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Weatherman to all checkpoints.

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I'm looking for status on 99 Alpha, please,
between Valle de Trinidad and Milling.

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<i>They race the clock
in a land that defies time.</i>

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<i>Sharing an adventure in a place
where reality is on holiday.</i>

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It's the most beautiful place in the world.
It's the most scary place in the world.

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And it's the most
desolate, quiet place.

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You love it, you hate it, you love it,
you hate it, you love it, you hate it.

8
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You don't wanna be there,
you wanna be there.

9
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It's like a girl that breaks your heart.

10
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"I hate you, I never
wanna see you again.

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I'm sorry.
Can I come over?"

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You look up at the stars
and there's no smog.

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You smell the ocean breeze,
you hear the birds.

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You hear the whales,
you hear the seals.

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I think Baja gives you
that opportunity to feel that,

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to get closer to something
that's more instinctual.

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It's difficult to put into words
because it's an emotion.

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That's what Baja is,
something you feel.

19
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<i>What do you call a race where
anybody with any vehicle can enter.</i>

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<i>A race where 200.000 spectators
come but no one pays admission.</i>

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<i>A race that takes 32 hours
for 1.200 people</i>

22
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<i>to battle 1.000 merciless miles
for a million different reasons?</i>

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<i>Call it the Tecate Score Baja 1000.</i>

24
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Someone asked Parnelli Jones,

25
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and he said it's like being
in a 24-hour plane crash.

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'Cause the 1000,
so much can go on.

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Think about what happens,
you know, in the Daytona 500.

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And they're going
around a smooth track,

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and the pit's
in the same spot every time.

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You know, we got
buses and cows and horses and...

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Mountains and beaches and deserts.

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You're in dust, you're in rocks.

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It's gullies, it's washouts,
it's 100 miles an hour, 20 miles an hour.

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So many roads out there,
and little ranches here and there.

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Every one of these jumps,
every one of these turns

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is different than the last one.

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Tell you what,
you don't fall asleep here.

38
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I lived it, I ate it, I slept it,
and I can totally understand

39
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when other people
get caught up in the mystique of it,

40
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trying to beat time itself
and get to the finish line.

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It's an unreal feeling.

42
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<i>It's only about 100 miles
south of San Diego.</i>

43
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<i>But Ensenada is a whole nother world.</i>

44
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<i>And the closer you get to it.
The more confusing it becomes.</i>

45
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<i>Mouse had the inspiration
and Fish gave his approval.</i>

46
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<i>But it was my good buddy Scott Waugh
who convinced me to make this movie</i>

47
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<i>about the longest nonstop</i>

48
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<i>point-to-point race in the world.</i>

49
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<i>My name is Dana Brown.</i>

50
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<i>And when I thought I knew.
Hadn't a clue.</i>

51
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<i>We got Dana Brown.
Dana just came out of Step Into Liquid.</i>

52
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<i>They are doing a feature
called Dust to Glory</i>

53
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on the Tecate Score Baja 1000.

54
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<i>That's Sal Fish. He's in charge.</i>

55
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<i>An honest promoter.</i>

56
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<i>Why not? This whole thing started
with a stuntman nicknamed after a rodent.</i>

57
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- There's the odds.
- Hey, we're three-to-one.

58
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Look at this.
I'm two-to-one favorite.

59
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<i>This is Mouse. A real force of nature.</i>

60
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<i>Somehow you always end up doing
whatever he's doing.</i>

61
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<i>Take his posse.., one legend
and two childhood friends.</i>

62
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<i>Also getting sucked into Mouse's orbit
were the Griders. Andy and Neil.</i>

63
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<i>Andy won the 1000 last year.</i>

64
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- Can you bet this?
- Yeah, at Caliente.

65
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Hey, Billy, you can bet this
at Caliente.

66
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Let's put some odds on ourselves.
Let's go bet on ourselves.

67
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I think in Mexico you can do that.
It's not like...

68
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Who's that guy... Pete Rose?

69
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<i>Seems like everybody
enters the 1000.</i>

70
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<i>They've raced everything here
from Rolls-Royces to Winnebagos.</i>

71
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<i>The Bago didn't make it very far.</i>

72
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<i>These racers are
from all walks of life.</i>

73
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<i>Including the prodigal son.
The Hawaiian surfer.</i>

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<i>The father. Son. And grandson.
King of the Beetles.</i>

75
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<i>Team Estrogen.
The perennial champs.</i>

76
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<i>The greatest ever.
And those Indy dudes.</i>

77
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They don't close
the race course off for anybody.

78
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You're out there with Joe Public,
or in this case, Jose Public.

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<i>For the people of Baja. This is
one of the biggest days of the year.</i>

80
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We can really relate to racing,
off-road racing.

81
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And you meet people,
you just start talking.

82
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Start talking about
the last race, the next race.

83
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"You remember this
and you remember that. "

84
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You end up with four
or five guys around you,

85
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and that's called picking up dust
here in this town.

86
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<i>As the party atmosphere fades.</i>

87
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<i>All the contradictions and metaphors
begin to make sense to me.</i>

88
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<i>This isn't about a race.
It's about the race. The human race.</i>

89
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<i>Which I figure is exactly
how Sal Fish intended it.</i>

90
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The roads aren't closed.
Locals driving backwards on the course.

91
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You've got locals racing
right next to you.

92
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You've got chase vehicles, and they're
on the course where they shouldn't be.

93
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You know, I mean, this is
not for wusses. Let's face it.

94
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<i>Without question.
Sal Fish is the Baja 1000.</i>

95
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<i>He marks a different course each year.</i>

96
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<i>He deals with the concerns
of the ranchers. Of the police.</i>

97
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<i>As well as demands
of contestants and spectators.</i>

98
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I haven't met anyone that has
the stupidity, I guess, that I have

99
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that would do it the way I do.

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And I never stop thinking about this.
It's a 24-hour deal and I love it.

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Get families together

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and guys with the $10,000 vehicle
and guys with the $2 million vehicle.

103
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I could never imagine
having Sal Fish's job.

104
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Having 300 people
like Robby Gordon showing up there

105
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wanting to go racing,
and everybody has their own agenda.

106
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Everybody plays by the same rules.
They all pay the same entry fee.

107
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I wanna make sure
our hardcore grassroot guys

108
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are always at Score
and there's a place for them to race.

109
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<i>Sal's values are reflected
in a race that's open to everyone.</i>

110
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<i>From the little guy to the big guy.
The famous and anonymous...</i>

111
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<i>all equal. All simply racers.</i>

112
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<i>Pre-dawn.</i>

113
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<i>Air temperature. 45 degrees.</i>

114
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<i>Motorcycles and quads
will start three hours ahead of the field.</i>

115
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<i>A flurry of flashbulbs
announces Johnny Campbell's arrival.</i>

116
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<i>A win today would be
a record-breaking seven in a row.</i>

117
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<i>Trying to keep loose
was 62-year-old J.N. Roberts.</i>

118
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<i>A true legend in off-road racing.</i>

119
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Always gotta keep moving.
Harder target to hit.

120
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<i>Mouse arrived.
He's very quiet. Unusually subdued.</i>

121
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Mouse doesn't know this but when
I was a little kid, he was my hero.

122
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He'd go out smokin' everybody.

123
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"Wow, who's this Mouse McCoy?"
Then all of a sudden, disappeared.

124
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I started racing
when I was four years old.

125
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And by 17 I was just flat burned out.

126
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Nothing you could do about it.

127
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You don't have any context
of what you're doing as a kid.

128
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All you know is you hate it,
you're done, you're sick of it.

129
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Actually that's the best thing
that's ever happened to me

130
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'cause now I love
riding motorcycles more than ever.

131
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And maybe I wouldn't have loved it
so much had I kept going.

132
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<i>For every bike there's usually
three. Four. Or five riders.</i>

133
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<i>Johnny Campbell would be riding
the first 205 miles</i>

134
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<i>before handing it over
to Steve Hengeveld.</i>

135
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We'll see ya at the finish line.

136
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<i>J.N. Would ride 110
before giving it to his son Jimmy.</i>

137
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<i>Mouse McCoy wouldn't
run 100. 200, or even 500 miles.</i>

138
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<i>Mouse had a different plan.</i>

139
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<i>He was gonna race
the entire Baja 1000 solo.</i>

140
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<i>One man's name is synonymous
for racing the Baja solo...</i>

141
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<i>the Ironman. Van Stewart.</i>

142
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Well, to do a 1,000-mile race
in a car is tough,

143
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but at least you can sit down
and get a drink of water

144
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and you're protected a lot more.

