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(fingers snapping)
(applauding)
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- [Man] I don't think
there's an event
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I've ever been to
that's as crazy
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and as spectacular as this one.
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- [Man] It's hard to put
into words, isn't it?
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It's hard to say, oh this
is what it's like, mate.
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You can't tell people,
they have to live it.
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- [Man] It's just a
different thing altogether.
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- [Man] It's the
intensity of the race
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event that sets it apart.
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(dramatic music)
(helicopter buzzing)
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- [Man] Dashing through
the scrub and desert.
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- [Woman] It's like the
unknown is the race.
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(engines buzzing)
(dramatic music)
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- [Race Controller]
Yankie Mike Alpha,
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Yankie Mike Alpha, this
is Race Control, over.
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Yankie Mike Alpha,
we've got reports
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of multiple riders down
around the 100 kilometre mark.
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(helicopter buzzing)
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We've got ah, one
of the helicopters,
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Yankie Mike Alpha, is
on its way there, over.
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- [Narrator] Majestic,
ancient landforms
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surround the middle
of Australia.
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Hills that were once taller
than Mt. Everest have been worn
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down over millions of years.
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This beautiful, harsh
desert is God's country.
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A thin, sandy track stretches
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to the south,
beyond the horizon.
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After 230 kilometres,
it reaches the dry bed
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of the Finke River, the
oldest river in the world.
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Once a year, the track flows,
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as motorbikes and
cars race there and back.
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(upbeat music)
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The race starts near the
town of Alice Springs,
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an unexpected oasis in
the middle of Australia.
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(upbeat music)
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Riders and drivers
gather every June for one
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of the biggest off-road
races in the world.
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The energy has been
described as Finke Fever.
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And it's contagious, people
who come once, come again.
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(engine rumbling)
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(alarm beeping)
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- [Isaac] My kitten's
name is Maverick Noodle.
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Maverick is obviously,
he's not scared,
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and Noodle is that
he's a bit of an idiot.
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So I'm pretty sure he's going
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to get himself into some
trouble at some point.
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I like it when cats
fail at being cats,
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when they go to jump on
something and fall on their face
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I work from home a
lot, teach some days.
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Melbourne is just full
of concrete and bullshit.
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I have this constant
search for adrenalin,
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which is really hard
to get down here.
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And so, that's what
bike riding does.
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Bike riding is an
adrenalin outlet
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that you don't get
doing anything else.
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I think bikes get in your blood
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or something and then you
can't get rid of them.
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(chuckling)
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(laid back music)
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(engine starting)
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- I heard friends
talk about the Finke.
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I always thought it
would be a good idea.
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It's going to be an
adventure, I like adventure.
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I haven't ever done any
desert racing before.
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Not like expecting to
go and win anything,
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but if I can go and finish,
it'll be pretty cool.
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I guess I just like retro stuff.
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New stuff is just, I don't know,
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it all seems just, seems
to be a bit the same.
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(laid back music)
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This is the lounge room.
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Got the old Macarena.
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It's good for watching old
western cowboy movies on.
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The van, that's a International
Harvester Company.
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Eventually, we're
going to have a go
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and I put another motor in,
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and just put it in
here at the moment.
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I put a bed in it, it's
my bedroom at the moment.
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I only got called Gareth
when I was in trouble.
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So my father said look at
this scruffy kid one time,
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and it just kind of stuck.
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I grew up on a
farm and my old man
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had the AG bike and I'd
sit on the fuel tank
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and we'd go out
and check the cows.
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So I wonder if he's to blame.
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(engine rumbling)
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I could live without motorbikes,
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but it seems silly to do that,
if you can live with them.
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Like they're pretty
good. (laughing)
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Cheers.
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That's what I'm
racing this year,
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yeah, possibly one of
my favourite bikes.
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I don't like to have favourites,
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but it's very close
to being a favourite.
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Yeah, should be good.
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June '64 this is. (chuckling)
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The MFA Motel Federation to
tell you where there's a motel.
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It's very good, excellent.
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- [Man] You've
got a lot of maps.
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- Yeah, I like maps.
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A photo of my daughters,
when they were very young.
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Oh cool, yeah, this
one is pretty good.
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So we're here, I think
it's up here somewhere.
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- [Narrator] Scruff
leaves Sydney and drives
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3,000 kilometres into
the heart of Australia.
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The Finke Desert Race
takes place over two days.
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On day one, cars
followed by bikes
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head 230 kilometres south,
where everyone camps the night.
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The next day, they race
along the same track,
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back to where they began.
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Australia has the
largest population
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of feral camels in the world.
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Central Australia was founded
on the back of these camels.
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A hundred years ago, a
railway took their place.
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The Finke Desert Race began
in 1976, with a few locals
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following the path
of the railway line.
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- The first race was There
and Back Finke Desert Race.
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- It was a very casual race.
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So they'd prop their
bikes up on a stick
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or a stand or whatever, go
back about 20 metres, shotgun.
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- Bang.
(gun firing)
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Run like hell, jump on
the bike, kick and just
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this enormous line of bikes
just feeding onto the track.
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- So the race used to go from
side to side of the road.
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And there were numerous near
misses, jumping the track
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and driving over the bonnets
of tourists' vehicles,
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wondering what
the hell was that?
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(yelling)
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The Finke Community
Hotel was open.
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- The pub was well attended.
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And then they'd ride back
the next day feeling,
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I imagine, viciously unwell.
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- It was just that
adventurous spirit
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of what have these guys
actually gone off and done?
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This course was
dominated by bikes.
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There was no car available
that was going to beat them.
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- [Narrator] Cars were
introduced in 1988.
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Surrounded by a roll cage,
some say they're a safer option
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for the bike riders
who've grown soft.
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- [Geoff] We weren't
that keen on it.
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But I think over time, it
has benefited the event.
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The first lot of
cars were similar
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to the first lot of bikes.
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They were backyard stuff.
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- [Man] Most of the buggies
were a bit prehistoric.
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The technology wasn't there.
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But certainly now, the
technology is there.
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(engine rumbling)
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- [Man] He's very expensive.
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- [Man] Those boys
will be battling
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their wallets and their cars.
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- Just about need
a bottomless pit.
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They must mortgage their house
or something. (chuckling)
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(engine revving)
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- [Narrator] These are the
high-rollers of off-road racing.
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With cars costing in excess
of half a million dollars,
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money is no obstacle in the
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determination to
beat the desert.
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(dramatic music)
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- [Ben] People want to
go and see gunslingers.
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They don't want to see
people in armoured vehicles.
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Dirt bike riders
are like bad boys.
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Look how fast that
big, brave man
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in that $300,000 buggy
is going, you know?
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- We don't actually
ever compare the two.
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- It's a bike weekend, man.
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It's all about the bikes.
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(phone ringing)
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- Good morning, Finke office.
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So today is the 31st of January
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and our bike entry
division is opening.
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500 positions available.
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Everyone is pretty keen to try
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and get their entry in today,
so they don't miss out.
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Cheers, thank, bye-bye.
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(phone ringing)
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Good morning, Finke office.
(aeroplane whooshing)
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- I used to do
this without tools,
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but then it fell off
once, when I was driving.
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I don't have a handbrake.
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I have a foot-operated
handbrake, so I'm fucked.
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- [Narrator] Isaac Elliott
arrives back in Alice Springs,
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the town where he grew up.
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He's planning to
complete the race
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he started many years ago.
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- How you going?
- How are you?
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- Not bad.
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- So, we've got the bike in
the workshop at the moment.
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- I haven't had
a bike for years.
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Why do I want to race this year?
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I don't know.
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I miss having some sort of
adrenalin outlet, right?
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(engine revving)
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Whoa. (laughing)
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That's what it is, I
guess, at the moment.
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- I mean I'm sitting there
one day and I'm having a beer
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and I can just see
this young fella
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come screaming down the hill.
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It's like I've
just seen this out
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of the corner of the window.
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I was like, what?
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And then he's disappeared.
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I thought, where the hell?
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- So I rode little BMX bikes
since I was a little kid.
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Crashed them and I'd go to
hospital with head cuts.
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(clanging)
(laughing)
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- What was that?
- I don't know.
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- Nothing frightened him.
- Yeah, nothing.
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- Nothing frightened
him, you know?
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- Yeah, didn't care.
(laughing)
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- [Isaac] Had 30
something stitches
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in my head before I was five.
- That was sick.
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- Whoa.
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- I think initially,
he was just mad
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and then obviously
doing so, you know--
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- [Jamie] So often.
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- So often he got
skilled, so yeah.
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- He was extremely competent
as a motocross rider.
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Watch out, don't
be in front of him.
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He'll run you over. (laughing)
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Well, that was Isaac,
just a hundred percent.
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- [Man] Whoa.
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- Yeah.
- Whoa.
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- [Man] Yeah.
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- [Zoran] Like he was
just a hundred percent.
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There was nothing
else on his mind.
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- This just dream of being
a pro motocross rider.
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It's a very childlike dream.
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And if you're not getting
there when you're 16, 17, 18,
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you're probably not
going to get there.
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And if you were chasing
that, 19, 20, 21, 22,
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you're just delaying growing up.
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(blues music)
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- [Toby] Lucky
enough, I walked away
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with a number one plate.
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So, definitely a big show-up
for my first attempt.
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- [Narrator] Toby Price
was the first Australian
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to win the Dakar Rally
in South America.
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He's also the reigning
Finke King of the Desert
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and has won the race five times.
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- So, this pretty
much is the house,
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where I don't get to
spend too much time in.
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But, it's not too often
you see a dirt bike
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in the middle of your lounge
room or anything like that.
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So, this year, we're trying to
chase number six on the bike,
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which will then
hopefully give us
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a record for the
most wins at Finke.
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- [Narrator] Toby is
the lead rider for KTM,
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a European manufacturer
and the most
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dominant team at
Finke in recent years.
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(helicopter buzzing)
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Unfortunately, after breaking
his leg only a few months ago,
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he's had to pull out
of this year's race.
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He's here to lend
support to the team.
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Alice Springs local, David
Walsh, who came third last year,
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has now become the
lead rider for KTM.
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There's big pressure on
David to bring home a win
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for the town, as a local has
not won Finke in 11 years.
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- I'd like to be on
the podium again.
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Obviously, top spot
would be preferred, but.
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Yeah, I have a dream where
I've won the event before
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and you wake up
disappointed. (laughing)
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(engine rumbling)
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- [Narrator] Competitors
practise the track
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for six months leading
up to the big weekend.
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This is called pre-running.
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It gives them track
knowledge vital
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for having an edge
over the competition.
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- [David] Bike fitness is so
different to everything else.
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I mean you can do
a lot of training.
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But unless you're
spending time on the bike,
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you know, it's unique fitness.
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I've done over 6,000 Ks up
and down the track in 20 days.
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- [Narrator] The KTM Team
arrives at the end of the track,
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at the small community of
Apatula on the Finke River.
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- Yeah, there is a
little tacker on it.
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- It would sort of twitch
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and then it would just
throw that rear end.
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And then that's
why I was having,
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I'm pretty that's
why I was having--
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- [Narrator] The
teams other riders,
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a 21 year old Jack
Simpson from Victoria,
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and another Alice Springs
local, Luke Hayes.
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- Loser. (laughing)
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- Plus
- Sweet.
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- Plus whatever it would
be to do the most at.
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(camera shutter snapping)
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- Hey, thank you.
- Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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Here you go.
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(chattering)
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Oh yeah, okay.
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(chattering)
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(helicopter buzzing)
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- For David Walsh, racing
is a labour of love.
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Being a full-time builder
occupies most of his time
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- I've made all
the screws and that
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we'll just pick them all up.
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Ready to go, mate?
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- Guess so.
- And you're ready?
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- [David] There's no real
slow parts on the track.
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So, you come off, it
generally involves an injury.
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I've fractured six
vertebraes, broke my sternum,
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my collarbone in a crash.
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She's seen the
ugly side of it too
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so she's not a big
fan of my racing.
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- It's the fastest
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desert race, it's crazy speeds.
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And to go that fast, you've
either got to be crazy or,
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you know, just want it that bad.
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But it's what he loves.
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And he is good at it,
regardless of all the injuries.
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Each year when it's the
last year, then next year,
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oh it's the last year,
and so on and so forth.
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So, this year is the
last year. (laughing)
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- Alright.
- Bye.
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- [David] Love you, be good.
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- [Daughter] Yeah.
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- See you, mate.
- See you.
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Love you.
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- I've got a family
and that now.
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The risk is pretty
high, considering it's,
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you know, a hobby for me.
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So, touch wood, (laughing)
I'm going to have a good year.
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- [Narrator] David's main rival
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is another Alice Springs local
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and Yamaha rider, Daymon Stokie,
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who finished fourth last year.
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A crash a few months ago
shattered the fingers
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in his left hand and
he's still unsure
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if he'll be able to race.
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- [Daymon] So, I've
been like trying to,
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yeah, just massage it a
few times a day as well.
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- Yeah, perfect, good.
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Can I get you to bend your
knuckle joints for me?
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Beautiful.
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- But yeah, on the
one hand, I'm like oh,
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it's coming along pretty
good, I've got time.
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And then on the other hand,
I'm like I've got no time,
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I'm freaking out, it's
not getting better, so
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- [Woman] Yeah.
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- [Narrator] Two
weeks before the race,
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the Yamaha Team is pre-running.
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Daymon Stokie is going
for his first ride to see
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if he'll be able to compete
with his broken hand.
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(engine rumbling)
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- This is where our
preparation counts.
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It is a big expectation to win.
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And it would be damn nice
to get that number one spot.
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We're judged by
everyone at every level,
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from those who fund us,
to those who watch us.
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He's had surgery,
they've plated it,
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but that doesn't mean
the pain goes away.
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- At the end of the day
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it's two hours of
your life each way.
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You've just got to
bite your lip and go.
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(engine rumbling)
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- [Daymon] I've said, oh this is
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my last year a few times now,
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but I keep coming back.
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I've had a lot of big
crashes down here now
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and it hasn't turned
me off at all.
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- There you go, that's
a Yamaha right there.
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- Well, the headline
in the newspaper
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is already Walshie has got this.
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And if you went off
last year's results,
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yeah, he's the favourite.
