Motor Maid Convention Rolls Past Stateline
POST FALLS, IDAHO – July 12, 2007 – Over 120 members from the all female Motor Maids motorcycle club rolled through Stateline Stadium Speedway Wednesday night part of the Motor Maids 3-day convention in Post Falls, Idaho.
Dressed in royal blue and white uniforms, women of the club formed during the late 1930’s, paraded their motorcycles around the track during pre race festivities of Wednesday Night Fever.
Representing various states across the country and Canada the contingent saluted the crowd wowed by the enormous turnout of riders.
Honorary guests for the evening included Post Falls resident and long-time Stateline Speedway employee Norma Starr, Early Stock driver Lori Ann Wilson, and Motor Maids Northwest District Director Sue Frasier.
Starr a member of the Motor Maids for many years is legendary at the track for her addicting cheeseburgers and secret sauce know as the “Norma Burger”.
Wilson and Frasier helped organize the event.
The American Motorcycle Association sanctioned the Motor Maids in 1940. Members must be women riders driving their own or a family member’s bike. The group holds an annual 3-day national convention in July. This year the event was held in the Inland Northwest.
The club is the oldest organized women’s riding club in the nation. For more information on the Motor Maids, visit their website at www.motormaids.org
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