145
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And to do it on a motorcycle,
I mean, I can't fathom it. That's tough.

146
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Anybody can trail ride the thing
for the thousand miles.

147
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But to be competitive and do it
was a whole different deal.

148
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And I knew I looked up to him,

149
00:09:00,965 --> 00:09:03,763
and now, wow, I'm really gonna
look up to him if he finishes this thing.

150
00:09:03,835 --> 00:09:05,063
This is gonna be amazing.

151
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People say, "Don't you
worry about your son?"

152
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No, I don't worry about him
because he's gifted.

153
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And he usually gets there.

154
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I think Mouse is one of the best
when it comes to preparing.

155
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He pre-ran down here
more than anybody I've ever seen.

156
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<i>Supercross legend Ricky Johnson.</i>

157
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<i>Who's like Mouse's big brother.
Had some reservations.</i>

158
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Not because he's a bad rider.
He's a great rider.

159
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Not because he was out of shape.
He was in great shape.

160
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But for those exact things.

161
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He knew how good a shape he was in
and he knew how fast he was.

162
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And I knew if he got into a competition

163
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with other riders that are
fresher, fresher, fresher, fresher,

164
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I was afraid he was gonna die.

165
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Survival. That's all it is.
You survive, you'll win it.

166
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Soft and smooth, brother.
Soft and smooth.

167
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<i>At 6:30 the race began.</i>

168
00:10:00,925 --> 00:10:02,449
<i>They'll leave 30 seconds apart.</i>

169
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<i>At 6:31 and 30 seconds.
Johnny Campbell takes off.</i>

170
00:10:06,798 --> 00:10:11,701
<i>Chris Blaze of the Honda B Team
leaves the line at 6:33.</i>

171
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<i>J.N. Roberts. 6:37:30.</i>

172
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<i>F a car pulls out in front
of a speeding car.</i>

173
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<i>Results are dented metal
and possible injury.</i>

174
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<i>F a car pulls out
in front of a speeding motorcycle.</i>

175
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<i>Results are probable death.</i>

176
00:10:32,256 --> 00:10:37,455
<i>Which was exactly the fate of former
Baja champion Danny Hamel in 1995.</i>

177
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<i>Only a few miles
outside of Ensenada.</i>

178
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<i>Mouse McCoy. 6:37.</i>

179
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<i>And the rhythm
of the race begins.</i>

180
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<i>At 6:46:30, the quads
began to join the fray.</i>

181
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<i>Mile 38, there
is no flagman. No flagman.</i>

182
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<i>By the 50-mile mark. Johnny Campbell
had settled into his usual lead.</i>

183
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<i>In second was Chris Blaze
of the Honda B Team.</i>

184
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<i>Mouse. In an effort
to show his newfound maturity.</i>

185
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<i>Had gone from sixteenth
to fourth in the first hour.</i>

186
00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,452
<i>For a motorcyclist to compete
at the front of the pack</i>

187
00:12:11,522 --> 00:12:13,046
<i>he has to fully commit.</i>

188
00:12:13,124 --> 00:12:15,684
<i>He has to hurl himself into the void.</i>

189
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<i>Mouse was on fire.</i>

190
00:12:47,725 --> 00:12:51,627
<i>And just as amazing was J.N. Roberts
passing riders a third of his age</i>

191
00:12:51,696 --> 00:12:56,224
<i>until our camera helicopter got
a little close and J.N. Went down.</i>

192
00:12:56,300 --> 00:12:57,665
<i>We missed the shot.</i>

193
00:12:57,735 --> 00:13:00,135
<i>And 30 miles away.
Jimmy Roberts had</i>

194
00:13:00,204 --> 00:13:02,900
<i>a sudden premonition
that he'd miss his ride.</i>

195
00:13:02,974 --> 00:13:06,637
<i>F J.N. Couldn't get back
on the bike. Their day was over.</i>

196
00:13:07,912 --> 00:13:10,745
<i>T didn't seem fair.
J.N. 's a living legend.</i>

197
00:13:10,815 --> 00:13:14,876
<i>Winner of the first
Baja 1000 back in 1967.</i>

198
00:13:14,952 --> 00:13:15,976
<i>That was an era</i>

199
00:13:16,053 --> 00:13:19,489
<i>when as many as 3.000 riders
would start a California desert race.</i>

200
00:13:19,557 --> 00:13:22,822
<i>And J.N. Roberts
would win 27 in a row.</i>

201
00:13:22,894 --> 00:13:25,419
When I was growing up, of course
he was the man in the desert.

202
00:13:25,496 --> 00:13:27,589
And any time we'd be out
riding motorcycles

203
00:13:27,665 --> 00:13:29,724
and I'd do something that
my dad thought was pretty good,

204
00:13:29,801 --> 00:13:31,462
he'd say, "Oh, all right, J.N.
Good job, J.N."

205
00:13:31,536 --> 00:13:34,130
So J.N. Was this
mythical figure in my mind.

206
00:13:34,205 --> 00:13:36,173
So when I had the chance
to actually race with him

207
00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,367
it was a pretty awesome
experience for me.

208
00:13:38,709 --> 00:13:40,802
I wanna make sure it works for J.N.

209
00:13:40,878 --> 00:13:43,142
First time back in 30 years
to Baja for him.

210
00:13:43,214 --> 00:13:45,205
It's kind of exciting
to go riding with him.

211
00:13:45,283 --> 00:13:48,650
He can't seem to get the bike
started, though.

212
00:13:48,719 --> 00:13:50,914
- New technology.
- Get it to the top of the stroke.

213
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<i>J.N. Won two
of the first three Baja 1000s.</i>

214
00:13:57,628 --> 00:14:00,859
<i>He'd come back to team with Jimmy.
Who was racing in his first.</i>

215
00:14:00,932 --> 00:14:02,866
He just recently won
the Vet World Championships.

216
00:14:02,934 --> 00:14:04,993
And now here he is
two weeks later racing Baja.

217
00:14:05,069 --> 00:14:08,402
And then in January
he signs up for Social Security.

218
00:14:08,472 --> 00:14:09,837
So he's had quite a year.

219
00:14:09,907 --> 00:14:12,933
Don't rub it in.
Hey, Social Insecurity.

220
00:14:13,010 --> 00:14:13,999
Yeah.

221
00:14:14,078 --> 00:14:18,412
<i>J.N. Didn't get a lot of time
to reminisce about his past victories</i>

222
00:14:18,482 --> 00:14:22,384
<i>because Jimmy. Mouse. And Greg Tracy
had him on a rigorous pre-run schedule.</i>

223
00:14:23,454 --> 00:14:26,582
<i>Pre-running is when you get to practice
your section of the course.</i>

224
00:14:26,657 --> 00:14:29,421
<i>Now. In Mouse's case.
All the sections were his section.</i>

225
00:14:29,493 --> 00:14:31,552
<i>So J.N. Got to do a lot of pre-running.</i>

226
00:14:31,629 --> 00:14:35,326
I'll tell you what, the ol' butt
in the last few days is taking a lickin'.

227
00:14:35,399 --> 00:14:37,424
- Taking a lickin'.
- No pun intended.

228
00:14:37,501 --> 00:14:40,937
We still live in different states,
so we don't see each other all the time.

229
00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:42,404
But when we do see each other,

230
00:14:42,473 --> 00:14:44,964
it's usually around
a motorcycle-based environment.

231
00:14:45,042 --> 00:14:48,034
And he's so, like,
compulsive disorder kind of...

232
00:14:48,112 --> 00:14:50,046
Really goes over things
over and over and over.

233
00:14:50,114 --> 00:14:54,608
And I can see myself when I'm
by myself becoming that a little bit myself.

234
00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:58,121
I love you to death, but some
of your habits drive me crazy.

235
00:14:58,189 --> 00:15:02,489
But the roles reverse. It's just funny.
It's just the way it is. It's life.

236
00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,494
Look at the McCoys.
We've seen that yesterday with them.

237
00:15:04,562 --> 00:15:06,189
Yeah, they have
the same relationship, kind of.

238
00:15:06,264 --> 00:15:08,459
They're kind of bagging
on each other all the time.

239
00:15:08,532 --> 00:15:10,090
Like a couple ol' hens
most of the time.

240
00:15:10,167 --> 00:15:14,001
What can you do about it?
It's your blood. They can't fire ya.