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(laid back music)
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- [Mary] But I tell you what,
it's a big thing for the town.
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Everybody is behind it,
it's not just the riders.
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Finke is the town, isn't it?
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- [Man] Hey, look, we
were talking earlier about
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how there's only just under
50 locals in the event.
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- The cream rises to the top.
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We don't have to have
hundreds of us in there.
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We've got the qualities.
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What more do we want?
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(chuckling)
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- So, Daymon Walsh
(ah), Daymon Stokie,
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Luke Hayes, this is the, a very
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wide-open event that
we have this year.
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- Actually, there's some
silent ones that come in.
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(chuckling)
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(laid back music)
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- So, the Finke Track from here,
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we're only about five
Ks from it, I'd say.
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And the homestead
where I grew up
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is only another three
or four K down the road.
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00:20:38,408 --> 00:20:41,748
Spent my whole life within 10
kilometres of the Finke Track.
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Yeah.
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- [Narrator] 22 year
old local, Luke Hayes,
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has been riding motorbikes
since before he could walk.
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- [Luke] 1998 was the year
my Dad came third outright.
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You know I was just a kid
at that point
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I would've been
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ah three or four years old.
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00:21:00,450 --> 00:21:02,310
- Gonna win?
- Hope so.
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00:21:02,410 --> 00:21:04,310
Yeah, I hope I win.
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00:21:04,410 --> 00:21:05,910
The bike is fast enough to win.
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00:21:06,010 --> 00:21:08,151
Just, I hope I can hang onto
it for the full distance.
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00:21:08,251 --> 00:21:10,071
(cows mooing)
- Billy worked on the land.
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The track runs
through his family's
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cattle station where he grew up.
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00:21:13,891 --> 00:21:16,111
- Dad used to, you know,
in training for Finke,
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he used to run up
and down this road,
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and I used to follow him
on my little Z50 Honda,
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yeah, down to the gate.
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And Dad, always being a station
bloke, when he was racing,
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I think he probably
took an element
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of pride in being a
ringer on a dirt bike,
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you know, and
having a good crack.
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00:21:34,213 --> 00:21:36,533
(blues music)
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- There's a number of riders
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have gone down to Finke today.
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So, all the riders
keep an eye out for me
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and they always give
me a big thumbs-up.
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00:21:56,175 --> 00:21:59,636
They love the work that I
do, because it, (laughing)
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00:21:59,736 --> 00:22:03,656
it saves them bashing themselves
to pieces on this track.
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00:22:08,097 --> 00:22:10,957
What happens in this stuff,
the riders call it choppy.
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And then if they hit
a big square edge,
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00:22:13,137 --> 00:22:15,357
it normally puts their
arse through their brain.
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00:22:15,457 --> 00:22:16,997
(laughing)
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00:22:17,097 --> 00:22:18,878
I'm a bit daggy with my braces,
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00:22:18,978 --> 00:22:21,398
but it's the only way
to keep my trousers on.
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00:22:21,498 --> 00:22:24,918
The track is so bloody
rough. (laughing)
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00:22:25,018 --> 00:22:27,599
- Look, these arrows are
just some small bends,
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00:22:27,699 --> 00:22:29,739
90 degree bends, danger sign.
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00:22:31,059 --> 00:22:33,059
We've got a square on
the white background.
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00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:42,040
- A desert race isn't
racing on the road.
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It's out in the sand
dunes, out in the whoops.
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00:22:45,180 --> 00:22:48,241
Whoops are like giant
corrugations that develop
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00:22:48,341 --> 00:22:51,201
from the bike
loading up suspension
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00:22:51,301 --> 00:22:53,441
and then compressing suspension.
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00:22:53,541 --> 00:22:55,601
Just having this adrenalin rush
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00:22:55,701 --> 00:22:59,082
at over 100 K an
hour, that was 1990.
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00:22:59,182 --> 00:23:01,682
I said, no, I'm entering Finke.
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00:23:01,782 --> 00:23:03,682
Entered the first set of whoops,
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launched up into a tree,
fell out of the tree,
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broken collarbone and
three broken ribs.
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00:23:10,343 --> 00:23:12,343
That was my first
taste of whoops.
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00:23:14,423 --> 00:23:15,563
- I don't want to take
all these, obviously.
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00:23:15,663 --> 00:23:17,323
I'm just picking out a few.
447
00:23:17,423 --> 00:23:20,244
Oh, I found one on the
road too this morning.
448
00:23:20,344 --> 00:23:23,044
That's a good-looking
screw, metric.
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00:23:23,144 --> 00:23:26,844
Some Allen keys, in
case I get nervous.
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- [Narrator] Scruff has
arrived in Alice Springs
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for his first attempt at
the Finke Desert Race.
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- So that's a 1980 model.
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00:23:33,985 --> 00:23:36,325
What's that, 37?
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00:23:36,425 --> 00:23:38,206
Yeah, 37 years old.
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00:23:38,306 --> 00:23:41,126
I ride old bikes,
that's what I do.
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00:23:41,226 --> 00:23:43,226
Oh, there we go.
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A lot of people make
them all nice and neat
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and put them in the pool room.
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00:23:47,306 --> 00:23:49,607
I make them neat
enough and I ride 'em.
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00:23:49,707 --> 00:23:52,347
(engine roaring)
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00:23:54,987 --> 00:23:56,247
1980, will it make it?
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00:23:56,347 --> 00:23:58,968
Well, if they were
making it in 1980
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00:23:59,068 --> 00:24:01,268
there's no reason it
shouldn't get there and back.
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00:24:02,708 --> 00:24:04,208
I've done a bit
of desert riding,
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00:24:04,308 --> 00:24:07,208
but I never imagined so many
whoops could be in one place.
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00:24:07,308 --> 00:24:11,289
Your arms are numb, lower
back, you know, your legs.
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00:24:11,389 --> 00:24:14,249
Everything is just,
you know, at its limit.
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00:24:14,349 --> 00:24:16,749
(blues music)
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00:24:29,671 --> 00:24:30,891
I guess I'm getting
a bit excited.
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00:24:30,991 --> 00:24:32,411
I was kind of a bit
nervous for a while.
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Oh I was thinking about like
maybe something could go wrong,
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00:24:36,151 --> 00:24:38,752
like a big crash or
something like that.
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00:24:46,432 --> 00:24:48,433
10 years ago.
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I thought I'd be all like
emotional looking at these.
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00:24:53,913 --> 00:24:58,574
But it's like looking
at a wrecked car
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00:24:58,674 --> 00:25:00,674
before it's all fixed up.
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00:25:01,514 --> 00:25:03,914
But it's the only
car you've got.
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Is it these, these first ones?
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- These ones.
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Right there.
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- Do you think we're close?
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00:25:12,475 --> 00:25:14,335
- I was selling my bike.
483
00:25:14,435 --> 00:25:16,535
I was not going to
be a kid anymore.
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00:25:16,635 --> 00:25:18,536
I was going to buy a house.
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00:25:18,636 --> 00:25:21,056
That was, that was August 2007.
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00:25:21,156 --> 00:25:24,456
Then I crashed my
motorbike in April 2007.
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(unsettling music)
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And so, I came over a rise
489
00:25:28,717 --> 00:25:31,337
and there was a corner
quickly after it.
490
00:25:31,437 --> 00:25:33,097
And knew I wasn't
going to make it,
491
00:25:33,197 --> 00:25:34,897
so I just picked a
line through the trees.
492
00:25:34,997 --> 00:25:36,497
But at the speed I was going,
493
00:25:36,597 --> 00:25:39,258
it kicked my back wheel out
and my back wheel hit a tree.
494
00:25:39,358 --> 00:25:41,698
(engine rumbling)
495
00:25:41,798 --> 00:25:43,658
(clattering)
496
00:25:43,758 --> 00:25:45,858
Then I was lying in
the ground. (laughing)
497
00:25:45,958 --> 00:25:49,759
I said, oi mate, "Get my
legs out of the tree."
498
00:25:51,559 --> 00:25:52,739
And they said, "What
are you talking about?
499
00:25:52,839 --> 00:25:54,139
"You're lying on your
back on the ground."
500
00:25:54,239 --> 00:25:56,239
I said, "No, but they're,
they're up in the tree."
501
00:25:57,759 --> 00:25:58,820
And it was just
because I couldn't
502
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,300
feel them lying on the ground.
503
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,400
That was it.
504
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,360
- It was around here
somewhere, 10 years ago.
505
00:26:10,041 --> 00:26:14,381
Finke then becomes something
that I haven't done
506
00:26:14,481 --> 00:26:16,341
and something that I should do.
507
00:26:16,441 --> 00:26:21,202
The challenge to go fuck
you to everything here,
508
00:26:22,882 --> 00:26:25,482
basically, just go fuck
you, I can race you.
509
00:26:34,043 --> 00:26:35,303
This is a point-to-point race.
510
00:26:35,403 --> 00:26:36,583
It's not a circuit race.
511
00:26:36,683 --> 00:26:39,344
So people will go from
point A down to point B,
512
00:26:39,444 --> 00:26:41,784
camp overnight and
then come back along
513
00:26:41,884 --> 00:26:44,984
the same course the following
day, just in reverse.
514
00:26:45,084 --> 00:26:47,024
So, this is the biggest
field we've ever had.
515
00:26:47,124 --> 00:26:50,325
So that produces additional
logistical challenges for us.
516
00:26:52,045 --> 00:26:54,865
And primarily, that is
getting everyone away
517
00:26:54,965 --> 00:26:58,345
and getting everyone in at
the Finke end within daylight.
518
00:26:58,445 --> 00:27:00,746
The last thing we want to do
is see anyone left out there
519
00:27:00,846 --> 00:27:03,386
at night, and we don't
shut our Operations Centre
520
00:27:03,486 --> 00:27:05,746
down until we have
everyone accounted for.
521
00:27:05,846 --> 00:27:09,587
- We get about 60
extra presentations
522
00:27:09,687 --> 00:27:11,267
to the Emergency Department
over the weekend,
523
00:27:11,367 --> 00:27:13,387
of which about 20 are
seriously injured.
524
00:27:13,487 --> 00:27:14,747
- Because sometimes
those patients
525
00:27:14,847 --> 00:27:16,987
will actually need to be
transported to Adelaide
526
00:27:17,087 --> 00:27:19,828
or to Darwin, because
Alice Springs Hospital
527
00:27:19,928 --> 00:27:21,628
doesn't have
neurosurgical facilities
528
00:27:21,728 --> 00:27:22,988
or cardiothoracic facilities.
529
00:27:23,088 --> 00:27:25,188
So, they may need care
outside of the state.
530
00:27:25,288 --> 00:27:26,828
- If we do have something
that happens on the track,
531
00:27:26,928 --> 00:27:29,769
like we had a few years ago
where a person got killed,
532
00:27:31,489 --> 00:27:33,429
again, police will be
responding to that.
533
00:27:33,529 --> 00:27:35,349
I'll set up a crime scene.
534
00:27:35,449 --> 00:27:37,109
This may mean that the
competitors have to be
535
00:27:37,209 --> 00:27:39,790
redirected, and that's
what we did last time.
536
00:27:39,890 --> 00:27:42,030
- We're fortunate
that we've only had
537
00:27:42,130 --> 00:27:45,470
I think three fatalities
over the 42 years.
538
00:27:45,570 --> 00:27:49,310
Sobering note to
finish police on.
539
00:27:49,410 --> 00:27:50,791
Thank you.
540
00:27:50,891 --> 00:27:51,571
- [Man] We might just
ask that question again.
541
00:27:51,651 --> 00:27:54,271
So how has Toby Price's absence
542
00:27:54,371 --> 00:27:56,111
from the bikes affected
your Finke race?
543
00:27:56,211 --> 00:27:58,231
- We're all here
to do the same job.
544
00:27:58,331 --> 00:28:00,432
You know, there's a few
of us locals that are,
545
00:28:00,532 --> 00:28:01,992
you know, keen to
take the title.
546
00:28:02,092 --> 00:28:04,092
So.
547
00:28:04,612 --> 00:28:09,372
- Yeah, I make it
like that. (laughing)
548
00:28:11,373 --> 00:28:12,793
That was good.
549
00:28:12,893 --> 00:28:13,873
- [Narrator] KTM's
newest recruit
550
00:28:13,973 --> 00:28:16,153
is 21 year old Jack Simpson,
551
00:28:16,253 --> 00:28:18,253
a professional
rider from Victoria.
552
00:28:19,614 --> 00:28:20,514
- You either have
it or you don't.
553
00:28:20,614 --> 00:28:21,794
I feel like I have it.
554
00:28:21,894 --> 00:28:23,954
You just have to get
up there and ride it.
555
00:28:24,054 --> 00:28:26,194
And you've either
got it or you don't.
556
00:28:26,294 --> 00:28:28,754
Fast as all hell,
rough as all hell,
557
00:28:28,854 --> 00:28:30,395
dangerous as all hell.
558
00:28:30,495 --> 00:28:32,195
Like it's not easy.
559
00:28:32,295 --> 00:28:34,475
(engine rumbling)
560
00:28:34,575 --> 00:28:35,415
- [Narrator] Jack
is heading down
561
00:28:35,495 --> 00:28:37,495
the track for his last pre-run.
562
00:28:47,456 --> 00:28:49,957
- I've broken a
vertebrae in my back
563
00:28:50,057 --> 00:28:52,477
and two of the lower ribs
and punctured a lung.
564
00:28:52,577 --> 00:28:54,397
I was about to hit top gear.
565
00:28:54,497 --> 00:28:57,197
Hit a square edge,
went left, right, left,
566
00:28:57,297 --> 00:28:59,277
and I nearly saved
the whole thing.
567
00:28:59,377 --> 00:29:00,918
And then I reckon I've
dropped in a whoop
568
00:29:01,018 --> 00:29:03,118
and then it's just, yeah,
sent me off to the right.
569
00:29:03,218 --> 00:29:06,238
The bike went left and tumbled
and snapped the bars in half
570
00:29:06,338 --> 00:29:08,758
and ripped all the seat
and sub frame and all that.
571
00:29:08,858 --> 00:29:11,559
And yeah, I was, I felt like
572
00:29:11,659 --> 00:29:13,659
I was flying in the
air for five seconds.
