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Riding through Yellowstone National Park in 2017.
Left: A snowy ride to Deadwood, South Dakota. Right: A Victory Junction camper greets Richard and Kyle Petty in Las Vegas.
KPCRAA riders, including Jody Perewitz, visit the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2023.
Although more than 100 motorcycles join the rides, Petty says the community is tight-knit, with many participants returning year after year.
“ Once you go on this ride, you become part of the charity ride family. It’ s hard to explain to somebody that doesn’ t understand it. I think we’ ve got 50 or 60 people who have gone 20 years or more on this ride. And those are the people, when somebody has a wedding, you’ ll see them at the wedding. If there’ s a funeral, you’ ll see them at the funeral. They may be in California, they may be in New York, the wedding may be in Tennessee, but they fly there just to be a part of it, because they feel a part of that family.”