241
00:15:14,071 --> 00:15:17,871
<i>Jimmy and J.N. Are less father and son.
They're more like clones.</i>

242
00:15:17,942 --> 00:15:19,910
Well, I know I'm
a lot more cautious than he is.

243
00:15:19,977 --> 00:15:21,569
Let's try and be nice.

244
00:15:21,646 --> 00:15:24,342
He's just, you know,
"Yeah, pin it, Dad. "

245
00:15:24,415 --> 00:15:26,007
Well, I don't know
what's over that hill.

246
00:15:26,083 --> 00:15:28,074
So I back off and roll it off a little bit

247
00:15:28,152 --> 00:15:30,211
because I'm gonna go home
and cut wood this winter.

248
00:15:30,288 --> 00:15:32,688
I got things I gotta do.
Where he's just got a little more...

249
00:15:32,757 --> 00:15:34,622
You gotta have a little faith,
trust yourself.

250
00:15:34,692 --> 00:15:37,422
I do trust myself,
but that's still who I am.

251
00:15:37,495 --> 00:15:43,434
I don't have it that way, but I think
that comes with doing a lot and age.

252
00:15:43,501 --> 00:15:45,128
<i>J.N. May talk about getting old.</i>

253
00:15:45,202 --> 00:15:49,298
<i>But how many 62-year-olds can
pick up a 300-pound motorcycle?</i>

254
00:15:49,373 --> 00:15:51,739
<i>No matter his age.
J.N. 's a father.</i>

255
00:15:51,809 --> 00:15:54,300
<i>And he's not about
to let down his son.</i>

256
00:16:08,392 --> 00:16:12,123
<i>By any standard. J.N. Roberts
is a true motorcycle legend.</i>

257
00:16:12,196 --> 00:16:17,259
<i>50% of a legend is better
than 100% of someone like me.</i>

258
00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:31,881
<i>When Jimmy finally got his turn
he took full advantage of it.</i>

259
00:16:31,949 --> 00:16:34,008
<i>Getting all the way up
to eighth place overall</i>

260
00:16:34,085 --> 00:16:36,918
<i>and not being passed
for 300 miles.</i>

261
00:16:39,323 --> 00:16:42,121
<i>J.N. 's shoulder was possibly separated.
Putting in jeopardy</i>

262
00:16:42,193 --> 00:16:46,254
<i>the plan for him to ride the last 50 miles
to the finish later that night.</i>

263
00:16:46,330 --> 00:16:47,991
<i>In the meantime
there was nothing to do</i>

264
00:16:48,065 --> 00:16:50,863
<i>but sit back and reminisce
about the good ol' days.</i>

265
00:16:50,935 --> 00:16:54,098
A few of the old-time boys
used to come down here and...

266
00:16:55,072 --> 00:16:56,562
But long before it was a race.

267
00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,906
Just to see if they could get
from Tijuana down to La Paz.

268
00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:03,310
And just to find
your way was a chore.

269
00:17:03,381 --> 00:17:06,407
You telegraph the time you leave
and you pick up the telegraph

270
00:17:06,484 --> 00:17:08,884
and check in your time
when you get to La Paz.

271
00:17:08,953 --> 00:17:11,148
That's the only way
you could document it.

272
00:17:11,222 --> 00:17:15,591
There wasn't anybody down here with
helicopters flying in those days to follow us.

273
00:17:15,659 --> 00:17:20,255
<i>When promoter Ed Perlman announced
plans for the inaugural Mexican 1000.</i>

274
00:17:20,331 --> 00:17:22,925
<i>Race legend Malcolm Smith
immediately thought of two things...</i>

275
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,594
<i>get J.N. Roberts for his partner
and buy a map.</i>

276
00:17:26,437 --> 00:17:29,929
I tried to get him to read
the guidebook so he'd know his way.

277
00:17:30,007 --> 00:17:33,135
He said, "I don't need any guidebook.
I can always find my way. "

278
00:17:33,210 --> 00:17:35,075
<i>On the day of the race.
The press was told</i>

279
00:17:35,146 --> 00:17:38,946
<i>the first vehicle would arrive
at San Ignacio. The halfway point.</i>

280
00:17:39,016 --> 00:17:40,313
<i>At around 5 a, m.</i>

281
00:17:40,384 --> 00:17:43,615
<i>Malcolm arrived at 5 p, m..
A full 12 hours earlier.</i>

282
00:17:43,687 --> 00:17:46,178
<i>And eight hours ahead
of the next vehicle.</i>

283
00:17:46,257 --> 00:17:48,589
<i>As evening settled in.
J.N. Began his journey</i>

284
00:17:48,659 --> 00:17:52,254
<i>guided by a weak front headlight
and a unique sense of direction.</i>

285
00:17:52,329 --> 00:17:56,561
I seen this light and I thought
I was going the right direction,

286
00:17:56,634 --> 00:17:58,329
and it was a star,
and I just kept following it.

287
00:17:58,402 --> 00:18:00,370
I said, "There's a checkpoint.
It's gotta be a checkpoint. "

288
00:18:00,438 --> 00:18:03,373
Kept going on. I totally went
to the other side of the coast,

289
00:18:03,441 --> 00:18:04,806
which I shouldn't have went to.

290
00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:08,743
<i>Out of gas. J.N. Managed to refuel
at a local fishing village.</i>

291
00:18:08,813 --> 00:18:11,247
<i>He then crossed the entire peninsula
one more time.</i>

292
00:18:11,315 --> 00:18:12,839
<i>Where he ran out of gas again.</i>

293
00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:16,409
<i>He had traveled hundreds of miles and
hadn't made an inch towards the finish line.</i>

294
00:18:16,487 --> 00:18:19,217
We found him sleeping under a cactus.

295
00:18:19,290 --> 00:18:22,589
He says, "I don't have a clue
where I am. Can I follow you in?"

296
00:18:22,660 --> 00:18:26,323
I think it took him, I don't know,
14 hours or something.

297
00:18:26,397 --> 00:18:28,490
But he slept six of 'em anyway.

298
00:18:28,566 --> 00:18:30,796
I'll tell you what.
I don't remember half of it.

299
00:18:30,868 --> 00:18:32,927
It was the '60s and '70s, wasn't it?

300
00:18:33,003 --> 00:18:35,028
Yeah, the '60s and '70s
were real good to me.

301
00:18:35,706 --> 00:18:38,174
<i>Despite the nocturnal adventure.
J.N. And Malcolm</i>

302
00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:41,006
<i>would be crowned
the inaugural motorcycle champions.</i>

303
00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:43,308
You know, as you go through life,

304
00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:47,180
if you knew you were making history,
you would've paid more attention to it.

305
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,286
<i>F one man legitimized the Baja 1000.
It was Parnelli Jones.</i>

306
00:18:53,357 --> 00:18:56,451
<i>Winner of the 1963 Indy 500.
His presence.</i>

307
00:18:56,527 --> 00:19:00,088
<i>Along with fellow competitors
Steve McQueen and James Garner.</i>

308
00:19:00,164 --> 00:19:02,064
<i>Gave birth to the Baja mystique.</i>

309
00:19:02,133 --> 00:19:04,931
<i>And over the years. Everyone
seems to have raced the Baja.</i>

310
00:19:05,002 --> 00:19:08,768
<i>But there's one notable exception
who's never managed to make it until now...</i>

311
00:19:08,839 --> 00:19:11,603
<i>the greatest race car driver ever.
Mario Andretti.</i>

312
00:19:11,675 --> 00:19:12,664
Great opportunity,

313
00:19:12,743 --> 00:19:16,679
and so happy that I did it
because I got some taste of it.

314
00:19:16,747 --> 00:19:19,716
<i>Sal Fish invited Mario to be
this year's grand marshal.</i>

315
00:19:19,783 --> 00:19:22,877
<i>His mere presence can make
grown men act like schoolchildren.</i>

316
00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:25,478
Mario Andretti could've been
anywhere in the world,

317
00:19:25,556 --> 00:19:28,525
and he was in Ensenada
at the Score Baja 1000.

318
00:19:28,592 --> 00:19:31,686
That, to me, I'll never forget that.
It was a highlight of my career.

319
00:19:31,762 --> 00:19:36,096
Say the name Andretti, and that's speed,
that's auto racing. That's it.

320
00:19:36,167 --> 00:19:38,533
And it's global.
It's a universal word.

321
00:19:38,602 --> 00:19:41,594
He's the best.
I love that guy.

322
00:19:41,672 --> 00:19:44,664
I gotta get the car heated up and my seat
buffed 'cause Mario's coming.