573
00:29:14,899 --> 00:29:16,899
Definitely hurt when I hit.
574
00:29:18,219 --> 00:29:19,839
- [Man] How fast do you
think you were going, Jack?
575
00:29:19,939 --> 00:29:22,180
- [Jack] Ah, probably 160 Ks.
576
00:29:28,820 --> 00:29:31,321
(siren blaring)
577
00:29:31,421 --> 00:29:33,481
- I want to thank you all,
on behalf of St. John,
578
00:29:33,581 --> 00:29:35,641
for coming and giving
up your weekend
579
00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:36,961
to help out with the Finke Race.
580
00:29:37,061 --> 00:29:40,202
It's a huge event and
it will be very chaotic.
581
00:29:40,302 --> 00:29:44,482
You've got to remember, it's
220 Ks of 600 bikes spread out
582
00:29:44,582 --> 00:29:46,562
and it's not, it's
not organised.
583
00:29:46,662 --> 00:29:47,922
Something is going to wrong.
584
00:29:48,022 --> 00:29:49,682
So this is definitely
the biggest
585
00:29:49,782 --> 00:29:51,443
logistical event that
we do every year.
586
00:29:51,543 --> 00:29:53,603
- A hundred are
over 45 and looking
587
00:29:53,703 --> 00:29:55,483
to check things off
their bucket list.
588
00:29:55,583 --> 00:29:58,403
A lot of them are very
inexperienced and not quite
589
00:29:58,503 --> 00:30:00,164
used to these conditions
and this type of race.
590
00:30:00,264 --> 00:30:03,444
- The most common fractured
bone is the clavicle
591
00:30:03,544 --> 00:30:05,604
and they will insist
on wanting to ride back
592
00:30:05,704 --> 00:30:07,524
with a broken clavicle
or a broken wrist.
593
00:30:07,624 --> 00:30:11,485
Ruptured spleens, burst L3
L5, intracranial haemorrhages.
594
00:30:11,585 --> 00:30:13,785
Most bones have been
broken here on this track.
595
00:30:15,265 --> 00:30:18,365
- Could I get a gourmet
crispy Caesar salad?
596
00:30:18,465 --> 00:30:20,706
It's the same person that
served me this morning.
597
00:30:22,146 --> 00:30:23,686
Thank you.
598
00:30:23,786 --> 00:30:25,786
14 days until Finke.
599
00:30:26,146 --> 00:30:28,146
And I haven't sat on my bike.
600
00:30:29,346 --> 00:30:31,347
I'm not really worried
about falling over.
601
00:30:32,787 --> 00:30:35,467
But I guess it's like when
you're strapped to a bike,
602
00:30:38,827 --> 00:30:40,828
you've just got to get
comfortable with it.
603
00:30:44,668 --> 00:30:47,168
We have to do a
lot to a standard
604
00:30:47,268 --> 00:30:49,268
bike in order for me to race.
605
00:30:50,989 --> 00:30:55,209
So, when we rip this seat
off, I'm sort of nervous
606
00:30:55,309 --> 00:30:59,849
that we have done the whole
bike at once, really quickly,
607
00:30:59,949 --> 00:31:01,090
and that different
things that won't
608
00:31:01,190 --> 00:31:03,770
be able to be changed
won't work properly.
609
00:31:03,870 --> 00:31:05,530
And I know I can get into it
610
00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:07,790
and I'd rather be tight
in it, than loose in it.
611
00:31:10,711 --> 00:31:11,811
Are you nervous, Isaac?
612
00:31:11,911 --> 00:31:14,911
A little bit,
little bit nervous.
613
00:31:19,231 --> 00:31:22,252
(mumbling)
614
00:31:22,352 --> 00:31:25,472
Partly the fear is that I
won't know how to ride a bike.
615
00:31:26,872 --> 00:31:28,252
- [Man] Yes, you look
good there, that's--
616
00:31:28,352 --> 00:31:29,372
- Like it looks quite central?
617
00:31:29,472 --> 00:31:31,473
- Yeah.
618
00:31:35,713 --> 00:31:37,453
- [Narrator] A few days
before the big race,
619
00:31:37,553 --> 00:31:40,613
Alice Springs is
buzzing with excitement.
620
00:31:40,713 --> 00:31:42,414
The town's Mayor, Damien Ryan,
621
00:31:42,514 --> 00:31:44,854
is one of the
race's biggest fans.
622
00:31:44,954 --> 00:31:46,954
- Thanks.
623
00:31:47,354 --> 00:31:49,094
- You do know it's Finke time
624
00:31:49,194 --> 00:31:52,055
when boxes appear in my
office with old programmes.
625
00:31:52,155 --> 00:31:54,095
I always remember this
fellow, Stephen Gall,
626
00:31:54,195 --> 00:31:56,175
who's just a thorough champion.
627
00:31:56,275 --> 00:31:57,455
And I always remember him making
628
00:31:57,555 --> 00:31:59,175
a statement one year
after he won it.
629
00:31:59,275 --> 00:32:01,496
He said, the hardest
part of the course
630
00:32:01,596 --> 00:32:03,736
was the four inches
between your ears.
631
00:32:03,836 --> 00:32:05,576
And he said, once
you conquered that,
632
00:32:05,676 --> 00:32:07,676
you could go on
and win it again.
633
00:32:09,756 --> 00:32:13,817
- [Man] Randall, moment of
truth, how is it going to go?
634
00:32:13,917 --> 00:32:15,457
- Oh, the morning didn't
start off too well,
635
00:32:15,557 --> 00:32:17,177
but hopefully, the rest of
the day will go alright.
636
00:32:17,277 --> 00:32:18,857
- [Narrator] Randall
Gregory holds the record
637
00:32:18,957 --> 00:32:21,298
for the most Finke
wins in a row.
638
00:32:21,398 --> 00:32:23,738
On this track, he's
considered by many
639
00:32:23,838 --> 00:32:25,898
to be the greatest of all time.
640
00:32:25,998 --> 00:32:29,378
(engines rumbling)
641
00:32:29,478 --> 00:32:33,219
- I heard the announcer call
Randall Gregory over the line.
642
00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:36,059
And he said, this is something
that will never be repeated.
643
00:32:36,159 --> 00:32:37,659
This is the best desert racer
644
00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:40,659
in the country that's
just flown five in a row.
645
00:32:40,759 --> 00:32:41,600
- [Man] It's probably never
going to happen again.
646
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:42,860
It was just unheard of.
647
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:44,780
- It was always
a dream watching,
648
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,020
you know, the likes
of Randall Gregory.
649
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:48,620
- [Man] One thing interesting
about Randall there
650
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,821
is he was never the
favourite, yet he always won.
651
00:32:51,921 --> 00:32:52,601
- [Geoff] Everyone
knew how good he was.
652
00:32:52,681 --> 00:32:54,621
He proved that on the track.
653
00:32:54,721 --> 00:32:56,721
The Finke Track was
pretty much his.
654
00:32:57,881 --> 00:32:59,221
- I watched him
when he passed me,
655
00:32:59,321 --> 00:33:02,422
one hand off the bars,
thumbs up, cheers, mate.
656
00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:04,702
He was already popping
the champagne in Alice.
657
00:33:04,802 --> 00:33:07,442
(engine roaring)
658
00:33:09,962 --> 00:33:13,323
- [Man] I don't think we ever
knew how fast he could ride.
659
00:33:16,283 --> 00:33:19,043
He had an unfortunate accident
on part of the Finke course.
660
00:33:21,524 --> 00:33:23,184
- And it happened
not far from here,
661
00:33:23,284 --> 00:33:25,104
and I think it was Michael Vroom
662
00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:27,944
that found him and said,
are you alright, mate?
663
00:33:28,044 --> 00:33:29,144
And he wasn't.
664
00:33:29,244 --> 00:33:30,384
- Well done.
665
00:33:30,484 --> 00:33:32,585
- [Rick] How many more
could he have won?
666
00:33:32,685 --> 00:33:33,865
How far could he have gone?
667
00:33:33,965 --> 00:33:35,865
When would he have retired?
668
00:33:35,965 --> 00:33:38,005
Becomes part of the myth
that is Randall Gregory.
669
00:33:40,125 --> 00:33:42,766
(dramatic music)
670
00:33:50,446 --> 00:33:53,867
- Yeah, I don't remember how
it happened or why it happened.
671
00:33:53,967 --> 00:33:56,267
Look, I wasn't
ready to finish up.
672
00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:58,107
When you're in rehab,
there's a lot of people
673
00:33:58,207 --> 00:34:00,187
in there with different
reasons why they're injured
674
00:34:00,287 --> 00:34:03,628
and mine was, you
know, it's a sport.
675
00:34:03,728 --> 00:34:04,908
Take it on the chin, you know?
676
00:34:05,008 --> 00:34:07,668
You, you know, you
don't have to do it,
677
00:34:07,768 --> 00:34:09,668
you know, it was your sport.
678
00:34:09,768 --> 00:34:10,748
If you're already in a chair,
679
00:34:10,848 --> 00:34:12,269
you don't want to
make it any worse.
680
00:34:12,369 --> 00:34:14,429
- [Man] Ready, big fella?
681
00:34:14,529 --> 00:34:16,529
- No, no, I'm not.
682
00:34:19,929 --> 00:34:21,830
I can't feel from here.
683
00:34:21,930 --> 00:34:23,990
I've got no support,
684
00:34:24,090 --> 00:34:26,370
so this actually just
basically holds me upright.
685
00:34:32,691 --> 00:34:33,991
Slightly lower than last time.
686
00:34:34,091 --> 00:34:36,871
Let go of my legs just
around the outside.
687
00:34:36,971 --> 00:34:38,871
- Round the outside,
round the outside.
688
00:34:38,971 --> 00:34:40,971
- [Isaac] Just like
that, those on.
689
00:34:44,532 --> 00:34:47,092
(engine rumbling)
690
00:35:03,014 --> 00:35:04,194
- [Man] Oh shit.
691
00:35:04,294 --> 00:35:08,874
- I'm okay, I'm fine,
I'm fine, I'm fine.
692
00:35:08,974 --> 00:35:11,955
Let's go, I just
fucking stalled it.
693
00:35:12,055 --> 00:35:14,555
Well, I just, I don't
really have a clutch.
694
00:35:14,655 --> 00:35:16,955
I want to ride back.
695
00:35:17,055 --> 00:35:19,055
- [Man] Let's do
it, let's get in.
696
00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:20,835
- [Isaac] Oh.
697
00:35:20,935 --> 00:35:25,376
(talking drowned out
by engine rumbling)
698
00:35:28,456 --> 00:35:31,136
(dramatic music)
699
00:35:45,578 --> 00:35:48,258
Everything I do is whether
700
00:35:49,738 --> 00:35:51,278
the world gives me
permission to do it.
701
00:35:51,378 --> 00:35:53,479
The world doesn't
give me permission
702
00:35:53,579 --> 00:35:55,579
to ride a bike,
but I do it anyway.
703
00:35:59,619 --> 00:36:00,679
- [Narrator] A
rider's connection
704
00:36:00,779 --> 00:36:02,780
to this ancient land runs deep.
705
00:36:04,060 --> 00:36:07,600
In God's country,
time can slow down.
706
00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:10,380
(dramatic music)
707
00:36:12,220 --> 00:36:13,561
- [Man] The atmosphere is
just beautiful out here.
708
00:36:13,661 --> 00:36:15,741
It's unlike anything else.
709
00:36:17,821 --> 00:36:19,401
- [Man] If you've had the most
stressful day in the world,
710
00:36:19,501 --> 00:36:21,201
you get on the motorbike
and all of a sudden,
711
00:36:21,301 --> 00:36:23,302
your day is not
stressful anymore.
712
00:36:24,902 --> 00:36:27,442
- [Man] It's ballet
on a motorbike.
713
00:36:27,542 --> 00:36:29,542
It's just pretty to watch.
714
00:36:30,142 --> 00:36:32,823
(dramatic music)
715
00:36:45,544 --> 00:36:47,684
(talking drowned out
by engine rumbling)
716
00:36:47,784 --> 00:36:48,924
- How fucking crazy was that?
717
00:36:49,024 --> 00:36:49,964
(laughing)
718
00:36:50,064 --> 00:36:52,685
- [Isaac] Wow, that was a riot.
719
00:36:52,785 --> 00:36:53,925
I almost died a couple of times.
720
00:36:54,025 --> 00:36:56,665
- Yeah.
- Not too many, maybe twice?
721
00:36:59,705 --> 00:37:02,165
- I got a speedo, I like it.
722
00:37:02,265 --> 00:37:03,286
- [Man] Did you read it?
723
00:37:03,386 --> 00:37:04,886
- Yeah.
- What did it say?
724
00:37:04,986 --> 00:37:06,066
- We were doing 80 K, so
why are we getting passed?
725
00:37:06,146 --> 00:37:08,146
We've got to go faster.
726
00:37:10,146 --> 00:37:11,186
When I was riding out
there, I looked at it
727
00:37:11,266 --> 00:37:12,927
and I was like, I've
done 44 kilometres
728
00:37:13,027 --> 00:37:17,267
on this bike to prepare
for a 500 kilometre race.
729
00:37:18,707 --> 00:37:20,047
I can't admit that
it's fun, because Finke
730
00:37:20,147 --> 00:37:22,147
is still the stupidest race.
731
00:37:22,788 --> 00:37:24,788
It's still ridiculous.
732
00:37:25,148 --> 00:37:28,028
(instrumental music)
733
00:37:33,989 --> 00:37:36,109
(grunting)
734
00:37:51,470 --> 00:37:52,330
- Alright now, hold still.
735
00:37:52,430 --> 00:37:55,791
(camera shutter clicking)
736
00:38:02,751 --> 00:38:03,892
- I haven't been lifting
737
00:38:03,992 --> 00:38:05,992
any weights or doing
any star jumps.
738
00:38:07,192 --> 00:38:09,192
I'll just come and
ride, you know?
739
00:38:11,192 --> 00:38:13,533
It does make the
beer taste better.
740
00:38:13,633 --> 00:38:15,173
I think I should
be able to finish.
741
00:38:15,273 --> 00:38:18,873
I don't think I'll be pushing
Toby Price, broken leg or not.
