Seeds Crowned At Elsinore GP
I
t's been a while since three-peat
winner Justin Seeds competed
in the Harvey Mushman feature
race at the Lake Elsinore Grand
Prix, but the Purvines Yamaha
racer made his return to the clas-
sic race to take his fourth overall
win, his first since 2012. Seeds
defeated Kawasaki-mounted
Ryan Surratt and SLR Honda's
Ricky Dietrich in the 100-mile
Mushman race, Saturday, No-
vember 9, at the 51st running of
the event.
Conditions were extra dusty
along the six-mile course at the
Elsinore GP, with its signature
fast, hard-pack dirt roads com-
bining with the asphalt section
through the town's historic Main
Street for a course much like the
traditional format that appeared in
the 1971 film On Any Sunday.
Grand prix specialist Trevor
Stewart made an appearance at
the Elsinore GP, contesting the
450 Pro race on Saturday morn-
ing and taking the win ahead of
Seeds and Surratt. But the JCR
Honda rider couldn't stick around
for the Mushman race, leaving
Seeds to take the overall victory,
leading nearly the entire way. The
extra practice from the 450 race
worked to Seeds' advantage in
the Mushman 100, where he was
able slip past early leader Diet-
rich on the first lap.
"Dietrich ended up getting the
holeshot on me, but he checked
up on a section where we go
from pavement to dirt," said
Seeds. "It's pretty rough if you
don't really expect it. I knew I
had to get by him or I was going
IN
THE
WIND
P24
Justin Seeds
took big win in
the Mushman
100 at the
Elsinore GP for
the fourth time
in his career.
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