(Right) 125cc National MX Champion Steve
Lamson sails out of a ravine In the "back"
section of the track at the Elsinore GP.
(Below) "On Any Sunday" star Malcolm
Smith competed in the Legends race aboard
. a Husaberg.
thrill of being part of the Elsinore resurrection.
"I thought it was great - as good as it
was when 1 rode it in '68, '69 and '70. I'm
not quite as gutsy as I was then, so 1
didn't leave it on as long in the turns,
and I don't know if I could've gone a
whole 100 miles, but I had a good time,"
the Professor said. "Would 1 do it again?
You bet. I'd like to do it again next wj!e.k.
Well, okay, maybe next year."
Bailey's shot at 1996 stardom came in
the Legends race Saturday afternoon.
The entry list read like a Who's Who
of Motorcycling. Malcolm Smith was in
the number-one spot aboard a Husaberg.
J.N. Roberts was right beside him, ready
to campaign a KX250 for the very first
time, and Steve Hurd, Mickey Alzola,
. John Hateley, Dave Aldana and almost
every other big name from the Elsinore
era was not far behind. The Legends
lineup even included Terry Davis, who
would be rating handlebar-te-handlebar
with his hotshot son, Ty Davis, for the
very first time.
"This was always a great race," the
elder Davis said. "I was going to college
at the time so 1 never got down here to
ride the original race, so I'm glad I can
do it now. Everybody said it was a zoo
then, and it certainly is now, but I'd do it
again in a heartbeat."
The Legends hit the trail at 2 p.m. The
(Left) Scott
Sheak (201)
leads Ty
Davis (8) out
of the first
turn at the
start of the
250cc Pro
race
Saturday.
Open-class lineup thundered after them
just three minutes later.
"They should've let the Legends go in
a race of their own:' Ty Davis said. "We
couldn't really race because there was
just too mucn traffic - 150 riders is too
many on a four-mile course. It was so
scary, especially because some of them
thought they were fast and they tried to
race with you."
By the halfway point, the spectators
were thoroughly confused. The numbering system for the Legends and the
