OAS , “ If there ’ s one event you ride each year , it ’ s the Elsinore Grand Prix . People of all ages … Girls , the pig farmer from Murietta ...” A big deal , Elsinore was . Heck , Honda even named its early motocross bikes after it .
Malcolm and Steve rode the event , of course , with McQueen entered as Harvey Mushman so as to not attract too much attention from the fans on hand to watch the proceedings . As we all know , Malcolm won going away , with ‘ Harvey ’ grabbing 10th overall , a superb result given the number of local fast guys entered . Brown mentions McQueen breaking his foot and still finishing 8th in ‘ a subsequent race ’ the following day , which had him catching hell from his Hollywood handlers . Of course ,
Right : Elsinore was a wild and wooly affair , with big crowds and not much in the way of crowd control . Below : Malcolm Smith at speed during the 250 race , which he won handily despite the scoring snafu .
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