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Elsinore 1970 had everything but a brass band and marching elephants.
seen these three wheelers lumber around
the track, you've missed some heavyduty entertainment.
It's virtually impossible to tell at this
juncture who will wind up with sidehack
class honors, but If the winners were
determined on the basis of spectator
appeal, two guys dressed in rabbit suits
- that's right, two oversized bunnies would surely get the trophy.
One of the biggest highlights of the two
day event was the appearance of The
Man, Steve McQueen. (Thousands of
pointed finge rs, and not so silent whispers, "There he is, there's Steve Mc
Wueen, It's really him! " You start to get
an understanding of what he means when
he tells a gr oup of awe-struck youngsters, "Come on, man. Give me a break.
I'm tired, Get out of the fishbowl for
awhile.") Competing on both days, Mc
Queen proved beyond a shadow of a doubt
that there is nothing plastic about his
motorcycle riding ability. He more than
held his own with some of the best in the
country, and probably will end up som ewhere in the top 10 per cent of those
competing this past weekend. On Sunday,
however, McQueen did an endo and injured his foot. He finished the race, but
by the end of the day it became increasingly difficult for him to walk. He
drove his pick-up out of the pit area, but
said he planned to stop at a hospital to
have the foot x-raysd for possible rractares ,
After all was aid and done, spectators
and r iders alike agreed that the eve nt
was more than a small success.
And Ji m Foxe, along with Grady Lafferty, president of the International Racing Radio Crew, would be among the firs t .
, to concur . Foxe described the event as
" pr etty fantastic." The ouly problem,
both men agreed, was spectator .control:
At least three had been sent to the hospital, and another several dozen had
narrowly missed being hit by the big,
fast bikes.
The Gripsters racing director pointed
out that his club has only 19active mem bers, and couldn 't possibly have staged
the race without the assistance of Lafferty and his radio crew.
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