742
00:38:20,673 --> 00:38:23,134
- Yeah, we unfortunately
didn't quite make it here
743
00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:25,534
to the Finke Desert Race
on the, on the two wheels
744
00:38:25,634 --> 00:38:29,294
and yeah, definitely
it's hard to sit
745
00:38:29,394 --> 00:38:30,534
on the sidelines and watch.
746
00:38:30,634 --> 00:38:31,894
So we've taken a little bit
747
00:38:31,994 --> 00:38:33,935
of a different path
this year at Finke.
748
00:38:34,035 --> 00:38:36,375
I want to keep racing
anything I possibly can.
749
00:38:36,475 --> 00:38:38,495
I'll race a lawnmower
if I have to.
750
00:38:38,595 --> 00:38:40,215
Sign the other one as well?
751
00:38:40,315 --> 00:38:42,315
No worries.
752
00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:49,696
- [Daymon] I'd say my
main battle is my hand
753
00:38:49,796 --> 00:38:51,456
and racing myself, and I think
754
00:38:51,556 --> 00:38:53,557
the result will
take care of itself.
755
00:38:55,357 --> 00:38:57,957
- [David] Half the battle
is just beating the desert.
756
00:39:01,077 --> 00:39:02,977
- [Narrator] The desert
population swells,
757
00:39:03,077 --> 00:39:05,778
as 15,000 spectators head down
758
00:39:05,878 --> 00:39:08,738
the track to camp
over race weekend.
759
00:39:08,838 --> 00:39:11,538
- Oh.
(laughing)
760
00:39:11,638 --> 00:39:13,639
Come, put it together.
761
00:39:16,439 --> 00:39:18,839
(chattering)
762
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:28,700
- [Man] Yeah, na
763
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,540
(laughing)
764
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,541
- You don't want...
765
00:39:33,641 --> 00:39:35,641
We're in the territory.
766
00:39:48,082 --> 00:39:50,682
(dramatic music)
767
00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:16,585
- [Narrator] A well-known
racer once said,
768
00:40:16,685 --> 00:40:18,905
if everything seems
under control,
769
00:40:19,005 --> 00:40:21,185
then you're not
going fast enough.
770
00:40:21,285 --> 00:40:23,225
Well, that's all well and
good for someone who races
771
00:40:23,325 --> 00:40:24,906
in a controlled
environment on a track
772
00:40:25,006 --> 00:40:27,006
you could eat your dinner off.
773
00:40:28,126 --> 00:40:31,286
The desert is unforgiving,
it has its own plans.
774
00:40:35,007 --> 00:40:37,987
Spectators spread
along the track wait
775
00:40:38,087 --> 00:40:40,927
in anticipation for the
first vehicle to pass.
776
00:40:52,968 --> 00:40:55,709
- He's coming fast,
you think, no shit.
777
00:40:55,809 --> 00:40:57,309
- Who is it, who is
it, oh, who's next?
778
00:40:57,409 --> 00:40:59,229
Like, it's sort of
that excitement.
779
00:40:59,329 --> 00:41:00,709
- [Man] You wait for the
chopper and you can just see
780
00:41:00,809 --> 00:41:03,469
the speck in the distance,
and you start to hear it.
781
00:41:03,569 --> 00:41:08,330
(helicopter buzzing)
(dramatic music)
782
00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:14,971
- There, there.
783
00:41:15,371 --> 00:41:18,051
(engine roaring)
784
00:41:21,571 --> 00:41:23,571
- [Children] Whoa.
785
00:41:33,332 --> 00:41:34,333
- [Race Controller] We're
at the Alice Springs end.
786
00:41:34,413 --> 00:41:36,553
We're about to get the
bike race underway.
787
00:41:36,653 --> 00:41:38,873
- Motorcycling Australia advises
788
00:41:38,973 --> 00:41:40,993
that motorcycle racing
can be dangerous.
789
00:41:41,093 --> 00:41:43,593
Your equipment could
be damaged or destroyed
790
00:41:43,693 --> 00:41:47,994
and you may suffer serious
personal injury, or worse.
791
00:41:48,094 --> 00:41:50,334
(chattering)
792
00:41:53,614 --> 00:41:55,195
- KTM have been on the
top step for a while now
793
00:41:55,295 --> 00:41:56,795
so it'd be nice to push them off
794
00:41:56,895 --> 00:41:58,795
and get someone else up there.
795
00:41:58,895 --> 00:42:00,055
- [Commentator] The race
is up for grabs today,
796
00:42:00,135 --> 00:42:01,795
regardless of who's on
the line, who makes it,
797
00:42:01,895 --> 00:42:03,515
who has mechanical failures.
798
00:42:03,615 --> 00:42:05,876
There is a ridiculous
level of fortune
799
00:42:05,976 --> 00:42:08,596
and misfortune that's
involved with motor sport.
800
00:42:08,696 --> 00:42:10,316
- Probably more of
a talking point,
801
00:42:10,416 --> 00:42:12,476
Jack Simpson, bike number 11.
802
00:42:12,576 --> 00:42:14,577
- Yeah.
- Out of Steel as well.
803
00:42:15,257 --> 00:42:17,257
- I'll see you.
- Going to Finke?
804
00:42:17,617 --> 00:42:18,517
Better.
805
00:42:18,617 --> 00:42:19,717
- Yeah, well hopefully.
806
00:42:19,817 --> 00:42:21,817
- I'll come looking for you.
807
00:42:22,937 --> 00:42:25,098
(hammering)
808
00:42:26,858 --> 00:42:30,078
- I think the first 40 Ks are
a kind of dangerous section,
809
00:42:30,178 --> 00:42:32,898
because everyone is
going to be a bit woohoo.
810
00:42:34,058 --> 00:42:37,119
(engines revving)
811
00:42:37,219 --> 00:42:38,519
- [Race Controller] All
stations, all stations,
812
00:42:38,619 --> 00:42:39,639
this is Race Control.
813
00:42:39,739 --> 00:42:41,739
We're five minutes to start.
814
00:42:44,619 --> 00:42:48,520
- Hey, when I get nervous,
I put on more padding.
815
00:42:48,620 --> 00:42:50,620
I've got yoga mats everywhere.
816
00:42:54,220 --> 00:42:56,221
- It's not bad for you.
817
00:42:58,341 --> 00:43:00,861
(engine rumbling)
818
00:43:04,661 --> 00:43:06,322
- [Narrator] The starting
order is based on
819
00:43:06,422 --> 00:43:08,422
a short time trial
the day before.
820
00:43:11,302 --> 00:43:14,763
Riders with the quickest
time take off first,
821
00:43:14,863 --> 00:43:17,023
a big advantage,
with dust-free air.
822
00:43:19,903 --> 00:43:20,843
- [Man] The feeling
you get when you
823
00:43:20,943 --> 00:43:23,723
roll up to the
line, it's electric.
824
00:43:23,823 --> 00:43:25,644
Your heart is in your mouth.
825
00:43:25,744 --> 00:43:28,004
The same kind of
apprehension just before
826
00:43:28,104 --> 00:43:30,244
you're about to jump
out of an aeroplane.
827
00:43:30,344 --> 00:43:31,564
- [Race Controller]
The red light is on
828
00:43:31,664 --> 00:43:34,284
so that means one minute to go.
829
00:43:34,384 --> 00:43:36,865
(dramatic music)
830
00:43:42,625 --> 00:43:45,386
(engines revving)
831
00:43:51,546 --> 00:43:52,686
- [Commentator] Away they go.
832
00:43:52,786 --> 00:43:56,047
At the start, David
Walsh on the KTM.
833
00:43:56,147 --> 00:43:58,667
Start straight here is nice,
and then Ivan long goes wide.
834
00:44:02,267 --> 00:44:06,988
(engines rumbling)
(dramatic music)
835
00:44:27,190 --> 00:44:29,770
- [Narrator] One bike
after another, they leave,
836
00:44:29,870 --> 00:44:31,870
until all 600 are on the track.
837
00:44:33,230 --> 00:44:37,831
(dramatic music)
(engines rumbling)
838
00:45:01,633 --> 00:45:03,633
- [Man] Whoa.
839
00:45:06,274 --> 00:45:08,694
- [Narrator] Finke is
raced on corrected time.
840
00:45:08,794 --> 00:45:10,694
Each rider is timed separately
841
00:45:10,794 --> 00:45:12,974
for the duration of their race.
842
00:45:13,074 --> 00:45:16,855
This means the lead rider is
not necessarily the quickest.
843
00:45:16,955 --> 00:45:20,875
And sometimes a dark horse
will come from behind.
844
00:45:24,195 --> 00:45:26,056
- [Commentator] We've got
all bikes away, bar one.
845
00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:27,896
- [Commentator] We've
got Isaac Elliott
846
00:45:27,996 --> 00:45:30,096
and his two ghost
riders that are there
847
00:45:30,196 --> 00:45:32,656
to help him along the
way, his brother Zoran,
848
00:45:32,756 --> 00:45:34,736
Jamie Lander is a
good friend of his,
849
00:45:34,836 --> 00:45:38,217
will follow Isaac the
whole way down on the X62.
850
00:45:38,317 --> 00:45:40,637
This guy is strapped
into this motorcycle.
851
00:45:41,757 --> 00:45:44,437
(engine revving)
852
00:45:46,878 --> 00:45:48,818
- [Race Controller] All
stations, this is Race Control.
853
00:45:48,918 --> 00:45:51,498
Isaac Elliott has now
left the start line.
854
00:45:51,598 --> 00:45:54,578
- [Man] We knew that he wasn't
going to cruise. (laughing)
855
00:45:54,678 --> 00:45:55,939
As soon as he puts
his helmet on,
856
00:45:56,039 --> 00:45:57,579
it's race day, you
know what I mean?
857
00:45:57,679 --> 00:45:59,259
Yeah, it's a
different ball game.
858
00:45:59,359 --> 00:46:01,739
He'll go, yeah, no, I'm
going to cruise down, yeah.
859
00:46:01,839 --> 00:46:03,979
Alright, let's race.
860
00:46:04,079 --> 00:46:07,320
(intense dramatic music)
861
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:14,940
- [Narrator] 10
kilometres into the race,
862
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:17,941
Isaac reaches the
end of the field.
863
00:46:18,041 --> 00:46:21,081
One by one, he passes
able-bodied riders.
864
00:46:42,523 --> 00:46:44,263
- Got the KTM team next to us.
865
00:46:44,363 --> 00:46:46,664
That's our arch rivals.
866
00:46:46,764 --> 00:46:48,144
We don't really get along.
867
00:46:48,244 --> 00:46:50,224
- [Jeff] You know, we have
roughly sort of 40 people
868
00:46:50,324 --> 00:46:52,224
involved in the
event and they really
869
00:46:52,324 --> 00:46:53,944
enjoy the atmosphere,
the camaraderie.
870
00:46:54,044 --> 00:46:54,704
You know, we have--
871
00:46:54,804 --> 00:46:55,984
- Excuse me, mate.
872
00:46:56,084 --> 00:46:57,145
Couple of Yammies
coming through.
873
00:46:57,245 --> 00:46:58,465
(laughing)
874
00:46:58,565 --> 00:47:00,465
Are we meant to take
this serious today?
875
00:47:00,565 --> 00:47:03,185
- [Narrator] KTM has won the
last three years in a row.
876
00:47:03,285 --> 00:47:06,446
The Yamaha Team has
not won since 1986.
877
00:47:07,926 --> 00:47:10,946
Future sales and their
pride ride on a win.
878
00:47:11,046 --> 00:47:13,386
- [Race Controller] We've had
number three go through, over.
879
00:47:13,486 --> 00:47:16,267
- [Race Controller] Three, we've
got one coming through now.
880
00:47:16,367 --> 00:47:18,307
Hold on a second.
881
00:47:18,407 --> 00:47:19,907
- [Race Controller]
We should be expecting
882
00:47:20,007 --> 00:47:22,007
the first bike through
Deep Well any minute now.
883
00:47:27,608 --> 00:47:29,888
- [Commentator] David Walsh
still leading the event.
884
00:47:33,208 --> 00:47:35,888
(dramatic music)
885
00:47:44,009 --> 00:47:45,629
- [Commentator] David
Walsh, first bike,
886
00:47:45,729 --> 00:47:48,490
the local lad still holding
the lead in this race.
887
00:47:53,610 --> 00:47:56,170
(engine rumbling)
888
00:47:58,411 --> 00:48:00,751
- [Race Controller] Walsh is
in sight, Walsh is in sight.
889
00:48:00,851 --> 00:48:04,291
(helicopter buzzing)
- Yeah.
890
00:48:07,412 --> 00:48:09,312
(engine roaring)
891
00:48:09,412 --> 00:48:11,452
(cheering)
892
00:48:12,572 --> 00:48:14,952
(chattering)
893
00:48:15,052 --> 00:48:17,733
(dramatic music)
894
00:48:24,213 --> 00:48:25,553
- [Race Controller] All
stations, second bike
895
00:48:25,653 --> 00:48:29,074
through Deep Well checkpoint
in 33 minutes, 09.
896
00:48:29,174 --> 00:48:31,334
And that is bike number
four, Daymon Stokie.
897
00:48:34,654 --> 00:48:37,895
(intense dramatic music)
898
00:48:44,175 --> 00:48:46,675
- [Commentator] Next up, the
second bike through Deep Well,
899
00:48:46,775 --> 00:48:48,956
Daymon Stokie, super quick.
900
00:48:49,056 --> 00:48:51,396
Well, he did it with a time of
33 minutes and nine seconds.
901
00:48:51,496 --> 00:48:52,996
Of course, we know Daymon Stokie
902
00:48:53,096 --> 00:48:55,096
has a hand injury
coming into the event.
903
00:49:03,177 --> 00:49:06,017
(helicopter buzzing)
904
00:49:11,658 --> 00:49:13,038
- [Race Controller]
Joel, that road ambulance
905
00:49:13,138 --> 00:49:16,358
should be down there
within five or 10 minutes.
906
00:49:16,458 --> 00:49:18,899
(siren blaring)
907
00:49:23,059 --> 00:49:24,399
- [Narrator] Racers
know that their luck
908
00:49:24,499 --> 00:49:26,439
could change at any time.
909
00:49:26,539 --> 00:49:29,360
The desert has a
mind of its own.