323
00:19:44,742 --> 00:19:45,902
He's gonna sit right there.

324
00:19:45,976 --> 00:19:49,002
<i>For Todd. This culminated
years of hero worship.</i>

325
00:19:49,079 --> 00:19:50,944
<i>A chance to bond with his idol.</i>

326
00:19:51,015 --> 00:19:53,779
Mario's, I think, taken the bait.

327
00:19:53,851 --> 00:19:56,718
He's thinking,
"You know, I can do this. "

328
00:19:56,787 --> 00:19:59,813
I want you to drive it slowly,
and I'm gonna sit there...

329
00:19:59,890 --> 00:20:00,914
Yeah, sure.

330
00:20:00,991 --> 00:20:03,789
<i>He took the wheel before
Todd could cry for help.</i>

331
00:20:06,263 --> 00:20:10,029
<i>There's a very good reason the name
Andretti is synonymous with speed...</i>

332
00:20:12,036 --> 00:20:14,004
<i>Because it's synonymous with speed.</i>

333
00:20:15,673 --> 00:20:17,766
Feeling the pre-run truck here,

334
00:20:17,841 --> 00:20:21,004
I could see how you could
all of a sudden find yourself in a ditch

335
00:20:21,078 --> 00:20:22,409
upside down really easy.

336
00:20:24,215 --> 00:20:26,809
All of a sudden he's
pushing the thing pretty hard,

337
00:20:26,884 --> 00:20:28,943
we're on the right-hand side,
stuff's going right by me.

338
00:20:30,221 --> 00:20:32,849
So I said, "Hey, Mario, you gotta slow down.
I think there's some horses coming up. "

339
00:20:32,923 --> 00:20:36,086
There weren't horses coming up,
but anything to get this thing slowed down.

340
00:20:46,403 --> 00:20:48,234
What did you think of that?

341
00:20:48,305 --> 00:20:50,796
What did you think of that?
I loved it.

342
00:20:50,874 --> 00:20:53,741
<i>Todd's hyperventilating had stopped.</i>

343
00:20:53,811 --> 00:20:58,646
<i>Unfortunately. So did his truck.
20 miles from civilization.</i>

344
00:20:59,316 --> 00:21:01,443
It's died.
We've got no battery.

345
00:21:02,886 --> 00:21:04,615
Didn't go fast enough.

346
00:21:05,723 --> 00:21:08,317
You didn't go fast enough
to charge the battery.

347
00:21:10,494 --> 00:21:12,052
<i>Eventually a ride pulled up.</i>

348
00:21:12,896 --> 00:21:15,558
<i>The lady in the truck
obviously didn't follow racing.</i>

349
00:21:15,633 --> 00:21:18,500
<i>But she knew a good head
for hats when she saw one.</i>

350
00:21:20,971 --> 00:21:23,371
I'm sorry to do this to you, but...

351
00:21:24,008 --> 00:21:26,374
<i>The husband. On the other hand.
Knew instantly</i>

352
00:21:26,443 --> 00:21:29,810
<i>that the man carrying his
dirty laundry was a living legend.</i>

353
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,644
- Chris and Sam, you're my saviors.
- Mario Andretti, it's a pleasure to meet you.

354
00:21:32,716 --> 00:21:35,207
I've heard of you
for years and years.

355
00:21:36,687 --> 00:21:39,349
<i>The couple happily drove
20 miles out of their way.</i>

356
00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:41,653
<i>Compensated with a mere autograph.</i>

357
00:21:41,725 --> 00:21:43,317
<i>Pure Baja magic.</i>

358
00:21:43,394 --> 00:21:46,192
<i>Everything goes wrong
and then works out perfectly.</i>

359
00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:48,823
See, you turned out to be
the highlight of our day.

360
00:21:48,899 --> 00:21:50,799
Well, you're the highlight of ours, too.

361
00:21:50,868 --> 00:21:54,827
<i>Mario couldn't get over the potential
in off-road racing.</i>

362
00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,874
It's incredible, you know,
what has been developed.

363
00:21:59,943 --> 00:22:03,709
But I keep saying, I mean,
the imagination is the only limit.

364
00:22:08,385 --> 00:22:11,513
<i>These are for the rock stars
of the Baja. The unlimited classes.</i>

365
00:22:11,588 --> 00:22:14,716
<i>The big-money race teams that use
choppers for chase vehicles.</i>

366
00:22:14,792 --> 00:22:17,818
It's the most dynamic thing you can do.
You have everything you want.

367
00:22:17,895 --> 00:22:21,126
You have 800 horsepower,
you've got three feet of suspension,

368
00:22:21,198 --> 00:22:24,463
you got a chromoly cage,
you got a breathing apparatus,

369
00:22:24,535 --> 00:22:27,265
you got a co-rider telling you
you need to do these different things.

370
00:22:27,338 --> 00:22:30,466
If you could look under "macho"
in the dictionary, there'd be a trophy truck.

371
00:22:31,809 --> 00:22:34,539
<i>The racer most identified
with the Baja 1000</i>

372
00:22:34,611 --> 00:22:36,408
<i>is NASCAR driver
Robby Gordon.</i>

373
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:37,879
I mean, this is his world.

374
00:22:37,948 --> 00:22:41,577
It isn't in NASCAR.
This is where he's the king.

375
00:22:41,652 --> 00:22:45,053
And you can see everybody
defer to him here.

376
00:22:45,122 --> 00:22:47,647
Robby was just a kid
when I took him for a ride

377
00:22:47,725 --> 00:22:49,852
out in Saddleback
in one of the blazers,

378
00:22:49,927 --> 00:22:52,191
and I can remember seeing
his helmet up here.

379
00:22:52,262 --> 00:22:53,661
You know, he just loved it.

380
00:22:53,731 --> 00:22:55,824
<i>Robby became
Baja's boy wonder.</i>

381
00:22:55,899 --> 00:22:58,925
<i>He's gone on to make millions racing
from Daytona to Indy.</i>

382
00:22:59,002 --> 00:23:00,469
<i>But he never forgets his roots.</i>

383
00:23:00,537 --> 00:23:02,732
I left home on Sunday night,
we flew out in a helicopter,

384
00:23:02,806 --> 00:23:05,138
got on a commercial airline,
and flew to L.A.

385
00:23:05,209 --> 00:23:08,144
Left at 5 a, m. To come down here.
We pre-ran Monday and Tuesday.

386
00:23:08,212 --> 00:23:09,372
Did the whole course in two days.

387
00:23:09,446 --> 00:23:12,609
He was a little cocky and, you know,
it probably hurt him in a lot of ways.

388
00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:14,082
I know where everybody's at.

389
00:23:14,151 --> 00:23:15,982
I'm gonna watch every car
go by the wayside.

390
00:23:16,053 --> 00:23:17,247
The car's good enough

391
00:23:17,321 --> 00:23:19,812
that at 75%, it's as fast
as everybody else.

392
00:23:19,890 --> 00:23:22,085
You know, a lot
of good race drivers are cocky.

393
00:23:22,159 --> 00:23:26,255
<i>Numbers are drawn for starting position.
Robby got the last spot.</i>

394
00:23:28,232 --> 00:23:31,030
<i>While starting at the very front of
the line was Hawaiian Alan Pflueger</i>

395
00:23:31,101 --> 00:23:33,228
<i>in his very first race in a trophy truck.</i>

396
00:23:33,303 --> 00:23:36,204
You can't really describe it.
You've gotta experience it.

397
00:23:36,273 --> 00:23:39,504
And it's awesome.
It's a controlled explosion.

398
00:23:39,576 --> 00:23:43,774
It's like trying to hold a piece of dynamite,
keep the explosion in your hand.

399
00:24:26,723 --> 00:24:31,126
It's driving that fine line where
you get off that line, it gets hairy.

400
00:24:31,195 --> 00:24:32,856
It gets really hairy.

401
00:24:32,930 --> 00:24:34,488
But it's fun.
It's fun on that line.

402
00:25:05,262 --> 00:25:08,698
You need binoculars to drive
'cause you don't look at the bumps.

403
00:25:08,765 --> 00:25:10,995
You just look at, you know,
like an aurora

404
00:25:11,068 --> 00:25:13,901
that you might come off this side
and hit the other side.

405
00:25:31,388 --> 00:25:33,879
You've got the ability to go so fast.

406
00:25:33,957 --> 00:25:37,586
But the challenge is to be smart enough
to go slow enough to finish the race.

