STEWART TRIUMPHS AT LAKE
ELSINORE GP 50TH ANNIVERSARY
T
his year marked the 50th
anniversary of the Lake
Elsinore Grand Prix, and racers
converged for three full days
packed with races for everything
from motorcycles and ATVs to
UTVs and trophy karts. There
were classes for vintage bikes,
two-strokes, four-strokes, first-
responders, military and even a
three-person family team race
("Generations"). But, of course,
the highlight of the weekend—in
homage to the great Steve Mc-
Queen—was, the Harvey Mush-
man 100-miler.
It was there that JCR Honda's
Trevor Stewart channeled his in-
ner Steve McQueen and outdu-
eled Kawasaki rider Justin Seeds
for the overall win.
"I got off to a really good
start," said Stewart. "Seeds got
the jump on me and I just kinda
squared him up in the first turn
on the asphalt and after that, we
were playing cat and mouse a
little bit. I was trying to break out
into an early lead and manage it
from there, which is what I did."
Stewart pitted early, handing
the lead to Seeds for a lap, but
Stewart was able to regain the
point when Seeds headed in for
his pit stop. From there, he main-
tained a comfortable gap, even
after a crash in the final laps of
the two-hour race, shortened
from three hours due to the rap-
idly disappearing daylight.
"I got taken out by a lapper
on the second-to-last lap, which
was pretty scary," said Stewart.
"My bike was in a weird spot and
I really had to get up fast, so I
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Justin Seeds (213) got
out to an early lead,
but Trevor Stewart (2)
eventually claimed
the win in the Harvey
Mushman 100. Seeds
took second.