910
00:49:29,460 --> 00:49:33,980
Over the next two days, 72
bikes and 103 cars won't finish.
911
00:49:36,380 --> 00:49:38,861
(clattering)
912
00:49:40,661 --> 00:49:42,761
- [Craig] You alright?
913
00:49:42,861 --> 00:49:44,861
You alright?
914
00:49:45,221 --> 00:49:46,961
- [Narrator] Chief
Paramedic, Craig Garraway,
915
00:49:47,061 --> 00:49:49,882
sweeps the track
for injured riders.
916
00:49:49,982 --> 00:49:51,982
He's been doing
this for 20 years.
917
00:49:58,183 --> 00:49:59,403
- He was lucky enough,
he got up, kept going.
918
00:49:59,503 --> 00:50:01,003
Hopefully won't find
him too far up the road.
919
00:50:01,103 --> 00:50:03,283
(chuckling)
920
00:50:03,383 --> 00:50:06,663
- [Race Controller]
Rodinga Race Control.
921
00:50:08,344 --> 00:50:10,444
- [Narrator] Only a few
kilometres down the track--
922
00:50:10,544 --> 00:50:11,684
- [Craig] What have
we got here, mate?
923
00:50:11,784 --> 00:50:13,324
- [Narrator] Craig comes
across the same rider.
924
00:50:13,424 --> 00:50:15,764
- Oh, I suspect he's
broken his coccyx.
925
00:50:15,864 --> 00:50:17,004
Well, we're treating
that line anyway.
926
00:50:17,104 --> 00:50:18,245
- [Craig] What do
you want to do here?
927
00:50:18,345 --> 00:50:19,605
Do you want to get him
back to your checkpoint
928
00:50:19,705 --> 00:50:21,205
and get a jet ranger
to pick him up?
929
00:50:21,305 --> 00:50:22,885
- Yeah, it's probably
for the best, mate, yeah.
930
00:50:22,985 --> 00:50:24,765
At this stage,
I'm not concerned,
931
00:50:24,865 --> 00:50:27,526
I'm not going to go spinal,
it's just more his back.
932
00:50:27,626 --> 00:50:29,166
That'll be great.
933
00:50:29,266 --> 00:50:30,086
(goofily vocalising)
934
00:50:30,186 --> 00:50:31,686
- We have bike rider 18 now,
935
00:50:31,786 --> 00:50:35,906
probably about a kilometre
or two south of Rodinga.
936
00:50:37,947 --> 00:50:41,647
He's got a major
fractured coccyx, alright?
937
00:50:41,747 --> 00:50:42,967
I'll ring you back.
938
00:50:43,067 --> 00:50:43,947
I've got another guy
injured here as well.
939
00:50:44,027 --> 00:50:46,247
So, I'll ring you back, mate.
940
00:50:46,347 --> 00:50:48,208
- Picked a good spot to be.
(laughing)
941
00:50:48,308 --> 00:50:51,088
- [Man] At the right time.
942
00:50:51,188 --> 00:50:54,048
- You'll be alright?
- [Rider] Yeah, I'm good.
943
00:50:54,148 --> 00:50:55,728
Fucking me up with dirt though.
944
00:50:55,828 --> 00:50:58,609
(laughing)
945
00:50:58,709 --> 00:51:00,709
- [Man] Good luck.
946
00:51:04,749 --> 00:51:07,650
- Two, three, lift, bloody
hell, you're a solid boy.
947
00:51:07,750 --> 00:51:09,090
- Big strong boy.
948
00:51:09,190 --> 00:51:10,190
- Yeah, I was going to
say, you're a solid boy.
949
00:51:10,270 --> 00:51:11,450
- Well done
950
00:51:11,550 --> 00:51:14,530
- There, you're a
movie star as well, eh?
951
00:51:14,630 --> 00:51:16,770
- [Man] We have dodged
that many bullets,
952
00:51:16,870 --> 00:51:18,891
but to have so few fatalities,
953
00:51:18,991 --> 00:51:21,211
someone is smiling
down on this race.
954
00:51:21,311 --> 00:51:23,911
(dramatic music)
955
00:51:34,392 --> 00:51:35,532
- [Commentator]
They're coming through
956
00:51:35,632 --> 00:51:37,092
thick and fast
through Rodinga now.
957
00:51:37,192 --> 00:51:39,553
The local boy, David Walsh,
still leading the charge.
958
00:51:42,153 --> 00:51:44,853
- [Narrator] Racing Finke
has been described as holding
959
00:51:44,953 --> 00:51:48,454
onto the edge of a
cliff for two hours.
960
00:51:48,554 --> 00:51:51,074
(engine rumbling)
961
00:51:53,154 --> 00:51:53,954
- [Commentator] The
race has been going
962
00:51:54,034 --> 00:51:55,414
for over an hour now.
963
00:51:55,514 --> 00:51:58,215
We should see our first
bikes through Bundooma.
964
00:51:58,315 --> 00:52:01,515
(intense dramatic music)
965
00:52:07,355 --> 00:52:08,936
- [Race Controller] Deep
Well has just confirmed
966
00:52:09,036 --> 00:52:12,416
that Isaac Elliott has passed
through the first checkpoint.
967
00:52:12,516 --> 00:52:14,936
Back at the 80 kilometre
mark, Isaac reaches
968
00:52:15,036 --> 00:52:18,417
his first fuel stop, also
known as the Kirkville Pub.
969
00:52:18,517 --> 00:52:20,937
(cheering)
970
00:52:21,037 --> 00:52:21,977
- [Man] Do you want water?
971
00:52:22,077 --> 00:52:25,437
(talking over each other)
972
00:52:30,878 --> 00:52:31,818
- [Isaac] Kirkville!
973
00:52:31,918 --> 00:52:34,018
(cheering)
974
00:52:34,118 --> 00:52:35,298
(engine rumbling)
975
00:52:35,398 --> 00:52:37,398
Woo!
976
00:52:38,679 --> 00:52:40,219
- Bump start.
977
00:52:40,319 --> 00:52:42,819
- I know you want to stay
for a beer, but get going.
978
00:52:42,919 --> 00:52:47,679
(engine rumbling)
(cheering)
979
00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:51,900
- How you doing mate?
- Let's get fucking blind.
980
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:53,620
(chattering)
981
00:52:53,720 --> 00:52:57,260
- [Ben] People go to extreme
lengths to have a good time.
982
00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:59,661
- We've got the keg here.
983
00:52:59,761 --> 00:53:01,761
I still need to hook it up.
984
00:53:03,441 --> 00:53:05,061
We've got the spit roast there.
985
00:53:05,161 --> 00:53:06,701
That's for the Sunday roast.
986
00:53:06,801 --> 00:53:08,902
We've got the pig hanging
up there, it's defrosting.
987
00:53:09,002 --> 00:53:09,982
The burnout pad.
988
00:53:10,082 --> 00:53:13,342
(engine roaring)
989
00:53:13,442 --> 00:53:17,382
But the main attraction tonight
would have to be turbulence.
990
00:53:17,482 --> 00:53:22,243
(talking over each other)
(whooping)
991
00:53:24,563 --> 00:53:25,743
I don't think we'll
have much commentating--
992
00:53:25,843 --> 00:53:27,703
- We'll get Dusty, you're up.
993
00:53:27,803 --> 00:53:30,504
- Oh he's alright.
994
00:53:30,604 --> 00:53:32,384
(talking over each other)
995
00:53:32,484 --> 00:53:34,104
Alright, this young
lad, Dustin Hunter.
996
00:53:34,204 --> 00:53:36,304
Now, this young kid
can tell a few stories.
997
00:53:36,404 --> 00:53:37,424
(yelling)
998
00:53:37,524 --> 00:53:39,545
- [Man] Jesus.
999
00:53:39,645 --> 00:53:41,885
(cheering)
1000
00:53:54,806 --> 00:53:57,646
(engines rumbling)
1001
00:53:59,727 --> 00:54:02,947
- [Narrator] At the 160
kilometre mark, support crews
1002
00:54:03,047 --> 00:54:06,347
of Yamaha and KTM wait
for the first bike.
1003
00:54:06,447 --> 00:54:09,748
- The big dog for KTM is
pacing, it's going to be on.
1004
00:54:09,848 --> 00:54:13,168
The fun dies off in this
last 10 minutes of waiting.
1005
00:54:14,648 --> 00:54:15,568
It sort of gets a
little bit serious.
1006
00:54:15,648 --> 00:54:18,108
And I'm not very
good at serious.
1007
00:54:18,208 --> 00:54:20,989
- [Race Controller] David has
just gone past the one thirty.
1008
00:54:21,089 --> 00:54:22,469
- Thank you.
1009
00:54:22,569 --> 00:54:23,549
- See dust already?
1010
00:54:23,649 --> 00:54:25,389
Let's get ready, boys.
1011
00:54:25,489 --> 00:54:27,229
Let's fucking pump this.
1012
00:54:27,329 --> 00:54:29,390
(helicopter buzzing)
1013
00:54:29,490 --> 00:54:30,190
You got him?
1014
00:54:30,290 --> 00:54:33,070
This will be Stokie.
1015
00:54:33,170 --> 00:54:35,170
- [Jeff] There he is.
1016
00:54:38,450 --> 00:54:39,871
- [Narrator] KTM's David Walsh
1017
00:54:39,971 --> 00:54:41,471
still maintains the
lead in the race.
1018
00:54:41,571 --> 00:54:43,571
- Stop watch
1019
00:54:44,891 --> 00:54:47,131
(chattering)
1020
00:54:51,652 --> 00:54:53,112
- He was struggling to
see the square edges.
1021
00:54:53,212 --> 00:54:54,832
- Square edges, yeah.
- Yeah.
1022
00:54:54,932 --> 00:54:58,072
- Not much we can do
for that, pray for him.
1023
00:54:58,172 --> 00:55:00,773
- [Narrator] Yamaha's Daymon
Stokie is not far behind.
1024
00:55:03,053 --> 00:55:03,753
- [Daymon] How far is he away?
1025
00:55:03,853 --> 00:55:05,853
How far is he away?
1026
00:55:07,653 --> 00:55:09,654
Dust, come on.
1027
00:55:11,454 --> 00:55:13,454
Groovy.
1028
00:55:17,974 --> 00:55:20,415
- Well done, boys,
time for beer.
1029
00:55:22,735 --> 00:55:24,855
Yeah, what was the
end time there?
1030
00:55:25,775 --> 00:55:28,815
(helicopter buzzing)
1031
00:55:32,576 --> 00:55:34,916
- Water.
- Coming fourth is Luke Hayes.
1032
00:55:35,016 --> 00:55:37,016
- [Man] Got it, got it.
1033
00:55:38,336 --> 00:55:39,257
- [Race Controller] Finke,
this is Race Control.
1034
00:55:39,337 --> 00:55:41,157
Mt. Squires has just confirmed
1035
00:55:41,257 --> 00:55:43,297
Luke Hayes has passed
through their checkpoint.
1036
00:55:47,817 --> 00:55:51,878
27 years ago, Luke's
father, Billy Hayes,
1037
00:55:51,978 --> 00:55:53,978
raced along the same track.
1038
00:55:54,898 --> 00:55:56,898
- Need some water?
- Yeah.
1039
00:55:57,418 --> 00:55:58,438
Jesus.
1040
00:55:58,538 --> 00:55:59,759
- Dad followed me in the chopper
1041
00:55:59,859 --> 00:56:01,919
there and back last year.
1042
00:56:02,019 --> 00:56:03,279
So he was above
me the entire way.
1043
00:56:03,379 --> 00:56:05,279
And that was really
cool, you know,
1044
00:56:05,379 --> 00:56:07,519
sort of sharing that
with him, I guess.
1045
00:56:07,619 --> 00:56:10,040
He passed away
only a month after.
1046
00:56:10,140 --> 00:56:14,160
So, for me, that's one of the
1047
00:56:14,260 --> 00:56:16,520
memories I think
I'll hold dearest.
1048
00:56:16,620 --> 00:56:17,800
There were so many conversations
1049
00:56:17,900 --> 00:56:19,200
about what this year
was going to bring
1050
00:56:19,300 --> 00:56:21,681
and how we were going
to approach it together.
1051
00:56:21,781 --> 00:56:23,281
Now that he's not
here, I still wanted
1052
00:56:23,381 --> 00:56:26,821
to go after what we were
going to go after together.
1053
00:56:29,942 --> 00:56:32,642
He wouldn't want
me to throw away
1054
00:56:32,742 --> 00:56:35,122
a passion or an opportunity,
1055
00:56:35,222 --> 00:56:37,342
being sad or beat-up
about what happened.
1056
00:56:39,222 --> 00:56:40,883
If I could have a conversation
with him right now,
1057
00:56:40,983 --> 00:56:43,543
he would say that don't
let it slow you down.
1058
00:56:45,823 --> 00:56:48,003
He's not following
me in a chopper.
1059
00:56:48,103 --> 00:56:50,764
But I know that he's there.
1060
00:56:50,864 --> 00:56:53,464
(dramatic music)
1061
00:57:04,185 --> 00:57:08,945
(engine rumbling)
(dramatic music)
1062
00:57:37,468 --> 00:57:39,448
- Eight eight nine.
1063
00:57:39,548 --> 00:57:42,109
(engines roaring)
1064
00:57:45,109 --> 00:57:46,249
- [Anthony] Yeah,
roger that, Henry Hill.
1065
00:57:46,349 --> 00:57:47,889
We'll check the records.
1066
00:57:47,989 --> 00:57:50,770
- [Narrator] At Race Control,
event president Antony Yoffa
1067
00:57:50,870 --> 00:57:53,550
searches for vehicles that
haven't been accounted for.
1068
00:57:55,310 --> 00:57:57,830
- So I've got three that
aren't through Deep Well.
1069
00:57:59,110 --> 00:58:02,171
And Mick hasn't seen
a car for 20 minutes.
1070
00:58:02,271 --> 00:58:05,731
Yeah, Deep Well, OSV3.
1071
00:58:05,831 --> 00:58:07,831
They would be there,
I gather, Over?
1072
00:58:12,232 --> 00:58:13,812
- I'm checking if it
actually did leave.
1073
00:58:13,912 --> 00:58:15,092
- [Woman] Race Control say?