407
00:25:37,661 --> 00:25:40,653
'Cause any dummy can go out there
and put their foot down and go fast.

408
00:25:40,731 --> 00:25:42,756
But you gotta know when to lift
and put that brake on.

409
00:25:44,368 --> 00:25:46,598
<i>The highways are open
to all traffic during the race.</i>

410
00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:48,365
<i>Matter of fact. All the roads are.</i>

411
00:25:48,438 --> 00:25:50,804
<i>They have things like speed limits.
But since it's a race</i>

412
00:25:50,874 --> 00:25:53,035
<i>and boys will be boys.
Most ignore 'em.</i>

413
00:25:53,110 --> 00:25:55,510
<i>After all. Who's gonna catch 'em?</i>

414
00:25:59,016 --> 00:26:00,005
I wasn't speeding.

415
00:26:00,083 --> 00:26:02,074
<i>Well, the authorities were slightly miffed.</i>

416
00:26:02,152 --> 00:26:04,416
<i>But Pflueger immediately
saw the error of his ways</i>

417
00:26:04,488 --> 00:26:07,719
<i>and turned state evidence
and was deputized.</i>

418
00:26:11,762 --> 00:26:13,821
When we were listening on the radio
to where the cars were,

419
00:26:13,897 --> 00:26:17,993
I hear there's a bunch of cops have
pulled over all the heroes in the sport

420
00:26:18,068 --> 00:26:20,502
and they're on the side of the road
having a doughnut convention.

421
00:26:20,571 --> 00:26:23,836
<i>And just like that.
Two of Baja's finest</i>

422
00:26:23,907 --> 00:26:27,809
<i>stopped 70 people
and $50 million of race equipment.</i>

423
00:26:27,878 --> 00:26:31,075
<i>Meanwhile behind them. The open-wheeled
brother to the trophy truck.</i>

424
00:26:31,148 --> 00:26:33,639
<i>The Class 1 buggies.
Surged off the line.</i>

425
00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:37,551
<i>These vehicles are unlimited.
Meaning the engine size is unlimited</i>

426
00:26:37,621 --> 00:26:39,145
<i>and so is the budget.</i>

427
00:26:39,222 --> 00:26:42,521
<i>Ranging between $300.000
and $ 1 million.</i>

428
00:26:42,593 --> 00:26:44,288
<i>These are expensive cars.</i>

429
00:26:44,361 --> 00:26:47,489
<i>F you win. Four grand maybe.</i>

430
00:27:11,555 --> 00:27:15,491
<i>Behind the big money
of the Class 1 buggies is a lot of heart.</i>

431
00:27:15,559 --> 00:27:18,995
<i>A quality best exemplified
by an off-road racing dynasty.</i>

432
00:27:19,062 --> 00:27:20,893
<i>The McMillin family.</i>

433
00:27:20,964 --> 00:27:25,833
My dad and brother decided they were
gonna race one race in 1976

434
00:27:25,902 --> 00:27:29,303
for the Baja 1000, just race it once,
and then sell the car.

435
00:27:29,373 --> 00:27:31,273
Just to say they did it, you know?

436
00:27:32,109 --> 00:27:36,045
And when I was in that Class 9
with eight inches of wheel travel,

437
00:27:36,113 --> 00:27:40,049
a 50-horsepower motor, I really
thought I was gonna win overall.

438
00:27:40,117 --> 00:27:42,847
I mean, I thought,
"I got a chance here. "

439
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,486
<i>At 74. Corky McMillin is still
chasing his dream.</i>

440
00:27:47,557 --> 00:27:50,117
You know, people ask me today,
with my age and everything... -

441
00:27:50,193 --> 00:27:54,220
I said, "Well, the only person
I really have to please is myself. "

442
00:27:54,297 --> 00:27:58,495
And if I feel like I'm competing
and doing good and hanging in there,

443
00:27:58,568 --> 00:28:00,468
I'm happy, I'm satisfied.

444
00:28:00,537 --> 00:28:04,166
<i>The McMillins are a successful family
in more ways than one.</i>

445
00:28:04,241 --> 00:28:09,474
And I see Corky still line up to get
a shower in the morning before the race

446
00:28:09,546 --> 00:28:13,846
in a line at a campground behind
all the guys that work in his company.

447
00:28:13,917 --> 00:28:17,114
And you can't tell which one's Corky
and which one's driving nails the next day.

448
00:28:17,187 --> 00:28:21,749
It makes us all have something
in common to kind of get together with,

449
00:28:21,825 --> 00:28:24,658
and it's not the bosses
and the employees.

450
00:28:24,728 --> 00:28:26,787
I mean, we're all just a bunch of people

451
00:28:26,863 --> 00:28:29,957
trying to have fun and enjoy life,
and we're doing it.

452
00:28:30,033 --> 00:28:33,002
He's had to miss a couple because
of health reasons, but you know what?

453
00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:35,402
Take one race at a time,
and the next race he was back.

454
00:28:35,472 --> 00:28:38,839
My body thinks
my brain's gone crazy.

455
00:28:40,043 --> 00:28:43,069
<i>The McMillin with
the most championships is Mark.</i>

456
00:28:43,146 --> 00:28:46,547
<i>He's also one of the most successful
drivers in the history of the Baja 1000.</i>

457
00:28:46,616 --> 00:28:49,380
<i>But it's been 14 years
since his last victory.</i>

458
00:28:49,453 --> 00:28:51,216
There's ups and there's downs.

459
00:28:51,288 --> 00:28:56,021
But something that I've always taken from
my dad and I'm trying to give to my boys

460
00:28:56,093 --> 00:28:58,994
is you never, never, never give up.

461
00:28:59,062 --> 00:29:01,963
Whether it's at work,
whether it's racing,

462
00:29:02,032 --> 00:29:04,193
or something you're trying to accomplish
at home with your family,

463
00:29:04,267 --> 00:29:06,326
we just never, ever, ever give up.

464
00:29:07,671 --> 00:29:12,734
<i>Mark McMillin got off to a fantastic start.
Roaring through the first 80 miles.</i>

465
00:29:12,809 --> 00:29:14,902
<i>But once again. Bad luck struck.</i>

466
00:29:14,978 --> 00:29:18,573
<i>At Ojos Negros he'd have to change
his entire transmission.</i>

467
00:29:18,648 --> 00:29:21,617
Way too early. Way too early.

468
00:29:21,685 --> 00:29:24,381
It'll be a long day. We'll get a finish
out of it, that's for sure.

469
00:29:25,589 --> 00:29:28,820
<i>And off the line in Scott McMillin's
buggy was a rookie driver.</i>

470
00:29:28,892 --> 00:29:30,484
<i>His 16-year-old son Andy.</i>

471
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,428
Ever since like I was two or three years old,
I used to go pre-running with my dad.

472
00:29:34,498 --> 00:29:38,264
I started driving a clutch when I was
probably six or seven years old.

473
00:29:38,335 --> 00:29:42,931
I had a lot of trust in him as we, you know,
developed our relationship driving

474
00:29:43,006 --> 00:29:45,099
and just taught him
what I learned from my dad.

475
00:29:45,175 --> 00:29:47,837
<i>At first Andy had
a little problem staying on course.</i>

476
00:29:50,046 --> 00:29:52,776
<i>Watch it. Remember. There's
a hole here. Remember? Stop.</i>

477
00:29:54,551 --> 00:29:57,247
<i>Here. Go this way. Stop!</i>

478
00:29:58,288 --> 00:30:00,552
I think about it,
and I think when I have a kid,

479
00:30:00,624 --> 00:30:03,286
I'm never gonna have like
the trust that he has in me.

480
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,225
<i>Now take your time.
Take your time doing it.</i>

481
00:30:05,295 --> 00:30:06,728
<i>But he settled down.</i>

482
00:30:08,865 --> 00:30:12,266
<i>Go. You're running
with the big dogs. Boy.</i>

483
00:30:13,603 --> 00:30:16,003
<i>The trust that Scott had in his son
was well deserved.</i>

484
00:30:16,072 --> 00:30:19,564
<i>After a couple of wild rides early.
Andy had gotten it together</i>

485
00:30:19,643 --> 00:30:22,407
<i>and was in first place in his class
when he turned it over to his father.</i>

486
00:30:26,917 --> 00:30:29,181
<i>Probably hit him a little too hard. Bud.</i>

487
00:30:29,252 --> 00:30:32,779
<i>You got it. You got it.
Make some dust. Good man.</i>

488
00:30:35,992 --> 00:30:38,927
<i>While the McMillins have fun
on the cutting edge of technology.</i>

489
00:30:38,995 --> 00:30:42,396
<i>There are those who enjoy something
slightly more antiquated.</i>

490
00:30:48,071 --> 00:30:52,371
<i>This is Class 11, which gives a whole
new definition to the word "underdog. "</i>

491
00:30:52,442 --> 00:30:56,173
You really get the satisfaction of talking
to someone that races a trophy truck,

492
00:30:56,246 --> 00:30:58,908
a Class 1 motorcycle,
looking at you and saying,

493
00:30:58,982 --> 00:31:00,108
"Oh, you race Class 11.

