1985 British Motocross Championship Elsworth

[@davidmc3262]

I used to always look forward to going to Ellsworth for the British championship rounds one of the best tracks imo

[@alexluckes6563]

great marshal at 2.11 looking the wrong way lol

[@odanne29]

Hahaha i saw that too

[@dougharvey4972]

Mark banks had a bet with David, i think it was for 50 pounds, that if he (David) started last he could not win. Silly to bet against Thorpe at that point in his career.

[@alexluckes6563]

i remember reading about the last to first thing

[@discharge29]

of course thorpe hit the gate on purpose - he'd won the championship and wanted to have a bit of fun

[@Stroopwaffe1]

They had afairfew cameras round the track and afew bomb holes hadnotbeen added yet .