This weekend is the kick-off of the desert riding season in Southern California, and what a great way to kick it off with the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix! Revived a few years ago by my friends at Podium Productions, the LEGP is a full weekend of racing in and around Lake Elsinore, a beautiful community just east of Los Angeles and northeast of San Diego. All the different classes of racing are too numerous to list-check their website out. If none of those races interest you, you aren't interested in off-road racing! Beginners, mini's (including tiny tots-some who can barely walk get out there and race!), quads, vintage and yes, off-road sidecars. That's got to be wild, as I've seen track sidecar racing but off-road? And I thought my work was crazy!
Of course, how could you mention SOCAL off-road racing, the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix, and motorcycles and not mention one Harvey Mushman. Some folks use his screen name more often, but Harvey Mushman was a legend in racing circles out in SOCAL and in his honor there will be the Harvey Mushman 100 at 2:15 this afternoon. This is an open race over 100 miles looping in and out of Lake Elsinore. A true test of endurance and a hotly contested event. I bet even Steve McQueen would race in it if he was still around!
If you are in SoCAL this weekend and looking for something to do, head out to Lake Elsinore for the Grand Prix. Some of my Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA) brothers and sisters will be out there-tell them "Bur" sent you and say "Hi". Have a great weekend whatever kind of riding you are doing and keep it dirty side down.
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