494
00:31:00,183 --> 00:31:03,380
Guy, you must be crazy. "

495
00:31:03,453 --> 00:31:05,546
Hey, those guys are
the toughest guys out there.

496
00:31:05,622 --> 00:31:09,023
You know, they've got
little support, you know,

497
00:31:09,092 --> 00:31:12,027
vehicles that are extremely challenged,
and they go for it.

498
00:31:12,095 --> 00:31:15,292
That's the hardcore
Baja racer right there.

499
00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:19,362
<i>These are unmodified
Volkswagen Beetles.</i>

500
00:31:19,436 --> 00:31:23,202
<i>Not the New Beetle.
But the old Beetle. Pre-1982.</i>

501
00:31:23,273 --> 00:31:25,798
<i>No modification of the suspension
or engine is allowed.</i>

502
00:31:25,876 --> 00:31:28,208
We are losing our dashboard.

503
00:31:36,186 --> 00:31:40,213
<i>What they lack in speed
they more than make up for in passion.</i>

504
00:31:40,290 --> 00:31:43,623
It's a feeling inside of this one.

505
00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:49,290
We born know Bajas,
and we die knowing Bajas, too.

506
00:31:49,366 --> 00:31:51,266
I think they're real men.
I mean, there's some stuff

507
00:31:51,334 --> 00:31:54,235
that I have no idea
how they get through.

508
00:31:54,304 --> 00:31:59,674
Racing Class 11, it's very,
very important to finish the race.

509
00:32:01,211 --> 00:32:04,271
Sometimes there are no signs left.

510
00:32:04,347 --> 00:32:08,613
Our time limit is sometimes
very, very narrow for us.

511
00:32:08,685 --> 00:32:11,882
So it's very significant to go through

512
00:32:11,955 --> 00:32:15,948
whatever you have to
go through in getting there,

513
00:32:16,026 --> 00:32:17,721
just getting there.

514
00:32:18,395 --> 00:32:21,592
Stand by. He's on his way.
Air clear.

515
00:32:21,665 --> 00:32:24,293
Looks like we're going right.

516
00:32:24,367 --> 00:32:26,835
<i>By noon everyone
had left the starting line</i>

517
00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:29,497
<i>and racers began
to settle into their groove.</i>

518
00:32:29,572 --> 00:32:31,199
<i>Which isn't always a good thing.</i>

519
00:32:36,713 --> 00:32:38,874
Well, that's the end of our race.

520
00:32:38,949 --> 00:32:40,849
Isn't that a shame?

521
00:32:40,917 --> 00:32:43,078
Yeah, that sucks, man.

522
00:32:43,153 --> 00:32:45,314
That rock is what got me.

523
00:32:45,855 --> 00:32:47,720
Just the average person
who has a 9-to-5 job

524
00:32:47,791 --> 00:32:50,385
has 10,000 close calls
over the course of a life.

525
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:51,893
It's the light
that you run through.

526
00:32:51,962 --> 00:32:54,362
Go through an intersection
and that split second later

527
00:32:54,431 --> 00:32:56,956
somebody runs a red light and goes
behind you, you never even saw it.

528
00:32:57,033 --> 00:33:00,525
Down here you're doing like
all 10,000 in one day.

529
00:33:00,603 --> 00:33:03,299
I think when you get back home,
after you do something like that,

530
00:33:03,373 --> 00:33:06,137
it's like slo-mo, life is slo-mo.
Everything else, that's no big deal.

531
00:33:06,209 --> 00:33:08,905
You got a job interview
or you're showing up for something big,

532
00:33:08,979 --> 00:33:10,913
well, what's the worst thing
that could happen?

533
00:33:10,981 --> 00:33:12,915
Somebody says no,
you know, to a sales job?

534
00:33:12,983 --> 00:33:17,044
Well, I just almost got killed 40 times.
So not really that big of a deal.

535
00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:19,816
<i>T's key to deal with adversity.</i>

536
00:33:19,889 --> 00:33:22,153
<i>Al Hogan uprighted his truck
and was back in the race.</i>

537
00:33:22,225 --> 00:33:26,753
We know it was gonna roll over.
It don't seem to phase this one.

538
00:33:26,830 --> 00:33:29,628
This truck likes it, I guess.

539
00:33:29,699 --> 00:33:31,894
Rides better now than it did before.

540
00:33:31,968 --> 00:33:34,869
Getting them shocks broke in
from rolling it over.

541
00:33:34,938 --> 00:33:36,098
Yeah.

542
00:33:37,607 --> 00:33:39,598
What was that all about?

543
00:33:39,676 --> 00:33:43,612
I don't know. Good thing
there wasn't a rock there, though.

544
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,411
Mike, I'm telling you, the back end
is just softer. It's just too soft.

545
00:33:48,218 --> 00:33:50,652
<i>The good Baja racer
is prepared for anything.</i>

546
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:54,747
<i>Like number 560, who did a complete
roll just outside of Ensenada.</i>

547
00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:57,691
<i>Unphased. He straightened
the windshield wipers out</i>

548
00:33:57,761 --> 00:34:00,958
<i>and his daughter. Who knew a thing or two
about twist ties. Got the door shut.</i>

549
00:34:01,031 --> 00:34:05,058
<i>And believe it or not. He finished
the race 835 miles later.</i>

550
00:34:05,135 --> 00:34:06,762
<i>Twist tie in place.</i>

551
00:34:06,836 --> 00:34:09,964
<i>Then you have the example
of Team Hibachi.</i>

552
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,304
<i>Who opted for an impromptu
pit stop to demonstrate</i>

553
00:34:12,375 --> 00:34:14,707
<i>two very distinct methods
of firefighting...</i>

554
00:34:14,778 --> 00:34:18,578
<i>the hyperkinetic smother method
which got the flames 60% contained.</i>

555
00:34:18,648 --> 00:34:22,106
<i>And the much more laid-back
low-altitude water drop.</i>

556
00:34:25,255 --> 00:34:27,246
<i>But there are those
who are just not prepared.</i>

557
00:34:27,323 --> 00:34:29,382
<i>Like this fella.
Who lost his gas cap.</i>

558
00:34:29,459 --> 00:34:32,087
And the fire, it was about this wide
when I looked back.

559
00:34:32,162 --> 00:34:33,493
You got a gas cap?

560
00:34:33,563 --> 00:34:36,464
We got something we could
probably set up for ya.

561
00:34:38,568 --> 00:34:40,627
Look at that fit.
That'll work.

562
00:34:41,805 --> 00:34:43,670
You got some tools
that are salvageable in here.

563
00:34:43,740 --> 00:34:45,298
You don't see help like this every day.

564
00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:46,433
You need a flashlight?

565
00:34:46,509 --> 00:34:49,069
Jason, I think you're
gonna be okay, my friend.