1074
00:58:15,192 --> 00:58:17,252
- Yeah, it was due to go early.
1075
00:58:17,352 --> 00:58:19,332
- Awesome, guys.
1076
00:58:19,432 --> 00:58:21,213
- [Claire] One year,
we had five competitors
1077
00:58:21,313 --> 00:58:23,013
missing at the end of day one.
1078
00:58:23,113 --> 00:58:25,973
And I went over to the
Competitor Relations office,
1079
00:58:26,073 --> 00:58:28,773
and all five men's wives
and girlfriends were there,
1080
00:58:28,873 --> 00:58:30,414
and they all were
heavily pregnant.
1081
00:58:30,514 --> 00:58:32,174
- Where is 475?
1082
00:58:32,274 --> 00:58:34,274
Go ahead, this is Race Control.
1083
00:58:36,834 --> 00:58:38,834
- Yeah that.
1084
00:58:40,435 --> 00:58:41,575
- Yeah, alright.
1085
00:58:41,675 --> 00:58:42,815
The toughest part
about this event
1086
00:58:42,915 --> 00:58:45,015
is when there's a
catastrophic accident.
1087
00:58:45,115 --> 00:58:48,615
And on my watch, there's
been several losses of life,
1088
00:58:48,715 --> 00:58:50,776
which ah no-one wants to see.
1089
00:58:50,876 --> 00:58:53,176
Yeah, roger that, thanks, OSV2.
1090
00:58:53,276 --> 00:58:54,776
That should be the last of them.
1091
00:58:54,876 --> 00:58:57,396
So, just keep proceeding to
Deep Well to clear the track.
1092
00:58:59,436 --> 00:59:00,857
- [Commentator] Give you an
update as they're getting
1093
00:59:00,957 --> 00:59:04,057
closer and closer to
the Finke checkpoint.
1094
00:59:04,157 --> 00:59:06,917
Just three DNFs to confirm
so far by the officials.
1095
00:59:11,878 --> 00:59:13,958
- [Narrator] The cars
have all arrived at Finke.
1096
00:59:15,478 --> 00:59:17,678
Crowds now wait
for the first bike.
1097
00:59:18,838 --> 00:59:21,879
(helicopter buzzing)
1098
00:59:27,799 --> 00:59:32,600
(applauding)
(cheering)
1099
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:35,640
- [Commentator] It is the local
hometown hero, David Walsh.
1100
00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:39,260
- The sweat and the tears,
but no blood, thankfully.
1101
00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:42,021
- No, look, it was a pretty
clean run, really good.
1102
00:59:42,121 --> 00:59:43,781
Battled a flat rear
for the last 30
1103
00:59:43,881 --> 00:59:46,141
and I was just come
on, baby, get me there.
1104
00:59:46,241 --> 00:59:48,101
It was pretty dangerous
in some sections,
1105
00:59:48,201 --> 00:59:51,942
but glad to be here in
one piece, here we go.
1106
00:59:52,042 --> 00:59:52,862
Who's this?
(engine rumbling)
1107
00:59:52,962 --> 00:59:53,902
- [Man] Here comes another one.
1108
00:59:54,002 --> 00:59:58,922
(applauding)
(cheering)
1109
01:00:00,162 --> 01:00:02,703
(talking drown out
by engine rumbling)
1110
01:00:02,803 --> 01:00:03,743
- [Man] No.
1111
01:00:03,843 --> 01:00:04,543
- [Man] Alright then mate?
1112
01:00:04,643 --> 01:00:06,743
- Yeah, yeah alright.
1113
01:00:06,843 --> 01:00:07,623
- Made it.
- Made it.
1114
01:00:07,723 --> 01:00:09,743
- Did you have any dramas?
1115
01:00:09,843 --> 01:00:10,623
- No.
1116
01:00:10,723 --> 01:00:12,724
- How's your hand?
1117
01:00:13,404 --> 01:00:16,044
- Fuck man, it just fell
apart like the last 100, eh?
1118
01:00:17,884 --> 01:00:20,804
Like fucking couldn't even
pull the clutch in, fuck.
1119
01:00:22,925 --> 01:00:24,925
- That's huge.
- That is massive.
1120
01:00:26,045 --> 01:00:27,185
Yeah, I hit a bit
rock back there
1121
01:00:27,285 --> 01:00:29,265
and it just deflected
straight back up.
1122
01:00:29,365 --> 01:00:31,646
(applauding)
1123
01:00:38,926 --> 01:00:41,527
- I had two near-death
experiences.
1124
01:00:48,447 --> 01:00:49,587
Oh.
1125
01:00:49,687 --> 01:00:51,968
(chattering)
1126
01:00:57,368 --> 01:01:01,069
- [Narrator] Daymon Stokie
ices his broken hand.
1127
01:01:01,169 --> 01:01:03,229
Only a few kilometres
from the finish line,
1128
01:01:03,329 --> 01:01:06,069
his teammate's motor expired.
1129
01:01:06,169 --> 01:01:09,269
This sends alarm bells
through the Yamaha camp.
1130
01:01:09,369 --> 01:01:12,590
Their attention now turns
to servicing Daymon's motor.
1131
01:01:12,690 --> 01:01:14,690
He is now their only rider.
1132
01:01:16,490 --> 01:01:18,230
- [Daymon] Cold in here, eh?
1133
01:01:18,330 --> 01:01:22,971
Stick your hand in here for a
minute, see how long you last.
1134
01:01:23,691 --> 01:01:24,551
- [Boy] Oh.
1135
01:01:24,651 --> 01:01:28,171
(speaking in language)
1136
01:01:31,211 --> 01:01:35,272
(groaning)
- Yeah. (laughing)
1137
01:01:35,372 --> 01:01:39,192
Bro, that is so, so painful.
1138
01:01:39,292 --> 01:01:39,992
(water splashing)
1139
01:01:40,092 --> 01:01:42,233
(laughing)
1140
01:01:42,333 --> 01:01:45,173
- [Man] Get in there,
get in, get in.
1141
01:01:48,573 --> 01:01:50,033
Get your arms in.
1142
01:01:50,133 --> 01:01:51,474
(gasping)
1143
01:01:51,574 --> 01:01:53,354
(laughing)
1144
01:01:53,454 --> 01:01:55,454
- Walsh, that is criminal.
1145
01:01:57,894 --> 01:01:59,994
- [Narrator] Now the race
leaders have arrived,
1146
01:02:00,094 --> 01:02:03,835
anxious families wait for
their riders to make it safely.
1147
01:02:03,935 --> 01:02:05,955
- [Woman] These are the people
that've all come through.
1148
01:02:06,055 --> 01:02:08,155
Sorry, hang on,
let me just check.
1149
01:02:08,255 --> 01:02:10,255
(ringing)
1150
01:02:12,616 --> 01:02:14,836
- [Commentator] Top
three guys were locals.
1151
01:02:14,936 --> 01:02:17,476
This year's bike section of
the Tatts Finke Desert Race,
1152
01:02:17,576 --> 01:02:19,916
just a quick update on some DNFs
1153
01:02:20,016 --> 01:02:22,957
Can't give you anymore
information,
1154
01:02:23,057 --> 01:02:27,777
apart from the fact that they
have been as a Do Not Finish.
1155
01:02:29,257 --> 01:02:31,257
Caleb Auricht is out,
number nine, CRF 250.
1156
01:02:31,938 --> 01:02:34,538
(dramatic music)
1157
01:02:36,218 --> 01:02:37,918
- Which bike number
are you off, mate?
1158
01:02:38,018 --> 01:02:38,878
- [Man] I'm 588.
1159
01:02:38,978 --> 01:02:40,958
- Right, so the rider of 588.
1160
01:02:41,058 --> 01:02:43,599
- Try again, that's it.
1161
01:02:43,699 --> 01:02:45,719
- No, mate, no, no, take it off.
1162
01:02:45,819 --> 01:02:46,839
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.
1163
01:02:46,939 --> 01:02:48,439
Yep, yep, yep.
1164
01:02:48,539 --> 01:02:51,379
(helicopter buzzing)
1165
01:02:54,780 --> 01:02:56,520
- [Craig] So what are we
going to do with this guy?
1166
01:02:56,620 --> 01:02:58,800
Okay, thank you.
1167
01:02:58,900 --> 01:03:03,661
(dramatic music)
(helicopter buzzing)
1168
01:03:05,421 --> 01:03:09,221
- So I think that it would be
safe enough in this situation.
1169
01:03:11,021 --> 01:03:15,542
(cheering)
(applauding)
1170
01:03:19,902 --> 01:03:21,983
- There he is.
- There he is.
1171
01:03:23,863 --> 01:03:28,383
(applauding)
(cheering)
1172
01:03:29,863 --> 01:03:31,403
- [Race Controller] All
stations, Isaac Elliott
1173
01:03:31,503 --> 01:03:34,084
and his ghost riders have
passed through Mt. Squires,
1174
01:03:34,184 --> 01:03:35,764
the last checkpoint
on the way to Finke.
1175
01:03:35,864 --> 01:03:38,084
So look out and give
him a big cheer.
1176
01:03:38,184 --> 01:03:40,784
(dramatic music)
1177
01:03:46,745 --> 01:03:51,445
(cheering)
(applauding)
1178
01:03:51,545 --> 01:03:54,026
(dramatic music)
1179
01:04:02,467 --> 01:04:04,547
(laughing)
1180
01:04:08,427 --> 01:04:09,847
- [Isaac] You get
to the finish line
1181
01:04:09,947 --> 01:04:12,928
and it's like you haven't
breathed for 220 Ks
1182
01:04:13,028 --> 01:04:14,928
and it's just this big breath.
1183
01:04:15,028 --> 01:04:16,448
Like, I've made it.
1184
01:04:16,548 --> 01:04:19,168
You feel like you've
conquered this track
1185
01:04:19,268 --> 01:04:20,408
and now you've just got to
1186
01:04:20,508 --> 01:04:23,249
conquer it in the
other direction.
1187
01:04:23,349 --> 01:04:25,789
(upbeat music)
1188
01:04:27,429 --> 01:04:29,429
- [Girl] Hello.
1189
01:04:46,031 --> 01:04:47,371
- [Narrator] For
those who crossed
1190
01:04:47,471 --> 01:04:50,871
the finish line on day one
there is a sigh of relief.
1191
01:04:53,832 --> 01:04:55,832
But they are only halfway.
1192
01:04:56,512 --> 01:04:59,792
Tomorrow, they will race back.
1193
01:05:08,753 --> 01:05:12,093
Bike 163, first time competitor,
1194
01:05:12,193 --> 01:05:15,374
Scruff Hamill, hasn't
arrived at Finke.
1195
01:05:15,474 --> 01:05:17,014
- [Race Controller] They're
looking for bike 163,
1196
01:05:17,114 --> 01:05:20,254
repeat, 163, Scruff Hamill.
1197
01:05:20,354 --> 01:05:21,534
We don't have a record of him
1198
01:05:21,634 --> 01:05:24,695
passing through either
of your checkpoints.
1199
01:05:24,795 --> 01:05:27,215
- Yeah, but we don't know
where he was until he got here.
1200
01:05:27,315 --> 01:05:28,775
We've lost him from
Squires to here.
1201
01:05:28,875 --> 01:05:29,775
- [Narrator] With the night-time
1202
01:05:29,875 --> 01:05:31,495
temperature dropping below zero,
1203
01:05:31,595 --> 01:05:34,296
race organisers must
account for every rider.
1204
01:05:34,396 --> 01:05:37,136
- 463 or 863?
- No, 863.
1205
01:05:37,236 --> 01:05:38,896
- 863.
1206
01:05:38,996 --> 01:05:40,216
- [Race Controller] Mt. Squires
1207
01:05:40,316 --> 01:05:41,616
and Finke checkpoints,
this is Race Control.
1208
01:05:41,716 --> 01:05:46,057
I'm still waiting on an update
of bike 163, Scruff Hamill.
1209
01:05:46,157 --> 01:05:48,697
I have no information
as to his whereabouts.
1210
01:05:48,797 --> 01:05:49,577
Can you come back to me?
1211
01:05:49,677 --> 01:05:51,857
Over.
1212
01:05:51,957 --> 01:05:54,598
(animal calling)
1213
01:05:56,678 --> 01:05:57,898
- [Race Controller] Henry Hill,
1214
01:05:57,998 --> 01:05:59,998
have you seen anyone
come past yet? Over.
1215
01:06:08,639 --> 01:06:11,039
(horn honking)
1216
01:06:14,240 --> 01:06:15,420
- Hey are you Scruff?
- Yeah.
1217
01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:16,700
- [Woman] Oh my god.
1218
01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:17,900
- I was rocking
along really well
1219
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:19,100
and then a guy crashed
in front of me,
1220
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:21,060
just out of Deep Well.
1221
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:23,821
And I stopped and was with
him for like half an hour.
1222
01:06:23,921 --> 01:06:25,421
I just laid my
bike on the ground
1223
01:06:25,521 --> 01:06:29,421
and then it just wouldn't go
any good any more after that.
1224
01:06:29,521 --> 01:06:31,821
I thought I'm just going to
keep it running 'til it stops.
1225
01:06:31,921 --> 01:06:33,922
And I did, and it stopped.
1226
01:06:35,082 --> 01:06:37,582
So maybe I'll get it
rocking for next year.
1227
01:06:37,682 --> 01:06:38,862
Not what I've been saying the
1228
01:06:38,962 --> 01:06:40,222
last few days, this
is a one and only.
1229
01:06:40,322 --> 01:06:44,783
But I feel a bit like I've
not finished, kind of.
1230
01:06:44,883 --> 01:06:47,103
Yeah, I guess I'll be back, yep.
1231
01:06:47,203 --> 01:06:49,203
Oh, my foot, that's okay.
1232
01:06:49,923 --> 01:06:52,183
Sweet, thank you, man.
1233
01:06:52,283 --> 01:06:53,224
How are you, man?
1234
01:06:53,324 --> 01:06:54,224
- [Man] Good, how are you going?
1235
01:06:54,324 --> 01:06:55,784
(chuckling)
1236
01:06:55,884 --> 01:06:57,924
- [Scruff] I've had better
days, but I've had worse too.
