August 11th
AMA Expert-ranked Grand National number 64 Aaron Creamer crashes during an event on the half-mile oval at the Sturgis Fairgrounds in South Dakota. He died the following morning, aged 24.
PMC (Peoria Motorcycle Club) Race Park, home of the "World's Longest Consecutive Running Dirt Track Race", celebrates its 65th AMA Grand National Championship TT race.
Racing at Peoria began in 1931 and has seen the legends of motorcycle racing such as Joe Leonard, Carroll Resweber, Eddie Mulder, Kenny Roberts, Mert Lawwill, Dick Mann, Bill Miller, Bart Markel, Jay Springsteen, Chris Carr and many others.