566
00:34:49,145 --> 00:34:52,046
<i>We're pretty sure he made it.
Despite some evidence to the contrary.</i>

567
00:34:53,149 --> 00:34:55,777
<i>There are things that are
impossible to prepare for.</i>

568
00:34:55,852 --> 00:34:59,754
<i>Like your engine falling off.
Sitting there. Mocking you.</i>

569
00:35:01,124 --> 00:35:04,685
<i>Near the ostrich ranch.
15-year-old Kevin Denault was prepared.</i>

570
00:35:04,761 --> 00:35:08,288
<i>His video camera at the ready to shoot
his Uncle Bob as he raced past.</i>

571
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:21,409
<i>The ostriches were in shock.
Even cars fly better than they do.</i>

572
00:35:22,278 --> 00:35:25,406
<i>T turned out that young Denault
had the only footage of his uncle's wreck.</i>

573
00:35:25,482 --> 00:35:27,074
<i>Which had taken place
right in front of him</i>

574
00:35:27,150 --> 00:35:29,983
<i>at the only place their paths
would cross for a thousand miles.</i>

575
00:35:30,053 --> 00:35:32,044
<i>What are the odds?</i>

576
00:35:32,122 --> 00:35:35,387
<i>Probably about the same
as being eaten by an ostrich.</i>

577
00:35:38,761 --> 00:35:41,594
<i>The buggy wasn't prepared to stop
in the middle of the road.</i>

578
00:35:41,664 --> 00:35:44,827
<i>And the Volkswagen wasn't prepared
for such little room.</i>

579
00:35:46,436 --> 00:35:49,928
<i>Neither were prepared that the buggy
would start from the bumpers touching</i>

580
00:35:50,006 --> 00:35:53,066
<i>and that the Volkswagen wouldn't start.</i>

581
00:35:53,143 --> 00:35:54,906
<i>Then a good Samaritan came along.</i>

582
00:35:54,978 --> 00:35:58,038
<i>Waved along the truck.
Which got its fender ripped off...</i>

583
00:35:59,149 --> 00:36:01,174
<i>.., thus starting the Volkswagen.</i>

584
00:36:01,251 --> 00:36:03,048
<i>A pattern had begun to develop.</i>

585
00:36:10,426 --> 00:36:14,328
<i>There's one element that is more
feared and loathed than any other...</i>

586
00:36:14,397 --> 00:36:15,489
<i>silt.</i>

587
00:36:16,232 --> 00:36:18,666
Silt is bottomless talcum powder.

588
00:36:18,735 --> 00:36:20,828
When you get home,
the silt still comes out

589
00:36:20,904 --> 00:36:24,772
of your eyes and your nostrils
for two and three days later.

590
00:36:24,841 --> 00:36:26,001
You can't fathom

591
00:36:26,075 --> 00:36:28,270
what Baja is until you've experienced it.

592
00:36:28,344 --> 00:36:31,802
Explaining silt to someone,
that you hit it and you can't see anything

593
00:36:31,881 --> 00:36:33,280
and you have
to keep your foot down.

594
00:36:33,349 --> 00:36:35,010
I thought I had it all figured out.

595
00:36:35,084 --> 00:36:37,780
The first time I hit silt,
I was going, "Oh, my... "

596
00:36:37,854 --> 00:36:41,585
Don't let off the gas.
Whatever you do, do not let off the gas.

597
00:37:08,384 --> 00:37:11,285
<i>In Baja. Everyone agrees
about two things...</i>

598
00:37:11,354 --> 00:37:15,688
<i>silt sucks. And you should
never question authority.</i>

599
00:37:16,025 --> 00:37:19,483
<i>The civility displayed by the racers
during the trophy truck debacle</i>

600
00:37:19,562 --> 00:37:21,962
<i>had convinced the police
to let them off with a stern warning</i>

601
00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:23,521
<i>and an escort off the highway.</i>

602
00:37:25,268 --> 00:37:27,361
<i>Now. For some reason.
Mark Post decided</i>

603
00:37:27,437 --> 00:37:29,837
<i>starting second
wasn't asking too much.</i>

604
00:37:29,906 --> 00:37:32,739
<i>Mark Miller. Already in second.
Wasn't buying it.</i>

605
00:37:32,809 --> 00:37:35,300
<i>So Post decided to settle
for starting third.</i>

606
00:37:37,313 --> 00:37:40,612
<i>Third place Herbst was indignant.
A feud had begun.</i>

607
00:37:42,285 --> 00:37:44,446
<i>Ironically. The roadblock
and police escort</i>

608
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,284
<i>had erased the 30-second gaps
used at the start of the race.</i>

609
00:37:47,357 --> 00:37:49,325
<i>Which meant a concern
for safety would spawn</i>

610
00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:51,986
<i>a 20.000-horsepower free-for-all.</i>

611
00:38:11,614 --> 00:38:12,979
Nice, very nice.

612
00:38:14,884 --> 00:38:17,148
<i>Alan Pflueger. Who had already
been crowned the season champ</i>

613
00:38:17,220 --> 00:38:20,519
<i>in the protruck class.
Was making his debut in a trophy truck</i>

614
00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:23,525
<i>and shocking everyone.
He was running away with it.</i>

615
00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:25,561
Go, go, go, Pflueger, go!

616
00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:30,361
<i>Running second through Valle de Trinidad
was Mark Miller and Ryan Arceiro.</i>

617
00:38:31,634 --> 00:38:35,593
<i>Mark Post had been knocked back
to sixth place by vengeful Herbst.</i>

618
00:38:35,672 --> 00:38:36,832
<i>But not for long.</i>

619
00:38:36,906 --> 00:38:39,932
<i>He was roaring back.
Hellbent on getting even.</i>

620
00:38:40,009 --> 00:38:43,911
<i>Bouncing past Dan Smith.
Terrible Herbst lies ahead.</i>

621
00:39:01,831 --> 00:39:05,767
<i>They hit Valle de Trinidad like something
out of the Book of Revelations.</i>

622
00:39:05,835 --> 00:39:09,703
<i>Through the center of town
side by side at over 100 miles an hour.</i>

623
00:39:20,616 --> 00:39:22,743
<i>Amazingly. no one was hurt.</i>

624
00:39:22,819 --> 00:39:25,845
<i>Just some metal got bent...
the racer's calling card.</i>

625
00:39:25,922 --> 00:39:29,790
The only way people know in
off-road racing that a car's behind you,

626
00:39:29,859 --> 00:39:31,190
you come up and give 'em
a little bump in the back

627
00:39:31,260 --> 00:39:33,694
and they kind of move over 'cause they
know a faster vehicle's behind 'em.

628
00:39:33,763 --> 00:39:35,958
If they don't move out of the way,
take 'em for a ride.

629
00:39:36,032 --> 00:39:39,729
<i>You don't know fear until you look
in the rearview and see Robby Gordon.</i>

630
00:39:39,802 --> 00:39:42,703
Got Ken on your tail.
He's catching up to you pretty quick here.

631
00:39:46,442 --> 00:39:49,172
Everything that could've
gone wrong went wrong.

632
00:39:51,514 --> 00:39:53,345
It's not a pit stop.

633
00:39:53,950 --> 00:39:57,078
Got one crazy mad driver right there.

634
00:39:59,789 --> 00:40:02,656
<i>Robby had gotten a flat
but his pit crew was unprepared.</i>

635
00:40:02,725 --> 00:40:04,659
<i>Putting Robby in full tilt.</i>

636
00:40:04,727 --> 00:40:07,093
<i>He blazed through 30 miles on a flat tire</i>

637
00:40:07,163 --> 00:40:11,031
<i>to nearly be in first place
before finally getting a change.</i>

638
00:40:15,037 --> 00:40:16,732
<i>While the trophy trucks
and Class 1 buggies</i>

639
00:40:16,806 --> 00:40:19,468
<i>represent the power and glamour
of the Baja 1000.</i>

640
00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:21,772
<i>The true symbol of victory
is the motorcycle.</i>

641
00:40:21,844 --> 00:40:25,507
<i>Specifically a motorcycle ridden by
Johnny Campbell and Steve Hengeveld.</i>

642
00:40:26,916 --> 00:40:30,352
<i>With six straight overall titles.
Johnny and Steve stand atop a mountain</i>

643
00:40:30,420 --> 00:40:32,411
<i>with seemingly
nowhere to go but down.</i>

644
00:40:32,488 --> 00:40:35,719
The pressure of winning is always there.

645
00:40:35,792 --> 00:40:38,920
And when you win
several times in a row,

646
00:40:38,995 --> 00:40:41,156
not only do you wanna
do it again for yourself,

647
00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:44,461
but, you know, when you got a corporate
company like Honda, let's say,

648
00:40:44,534 --> 00:40:47,662
for Johnny and Steve, they want
them to win, and they know that.

649
00:40:47,737 --> 00:40:51,833
You don't see it the way you used
to see it when you used to look up.

650
00:40:51,908 --> 00:40:53,773
You know you've conquered it,
you've won it,

651
00:40:53,843 --> 00:40:56,812
and you just wanna win another one.

652
00:40:56,879 --> 00:41:00,371
You expect it. You just expect it.

653
00:41:00,450 --> 00:41:03,385
Anything less is unacceptable.

654
00:41:03,453 --> 00:41:06,616
To beat the elements,
to have the equipment stay together,

655
00:41:06,689 --> 00:41:08,589
there's really a lot
of things against ya.

656
00:41:08,658 --> 00:41:12,059
I mean, I've bounced off
of front ends of cars,

657
00:41:12,128 --> 00:41:15,222
I've bounced off of fences,
I've bounced off of cattle.