1237
01:06:59,204 --> 01:07:00,864
- [Narrator] For
many of the 15,000
1238
01:07:00,964 --> 01:07:03,425
spectators spread
along the track,
1239
01:07:03,525 --> 01:07:06,185
the day rolls into the night.
1240
01:07:06,285 --> 01:07:07,745
- [Man] He's fallen
asleep in the chair,
1241
01:07:07,845 --> 01:07:10,905
so we've just slowly been
digging, shovel by shovel.
1242
01:07:11,005 --> 01:07:13,466
- You rascal, you're a rascal.
1243
01:07:13,566 --> 01:07:15,846
(laughing)
1244
01:07:17,806 --> 01:07:19,306
- Tie it behind the waist.
1245
01:07:19,406 --> 01:07:22,106
- What have we found
here, you sleeping beauty?
1246
01:07:22,206 --> 01:07:24,587
Drink, drink, drink, drink,
1247
01:07:24,687 --> 01:07:28,627
- [Group] Drink, drink,
drink, drink, drink, drink.
1248
01:07:28,727 --> 01:07:30,867
(laughing)
1249
01:07:30,967 --> 01:07:33,308
(cheering)
1250
01:07:33,408 --> 01:07:35,148
(laughing)
1251
01:07:35,248 --> 01:07:37,148
♪ Have a beer with Duncan
1252
01:07:37,248 --> 01:07:39,708
♪ 'Cause Duncan's
me mate, yeah ♪
1253
01:07:39,808 --> 01:07:41,808
- Hey!
1254
01:07:42,248 --> 01:07:44,269
♪ Oh I'd love to have
a beer with Duncan. ♪
1255
01:07:44,369 --> 01:07:46,369
- [Man] Yeah!
1256
01:07:47,689 --> 01:07:50,069
♪ And we never ever
ever get rollin' drunk ♪
1257
01:07:50,169 --> 01:07:52,429
♪ We drink at the
Town and Country ♪
1258
01:07:52,529 --> 01:07:55,390
♪ Where the
atmosphere is great ♪
1259
01:07:55,490 --> 01:07:57,550
♪ I love to have a
beer with Duncan. ♪
1260
01:07:57,650 --> 01:08:00,470
♪ 'Cause Duncan's me mate
1261
01:08:00,570 --> 01:08:02,870
♪ I love to have a
beer with Duncan ♪
1262
01:08:02,970 --> 01:08:06,131
♪ 'Cause Duncan's me mate
1263
01:08:14,052 --> 01:08:17,232
- We spent most of the first
night at Finke at the pub.
1264
01:08:17,332 --> 01:08:19,492
Got back to camp out
when the pub shut.
1265
01:08:21,612 --> 01:08:24,033
Continued to drink beer around
1266
01:08:24,133 --> 01:08:29,013
a fire like this, 'til four-ish.
1267
01:08:30,253 --> 01:08:31,633
And I think we
were up at six-ish,
1268
01:08:31,733 --> 01:08:34,014
because we raced at seven-ish.
1269
01:08:35,454 --> 01:08:37,914
I don't know, it's
a bit different now.
1270
01:08:38,014 --> 01:08:40,014
It's a bit serious.
1271
01:08:43,094 --> 01:08:46,015
(helicopter buzzing)
1272
01:08:53,615 --> 01:08:55,716
- [Man] Get up.
1273
01:08:55,816 --> 01:09:00,016
- No, fucking sore,
no, we're good.
1274
01:09:01,736 --> 01:09:04,557
(helicopter buzzing)
1275
01:09:04,657 --> 01:09:06,717
Do you want to ride back for me?
1276
01:09:06,817 --> 01:09:08,797
Can you ride back for me?
1277
01:09:08,897 --> 01:09:10,757
- No.
- No.
1278
01:09:10,857 --> 01:09:13,797
Does that mean I have to do it?
1279
01:09:13,897 --> 01:09:16,658
(laid back music)
1280
01:09:21,498 --> 01:09:23,798
- [Narrator] With the
cars well underway,
1281
01:09:23,898 --> 01:09:25,119
the remaining bikes prepare
1282
01:09:25,219 --> 01:09:28,019
to head back to
where they began.
1283
01:09:29,619 --> 01:09:31,239
- [Race Controller] All
stations, this is Race Control.
1284
01:09:31,339 --> 01:09:33,799
We're only moments away
from a start on Race Day Two
1285
01:09:33,899 --> 01:09:36,440
and David Walsh will
be first rider away.
1286
01:09:36,540 --> 01:09:37,960
- I think you can
smell that beer
1287
01:09:38,060 --> 01:09:40,200
at presso on the
way home. (laughing)
1288
01:09:40,300 --> 01:09:41,140
- [Race Controller] He's
got a pack behind him,
1289
01:09:41,220 --> 01:09:42,760
as they chase him back to Alice
1290
01:09:42,860 --> 01:09:44,121
- Hand's pretty sore,
1291
01:09:44,221 --> 01:09:46,441
so just looking forward
to getting home.
1292
01:09:46,541 --> 01:09:48,121
David's five minutes away,
which is a pretty big gap,
1293
01:09:48,221 --> 01:09:50,901
especially for me nursing
my hand, to catch up to him.
1294
01:09:52,341 --> 01:09:53,801
But I've got five
minutes on third as well,
1295
01:09:53,901 --> 01:09:55,902
so it's a bit of breathing room.
1296
01:09:59,902 --> 01:10:01,522
- Keen to just get
it home from here.
1297
01:10:01,622 --> 01:10:05,803
Yeah, keen to just try to string
together a smooth run home.
1298
01:10:05,903 --> 01:10:08,163
- [Commentator] So who will
that first bike be that crosses
1299
01:10:08,263 --> 01:10:11,023
the finish line and will be
crowned King of the Desert?
1300
01:10:12,983 --> 01:10:14,324
- [Commentator] Three
Alice Springs boys
1301
01:10:14,424 --> 01:10:16,324
are filling the podium
positions at the moment.
1302
01:10:16,424 --> 01:10:18,944
The last time that happened
was back in 1978.
1303
01:10:20,104 --> 01:10:21,524
(suspenseful music)
1304
01:10:21,624 --> 01:10:24,505
(engines rumbling)
1305
01:10:45,867 --> 01:10:47,087
- [Race Controller]
All stations,
1306
01:10:47,187 --> 01:10:50,287
David Walsh has now
left the start line.
1307
01:10:50,387 --> 01:10:53,027
(engines rumbling)
1308
01:11:08,069 --> 01:11:10,709
- [Commentator] All the
bikes and riders are
1309
01:11:12,429 --> 01:11:14,429
leaving from the Finke
end. We're going to bring
1310
01:11:14,870 --> 01:11:16,870
them all home this morning.
1311
01:11:18,270 --> 01:11:20,750
- [Isaac] Oh, whoa, get pumped.
1312
01:11:33,351 --> 01:11:34,451
- [Race Controller]
This is Race Control.
1313
01:11:34,551 --> 01:11:37,012
Bike X62, Isaac
Elliott, is underway,
1314
01:11:37,112 --> 01:11:39,112
having departed
Finke checkpoint.
1315
01:11:43,512 --> 01:11:47,013
- [Narrator] Isaac Elliott
has one last leg to complete,
1316
01:11:47,113 --> 01:11:50,193
to finish a race he
started 10 years ago.
1317
01:11:51,713 --> 01:11:54,393
(dramatic music)
1318
01:12:09,395 --> 01:12:10,695
- [Race Controller] The
three local guys up front,
1319
01:12:10,795 --> 01:12:12,015
David Walsh, Daymon Stokie
1320
01:12:12,115 --> 01:12:14,115
and Luke Hayes are
all on their way.
1321
01:12:16,556 --> 01:12:19,236
(engine roaring)
1322
01:12:27,557 --> 01:12:30,817
Third bike on the track
is number six, Luke Hayes.
1323
01:12:30,917 --> 01:12:33,297
- [Commentator] Luke Hayes,
from his point of view,
1324
01:12:33,397 --> 01:12:35,218
there's so much resting on this.
1325
01:12:35,318 --> 01:12:37,698
He's had I guess,
with all due respect,
1326
01:12:37,798 --> 01:12:39,498
a tumultuous 12 months.
1327
01:12:39,598 --> 01:12:42,258
He hopefully is able to
just push that all aside
1328
01:12:42,358 --> 01:12:43,778
and then just get
on with the job
1329
01:12:43,878 --> 01:12:47,019
and keep racing the actual race.
1330
01:12:47,119 --> 01:12:51,879
(engine rumbling)
(dramatic music)
1331
01:13:11,921 --> 01:13:16,102
- [Narrator] At KTM and
Yamaha's fuel stop for day two,
1332
01:13:16,202 --> 01:13:18,602
the teams anxiously
wait for their riders.
1333
01:13:20,282 --> 01:13:22,542
- They don't deserve
to have bad luck,
1334
01:13:22,642 --> 01:13:25,182
but I'm sort of
wishing it upon them.
1335
01:13:25,282 --> 01:13:29,303
I think it's KTM's
year to lose it.
1336
01:13:29,403 --> 01:13:31,343
- [Jeff] We still want
to be absolutely sure
1337
01:13:31,443 --> 01:13:32,503
he's got enough fuel on there.
1338
01:13:32,603 --> 01:13:35,143
So it's still key for him.
1339
01:13:35,243 --> 01:13:37,244
Hopefully, he's
got that good lead.
1340
01:13:38,124 --> 01:13:40,804
(dramatic music)
1341
01:14:49,411 --> 01:14:54,171
(helicopter buzzing)
(dramatic music)
1342
01:15:08,853 --> 01:15:11,493
(engine roaring)
1343
01:15:13,413 --> 01:15:16,053
(dramatic music)
1344
01:15:23,334 --> 01:15:26,175
(helicopter buzzing)
1345
01:15:36,175 --> 01:15:38,896
(dramatic music)
1346
01:15:50,537 --> 01:15:54,717
- [Man On Radio] Only fueling
for Luke Hayes now then, Jeff?
1347
01:15:54,817 --> 01:15:56,758
- What was that?
1348
01:15:56,858 --> 01:15:58,518
- [Man On Radio] We are
only fueling Luke Hayes now.
1349
01:15:58,618 --> 01:16:00,518
Is that correct?
1350
01:16:00,618 --> 01:16:02,618
- Why is that?
1351
01:16:09,179 --> 01:16:11,179
Why did you say that?
1352
01:16:12,739 --> 01:16:14,239
- [Man On Radio]
Yeah it's Christian,
1353
01:16:14,339 --> 01:16:16,400
so we are only fueling Luke
Hayes, is that right now?
1354
01:16:16,500 --> 01:16:17,760
- [Jeff On Radio] I didn't
hear what the message was.
1355
01:16:17,860 --> 01:16:19,860
Has David dropped out?
1356
01:16:21,900 --> 01:16:22,740
- [Race Controller On Radio]
We've had confirmation
1357
01:16:22,820 --> 01:16:25,040
that bike three, David Walsh,
1358
01:16:25,140 --> 01:16:27,081
has blown an engine
just 10 kilometres
1359
01:16:27,181 --> 01:16:29,841
out of Finke and he
is out of the race.
1360
01:16:29,941 --> 01:16:31,941
Repeat, out of
the race, over.
1361
01:16:32,421 --> 01:16:35,061
(dramatic music)
1362
01:16:40,502 --> 01:16:41,662
- [Race Controller] All
stations, all stations,
1363
01:16:41,742 --> 01:16:43,162
this is Race Control.
1364
01:16:43,262 --> 01:16:46,743
Daymon Stokie is now
the leader of the race.
1365
01:16:49,663 --> 01:16:51,923
- [Race Controller] Sounds
like he is out of the race,
1366
01:16:52,023 --> 01:16:54,023
in the helicopter, not injured.
1367
01:16:56,463 --> 01:16:59,884
- [Man] Right.
1368
01:16:59,984 --> 01:17:00,784
- [Race Controller]
Lead bike through
1369
01:17:00,864 --> 01:17:03,104
Mt. Squires is Daymon Stokie.
1370
01:17:04,824 --> 01:17:06,825
With that broken hand,
he just needs to hang on.
1371
01:17:08,905 --> 01:17:11,505
(dramatic music)
1372
01:17:16,105 --> 01:17:19,066
(helicopter buzzing)
1373
01:17:26,987 --> 01:17:29,067
Apparently, the bike
stopped 10 Ks out of Finke.
1374
01:17:30,747 --> 01:17:32,687
Who's coming through?
1375
01:17:32,787 --> 01:17:34,787
- [Man On Radio] Yamaha
bike number four.
1376
01:17:36,787 --> 01:17:39,768
- [Jeff] It was ours to
lose, and we lost it.
1377
01:17:39,868 --> 01:17:41,868
- [Ben] It's Dobby.
1378
01:17:47,869 --> 01:17:49,049
- [Ben] Lift the cap, cap!.
1379
01:17:49,149 --> 01:17:50,849
- [David] Be smart
about it, get home.
1380
01:17:50,949 --> 01:17:52,249
You've got plenty
of time, alright?
1381
01:17:52,349 --> 01:17:53,729
- [Daymon] Yeah.
1382
01:17:53,829 --> 01:17:57,310
- [Man] Straighten it,
straighten it, straighten it.
1383
01:17:58,550 --> 01:17:59,850
Be smart.
1384
01:17:59,950 --> 01:18:03,010
(talking drowned out by buzzing)
1385
01:18:03,110 --> 01:18:05,870
(engine rumbling)
1386
01:18:08,711 --> 01:18:10,711
- It's alright mate
1387
01:18:13,791 --> 01:18:16,131
- [David] I was so bleak,
couldn't keep fucking rolling.
1388
01:18:16,231 --> 01:18:17,532
- [Race Controller]
Number three, David Walsh,
1389
01:18:17,632 --> 01:18:20,812
has DNF'd from the event
with a mechanical issue,
1390
01:18:20,912 --> 01:18:21,972
10 kilometres from Finke.
1391
01:18:22,072 --> 01:18:25,072
So that is absolute heartbreak.
1392
01:18:31,273 --> 01:18:32,253
- [Man] Get organised for Luke.
1393
01:18:32,353 --> 01:18:34,353
- Cheers.
- No worries, brother.
