording in New York City and asking him if he would play on one of the tracks. Shaffer told him to bring recording equipment to his apartment. “He pulled out an organ that he said he bought from James Brown, and I said, ‘that’ll work,’” Montana said. Montana said he does all the guitar work on this album. He used some session musicians on his first two releases. He particularly likes the song “Weight in Gold,” which he wrote about legendary Montana sheriff and outlaw Henry Plummer, who was hanged by the Vigilantes in Bannack in 1864. When not recording, Tim Montana and his Shrednecks have been playing steady gigs at Nashville’s famous 12th & Porter. Cropper even joined the band on stage to jam on the new songs. “We’ve been packing it out everytime we play it,” Montana said. The opening bands for Tim Montana is Shellshock Lullaby and Miles Crossing.
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Moneta Moneta, an original rock band from Seattle, will play at EK Days as the closer band on Thursday night, July 26. The band’s drummer, Leo Martin, is a Butte native. Since the band’s founding in 2007, Moneta has wasted little time getting its name out to its fans. With two independently released CDs in 2007 (“The Hope EP”) and 2008 (“Heroes”), and numerous regional shows with high profile bands such as Smashing Pumpkins, the band is setting its sights high. The band’s CD, “Heroes,” is available at the Butte Hastings. For music, videos, and other content, visit http://www.myspace.com/monetarock.
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REMEMBERING EVEL KNIEVEL From his humble roots in Butte, Evel Knievel rode his motorcycle and guts to an unparalleled level of worldwide glory and fame, as King of the Daredevils, The Last of the Gladiators, The Godfather of Extreme Sports, Guinness Book of Records holder for the most bones broken, an unwavering optimist, a doer, a go-getter, self-promoter extraordinaire, media genius, an enigmatic folk hero — an American legend. Knievel’s nationally televised motorcycle jumps, including his 1974 attempt to jump Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho, represent four of the twenty most-watched, including the No.1 spot, ABC’s Wide World of Sports events in history. His achievements and failures, including his record 35 broken bones, earned him several entries in the Guinness Book of World Records. These are the titles by which millions of people around the world know Evel Knievel.
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ROBERT CRAIG KNIEVEL was born in Butte on Oct. 17, 1938, to Robert E. and Ann Keough “Zippy” Knievel. He died on Nov. 30, 2007. His funeral at the Butte Civic Center attracted a huge crowd, and included actor Matthew McConaughey, former boxing champion Joe Frazier and the Rev. Robert Schuller.
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