Road Trippin'
CYCLE NEWS CRUISER BUYERS GUIDE
April 27
Smoky Mountain
Cannonball Run
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In early 2017, the Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson family
was rocked with the sudden and untimely death of 23-year-
old Sean Summerfield. Sean was a resident of Maryville, TN
and graduated from William Blount High School in 2011. He
began working at the dealership at the age of 15 when his
father Mike, also a member of the Smoky Mountain family,
volunteered him for an open wash bay position. By 16, Sean
was riding his Sportster every day to school and then work-
ing afternoons and weekends
at the dealership. He absorbed
everything from those around
him, building and modifying
his own motorcycle and work-
ing on all sorts of special proj-
ects for the dealership. Sean
was the inspiration for Smoky
Mountain H-D's High School
Bike Build Off and was a key
member in the development
and promotion of the Smoky
Mountain Scrambler projects.
To memorialize his life,
Smoky Mountain Harley-Da-
vidson created the Sean
Summerfield Memorial Scholarship to be awarded to a child
of a SMH-D employee. The scholarship is funded by the
annual Smoky Mountain Cannonball Run. The Cannonball
Run consists of teams of motorcycle riders using their navi-
gation skills to hit as many checkpoints as possible within a
seven-hour timeframe. Checkpoints are located all over East
Tennessee within a 100-mile radius of SMH-D. Registrations
for riders to participate is $25.