1394
01:18:35,353 --> 01:18:38,034
(dramatic music)
1395
01:18:49,875 --> 01:18:51,255
- [Commentator] Wow.
1396
01:18:51,355 --> 01:18:52,775
Daymon Stokie opening
up a huge lead here.
1397
01:18:52,875 --> 01:18:54,855
So he'll be really
feeling it with that,
1398
01:18:54,955 --> 01:18:58,336
the broken fingers, I think
it is, across the knuckles.
1399
01:18:58,436 --> 01:19:00,096
If Daymon Stokie
stays on the bike
1400
01:19:00,196 --> 01:19:01,496
and keeps it pointing forward
1401
01:19:01,596 --> 01:19:03,416
he's going to be hard
to beat at this stage,
1402
01:19:03,516 --> 01:19:05,876
with about seven
minutes up on Luke's.
1403
01:19:07,356 --> 01:19:09,297
- [Narrator] Since David
Walsh's bike broke down,
1404
01:19:09,397 --> 01:19:12,137
Luke Hayes has now
inherited second place.
1405
01:19:12,237 --> 01:19:15,017
He's the last standing
rider for KTM.
1406
01:19:15,117 --> 01:19:17,177
- [Jeff] Going well,
mate, you're into second.
1407
01:19:17,277 --> 01:19:19,278
- [Man] Awesome.
1408
01:19:20,318 --> 01:19:22,318
- About 30 seconds
1409
01:19:26,598 --> 01:19:28,659
Stay safe, mate.
1410
01:19:28,759 --> 01:19:31,519
(engine rumbling)
1411
01:19:35,439 --> 01:19:38,100
- [Narrator] In Alice Springs
the cars have already arrived.
1412
01:19:38,200 --> 01:19:40,660
The crowds begin to
gather in anticipation
1413
01:19:40,760 --> 01:19:44,440
to see who will be crowned
the next King of the Desert.
1414
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:48,261
because he is really
opening up a gap now.
1415
01:19:48,361 --> 01:19:50,781
- Yeah, absolutely, and
it's looking like Ivan Long
1416
01:19:50,881 --> 01:19:52,021
is really on a charge as well.
1417
01:19:52,121 --> 01:19:53,541
It's closed in.
1418
01:19:53,641 --> 01:19:55,981
(muffled talking)
1419
01:19:56,081 --> 01:19:58,102
- [Tracy] I think out there
with this stress factor,
1420
01:19:58,202 --> 01:20:01,222
for moms it's a bit, and dads,
it's about as bad as it gets.
1421
01:20:01,322 --> 01:20:03,062
(laughing)
1422
01:20:03,162 --> 01:20:04,462
Just the anticipation.
1423
01:20:04,562 --> 01:20:06,562
- Yeah.
1424
01:20:08,563 --> 01:20:11,503
You feel like you've
got lots of stuff
1425
01:20:11,603 --> 01:20:12,743
going on in the stomach
that's for sure.
1426
01:20:12,843 --> 01:20:14,143
- [Tracy] Yeah.
1427
01:20:14,243 --> 01:20:16,063
(laughing)
1428
01:20:16,163 --> 01:20:18,164
- Luke Hayes--
(muffled talking).
1429
01:20:20,284 --> 01:20:22,584
Luke Hayes really
needs to get a move on
1430
01:20:22,684 --> 01:20:24,304
if he's going to
hold off the charge
1431
01:20:24,404 --> 01:20:26,404
of Ivan Long on that
Husqvarna on the way home.
1432
01:20:28,485 --> 01:20:30,305
(dramatic music)
1433
01:20:30,405 --> 01:20:33,265
- [Race Controller] Third bike
through Bundoona checkpoint
1434
01:20:33,365 --> 01:20:35,605
is Ivan Long, in third place.
1435
01:20:37,365 --> 01:20:41,346
That is two minutes and 18
seconds behind second place.
1436
01:20:41,446 --> 01:20:44,046
(engine roaring)
1437
01:20:53,047 --> 01:20:55,347
- [Man] Husqvarna,
yeah, that's Longie.
1438
01:20:55,447 --> 01:20:58,068
- [Race Controller] First three
bikes are through Deep Well.
1439
01:20:58,168 --> 01:21:01,088
Daymon Stokie followed
by Luke Hayes,
1440
01:21:02,448 --> 01:21:05,688
four minutes later,
followed by Ivan Long.
1441
01:21:07,128 --> 01:21:09,069
The distance between
second and third place,
1442
01:21:09,169 --> 01:21:11,309
it's just 15 seconds.
1443
01:21:11,409 --> 01:21:14,549
(helicopter buzzing)
1444
01:21:14,649 --> 01:21:17,329
(dramatic music)
1445
01:22:00,494 --> 01:22:03,034
(clanging)
1446
01:22:03,134 --> 01:22:05,214
(groaning)
1447
01:22:06,254 --> 01:22:08,935
(dramatic music)
1448
01:22:17,815 --> 01:22:18,656
- [Race Controller]
All stations,
1449
01:22:18,736 --> 01:22:20,316
all stations, a great story.
1450
01:22:20,416 --> 01:22:23,116
Isaac Elliott has now passed
through the last checkpoint
1451
01:22:23,216 --> 01:22:26,316
at Deep Well and he's
heading for home.
1452
01:22:26,416 --> 01:22:27,876
- [Commentator] He was a very,
1453
01:22:27,976 --> 01:22:29,977
very good motocross rider
before his accident.
1454
01:22:30,497 --> 01:22:32,497
So, here he comes.
1455
01:22:34,537 --> 01:22:35,677
- [Race Controller]
There's great
1456
01:22:35,777 --> 01:22:37,437
anticipation here
in Race Control.
1457
01:22:37,537 --> 01:22:40,158
Who will that first bike be?
1458
01:22:40,258 --> 01:22:43,478
(dramatic music)
1459
01:22:43,578 --> 01:22:45,918
- [Commentator] I can see
some dust on the horizon
1460
01:22:46,018 --> 01:22:49,319
and I think that I
can see a helicopter.
1461
01:22:49,419 --> 01:22:51,679
- [Mary] Do you notice in
the crowd, there's no noise?
1462
01:22:51,779 --> 01:22:53,039
- [Commentator] Yes.
1463
01:22:53,139 --> 01:22:54,239
- The noise of the
crowd has gone down.
1464
01:22:54,339 --> 01:22:56,159
They're all in anticipation
of what's going
1465
01:22:56,259 --> 01:22:58,359
to happen and how
it's going to happen.
1466
01:22:58,459 --> 01:23:00,460
Their eyes are focused, yes.
1467
01:23:01,780 --> 01:23:04,220
(dramatic music)
1468
01:23:07,140 --> 01:23:08,520
- What would it mean for you
1469
01:23:08,620 --> 01:23:10,241
guys to bring this home today?
1470
01:23:10,341 --> 01:23:13,441
- It would mean the world
to him, the absolute world.
1471
01:23:13,541 --> 01:23:16,921
(dramatic music)
1472
01:23:17,021 --> 01:23:18,842
- [Man] About 13 Ks out,
you sort of come over
1473
01:23:18,942 --> 01:23:20,722
a gradual rise and
then you can see town.
1474
01:23:20,822 --> 01:23:23,102
You can see the towers,
you can see the hills.
1475
01:23:25,462 --> 01:23:30,223
(helicopter buzzing)
(dramatic music)
1476
01:23:45,424 --> 01:23:47,364
- [Commentator] I
can see the bike now.
1477
01:23:47,464 --> 01:23:50,645
So just trying to make
out who it might be.
1478
01:23:50,745 --> 01:23:52,525
Get ready to set
this place alight.
1479
01:23:52,625 --> 01:23:53,685
Ladies and gentlemen,
1480
01:23:53,785 --> 01:23:55,845
your King of the
Desert is in the house.
1481
01:23:55,945 --> 01:24:00,546
(applauding)
(cheering)
1482
01:24:07,066 --> 01:24:08,286
(engine roaring)
1483
01:24:08,386 --> 01:24:09,847
(cheering)
1484
01:24:09,947 --> 01:24:14,047
- [Commentator] Daymon Stokie,
the first time since 1986
1485
01:24:14,147 --> 01:24:17,287
we see a Yamaha take the
crown here in Alice Springs,
1486
01:24:17,387 --> 01:24:18,967
with a fantastic result.
1487
01:24:19,067 --> 01:24:23,628
(applauding)
(cheering)
1488
01:24:44,030 --> 01:24:46,610
- My Dad's personal best was
third outright, back in '98.
1489
01:24:46,710 --> 01:24:49,330
And since then, it's been a
dream of mine to match it.
1490
01:24:49,430 --> 01:24:51,851
So, yeah, bucket list
ticked right here.
1491
01:24:51,951 --> 01:24:55,351
(applauding)
- Luke Hayes.
1492
01:24:59,271 --> 01:25:00,652
- [Narrator] They've
endured the good,
1493
01:25:00,752 --> 01:25:03,532
the bad and the
ugly of the race.
1494
01:25:03,632 --> 01:25:05,652
Whether you come first or last,
1495
01:25:05,752 --> 01:25:08,152
it's all about making
it there and back.
1496
01:25:09,392 --> 01:25:12,613
(applauding)
(cheering)
1497
01:25:12,713 --> 01:25:16,393
- 90% are out there
to get there and back.
1498
01:25:21,274 --> 01:25:23,354
(cheering)
1499
01:25:26,314 --> 01:25:29,695
- [Woman] Oh, Isaac,
you're a legend.
1500
01:25:29,795 --> 01:25:32,335
(dramatic music)
1501
01:25:32,435 --> 01:25:33,815
- [Man] They see
that chequered flag.
1502
01:25:33,915 --> 01:25:35,175
They know that
everything they dreamt of
1503
01:25:35,275 --> 01:25:37,335
in the last year has gone right.
1504
01:25:37,435 --> 01:25:39,535
- [Woman] Fence lines are
just packed with people.
1505
01:25:39,635 --> 01:25:41,416
It makes it even
better to finish.
1506
01:25:41,516 --> 01:25:42,616
- Come on, lips.
1507
01:25:42,716 --> 01:25:44,856
(laughing)
1508
01:25:44,956 --> 01:25:48,016
- When you finish that
race, it's pretty damn cool.
1509
01:25:48,116 --> 01:25:49,336
It's cool.
1510
01:25:49,436 --> 01:25:51,457
- All that enthusiasm
of whizzing by people
1511
01:25:51,557 --> 01:25:53,817
and nearly clipping the
beers out of their hands.
1512
01:25:53,917 --> 01:25:57,177
- [Man] The glory in
itself is just massive.
1513
01:25:57,277 --> 01:26:00,298
- [Man] You get some that
come home very untidy.
1514
01:26:00,398 --> 01:26:02,858
But gee, they're happy to
get to the finish line.
1515
01:26:02,958 --> 01:26:04,098
(laughing)
1516
01:26:04,198 --> 01:26:06,618
- You're my favourite.
- Oh, I am?
1517
01:26:06,718 --> 01:26:08,178
- I know that some
of the cooler stories
1518
01:26:08,278 --> 01:26:10,579
that I'll ever be able
to tell will be ones
1519
01:26:10,679 --> 01:26:14,119
that I've, you know, got from
down there, down the track.
1520
01:26:17,919 --> 01:26:20,300
- [Woman] On behalf of
Tatts, I'd like to present
1521
01:26:20,400 --> 01:26:23,060
the winner's cheque
to our latest
1522
01:26:23,160 --> 01:26:26,860
King of the Desert, local
legend, Daymon Stokie.
1523
01:26:26,960 --> 01:26:28,500
(applauding)
(cheering)
1524
01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:31,341
- Get on down to the Juicy Rump.
I'll put five G's on the bar.
1525
01:26:31,441 --> 01:26:34,141
(cheering)
1526
01:26:34,241 --> 01:26:36,921
(dramatic music)
1527
01:26:42,682 --> 01:26:45,382
(cheering)
1528
01:26:45,482 --> 01:26:47,222
The amount of stress
that I went through
1529
01:26:47,322 --> 01:26:49,102
in the lead-up to
it and for that
1530
01:26:49,202 --> 01:26:51,663
to unfold like it
did over the weekend,
1531
01:26:51,763 --> 01:26:55,283
I'll never experience the
same feelings of that again.
1532
01:26:59,123 --> 01:27:01,204
(cheering)
1533
01:27:07,204 --> 01:27:09,444
(chattering)
1534
01:27:34,927 --> 01:27:37,607
(engine roaring)
1535
01:28:06,850 --> 01:28:09,730
(thunder rumbling)
1536
01:28:12,811 --> 01:28:15,451
(dramatic music)
1537
01:28:30,452 --> 01:28:33,033
- [David] I mean it's
got to stop one day.
1538
01:28:33,133 --> 01:28:34,393
It gets harder and
harder every year.
1539
01:28:34,493 --> 01:28:35,713
Not getting any younger.
1540
01:28:35,813 --> 01:28:38,233
So just can't think
about it and, yeah,
1541
01:28:38,333 --> 01:28:40,333
just knuckle down and push hard.
1542
01:28:43,854 --> 01:28:47,434
Have a look at the backdrop
here, God's country.
1543
01:28:47,534 --> 01:28:49,534
It's like nowhere else.
1544
01:28:53,015 --> 01:28:55,695
- [Narrator] The desert has
stood for millions of years,
1545
01:28:57,415 --> 01:29:00,735
an all-powerful force that
looms over every rider.
1546
01:29:02,336 --> 01:29:06,236
The race is an
incomprehensible addiction.
1547
01:29:06,336 --> 01:29:08,536
Once in your veins,
it doesn't stop.
1548
01:29:10,896 --> 01:29:14,597
- [Luke] It's escapism in its
purest and most natural form.
1549
01:29:14,697 --> 01:29:16,197
The moment you
pull the helmet on
1550
01:29:16,297 --> 01:29:18,937
and twist the throttle,
it sort of all falls away.
1551
01:29:27,378 --> 01:29:30,498
- [Isaac] When I'm
on a bike, I'm free.
1552
01:29:31,939 --> 01:29:34,579
(dramatic music)
1553
01:29:39,219 --> 01:29:41,900
(engine roaring)
1554
01:29:48,420 --> 01:29:51,301
(instrumental music)
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