658
00:41:15,298 --> 00:41:17,459
You know, it's a little bit
like Russian roulette.

659
00:41:17,533 --> 00:41:20,229
<i>After he won his tenth
Baja 1000.</i>

660
00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:24,171
<i>Larry Roeseler decided to stop competing
for the overall title on a motorcycle.</i>

661
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,538
<i>He felt his time was due.</i>

662
00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:30,204
<i>The next year. Danny Hamel.
Starting in Roeseler's traditional spot.</i>

663
00:41:30,279 --> 00:41:31,871
<i>Would have his fatal accident.</i>

664
00:41:33,616 --> 00:41:36,244
There is certain risks you take.

665
00:41:36,319 --> 00:41:39,652
You can't live in a box,
or you're just gonna run from everything.

666
00:41:39,722 --> 00:41:41,485
"How do you let him do what he does?"

667
00:41:41,557 --> 00:41:43,752
And I said, "One, we make our living at it.
Number two is,

668
00:41:43,826 --> 00:41:47,023
"the day I tell him that he can't,
he's gonna die in a car accident

669
00:41:47,096 --> 00:41:49,291
going up the 405
to Torrance, you know?"

670
00:41:49,365 --> 00:41:51,196
I mean, when it's your day,
it's your day.

671
00:41:51,267 --> 00:41:53,861
He's expecting Honda 1-X.

672
00:41:53,936 --> 00:41:56,905
<i>Like everything else in Baja.
Communication is difficult.</i>

673
00:41:56,973 --> 00:41:58,964
<i>T can take a while to hear bad news.</i>

674
00:41:59,041 --> 00:42:02,943
<i>We need a new front axle
and a new front wheel. Do you copy?</i>

675
00:42:03,012 --> 00:42:06,311
I copy, a new front axle
and a new front wheel.

676
00:42:07,350 --> 00:42:10,581
<i>That's affirmative. He had a problem
early on and clipped a big boulder</i>

677
00:42:10,653 --> 00:42:14,111
<i>and had to change a front wheel
once already but the axle's tweaked</i>

678
00:42:14,190 --> 00:42:19,093
<i>and this wheel's wobbly. So he'll need to.
Just like you say. Make it right.</i>

679
00:42:20,129 --> 00:42:22,290
<i>Johnny had dislocated his thumb.</i>

680
00:42:22,365 --> 00:42:25,801
<i>And all he wanted to do was turn the bike
over to Steve and assess the damage.</i>

681
00:42:43,219 --> 00:42:46,620
<i>Only two minutes behind came
Chris Blaze of the Honda B Team.</i>

682
00:42:49,492 --> 00:42:51,756
<i>For the first time in years.
Johnny's lead was tenuous.</i>

683
00:42:51,827 --> 00:42:54,887
<i>He'd tape his hand
and be ready for the next leg.</i>

684
00:43:00,269 --> 00:43:03,796
<i>Unfortunately there are accidents
that require more than gauze and tape.</i>

685
00:43:03,873 --> 00:43:06,034
<i>That's when it's time for the Weatherman.</i>

686
00:43:06,108 --> 00:43:08,372
<i>From a repeater station
atop Mount Diablo.</i>

687
00:43:08,444 --> 00:43:10,378
<i>Bob Steinberger is the eyes
and ears of the race.</i>

688
00:43:10,446 --> 00:43:15,349
Score Ops, copy Weatherman.
I have an emergency.

689
00:43:15,418 --> 00:43:17,352
<i>Advise the hospital
that we need immediate...</i>

690
00:43:17,420 --> 00:43:20,321
<i>For over three decades.
Steinberger's been head of communications</i>

691
00:43:20,389 --> 00:43:23,381
<i>for the 1000, a job he does for free.</i>

692
00:43:23,459 --> 00:43:26,121
In the early '70s
he was doing relays,

693
00:43:26,195 --> 00:43:28,356
and he was putting up
an antenna with weather balloons

694
00:43:28,431 --> 00:43:30,194
and someone called him
the Weatherman, and it stuck.

695
00:43:30,266 --> 00:43:34,100
You know, my dad's 65 years old.
He climbs to the top of this 50-foot tower

696
00:43:34,170 --> 00:43:37,697
on top of an 11,000-foot peak
and puts this antenna up,

697
00:43:37,773 --> 00:43:41,174
and right over it's like
a 5,000-foot drop down a sheer mountain.

698
00:43:41,243 --> 00:43:44,508
It's crazy. I mean, he's a great guy
and he loves this sport.

699
00:43:44,580 --> 00:43:49,017
We have an injured driver
at race mile 55.

700
00:43:49,085 --> 00:43:50,347
<i>Weatherman, Score helicopter.</i>

701
00:43:50,419 --> 00:43:53,149
<i>Okay. We have
two injuries. Two back injuries.</i>

702
00:43:53,222 --> 00:43:56,589
<i>We are transporting
the first one right now to Ensenada.</i>

703
00:43:56,659 --> 00:44:00,789
<i>Weatherman. Could you contact
operations. Advise the hospital?</i>

704
00:44:00,863 --> 00:44:03,457
<i>We have a spectator hit
by motorcycle. No pulse.</i>

705
00:44:03,532 --> 00:44:05,295
<i>So we need immediate transfer.</i>

706
00:44:05,368 --> 00:44:09,634
I heard somebody saying they
had a spectator with no pulse.

707
00:44:09,705 --> 00:44:12,333
I have no comeback on that yet.

708
00:44:12,408 --> 00:44:14,672
<i>Weatherman, that's affirmative.</i>

709
00:44:14,744 --> 00:44:19,113
<i>26.9, spectator hit
by motorcycle. No pulse.</i>

710
00:44:20,282 --> 00:44:23,649
Okay, this is an emergency.
Stand by, everybody.

711
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:28,747
Spectator hit by a motorcycle
at 26.9, no pulse.

712
00:44:31,761 --> 00:44:33,820
<i>Rescue One. Rescue One.
Do you copy?</i>

713
00:44:33,896 --> 00:44:35,363
<i>Helicopter 0-830.</i>

714
00:44:36,499 --> 00:44:40,299
<i>ETA approximately
17 minutes. 1-7 minutes.</i>

715
00:44:41,437 --> 00:44:44,065
Score helicopter, copy Weatherman.

716
00:44:44,140 --> 00:44:47,405
<i>We copy, Weatherman.
We'll be on our way there.</i>

717
00:44:47,476 --> 00:44:48,875
<i>T's gonna be...</i>

718
00:44:48,944 --> 00:44:53,745
<i>Boy. It's gonna be an ETA
of probably about 20 minutes or so.</i>

719
00:44:56,752 --> 00:44:58,117
<i>Weatherman.</i>

720
00:45:01,524 --> 00:45:04,152
I don't know what to do at this time.

721
00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:18,367
<i>The spectator that died
wasn't hit by anyone in the race</i>

722
00:45:18,441 --> 00:45:20,966
<i>or any vehicle in the race.
But by another spectator</i>

723
00:45:21,043 --> 00:45:23,978
<i>on a motorcycle going
the wrong way on the course.</i>

724
00:45:24,046 --> 00:45:26,071
My biggest fear
is not me tearing up the truck,

725
00:45:26,148 --> 00:45:29,549
me getting hurt,
it's me killing some kid,

726
00:45:29,618 --> 00:45:32,382
me swapping out
and going into the group of people

727
00:45:32,455 --> 00:45:34,980
or some guy pulling a truck out
and I bounce off of him

728
00:45:35,057 --> 00:45:37,082
and kill these people
that weren't doing anything.

729
00:45:37,159 --> 00:45:40,253
But why quit what you love
for a situation?

730
00:45:40,329 --> 00:45:43,696
You don't quit driving on the road because
somebody gets in a car accident and dies.

731
00:45:43,766 --> 00:45:46,326
I mean, I'm not gonna stop flying
because of 9/11.

732
00:45:46,402 --> 00:45:47,926
Do I feel anguish for it? Yeah.

733
00:45:48,003 --> 00:45:50,699
I don't ever want that,
or want that for anybody.

734
00:45:50,773 --> 00:45:53,003
But I can't stop my life because of it.

735
00:45:53,776 --> 00:45:56,301
They don't understand.
I don't understand.

736
00:45:56,378 --> 00:45:58,642
I just do it. I just do it.

737
00:45:58,714 --> 00:46:02,343
<i>The Weatherman knows death
is neither fair nor just.</i>

738
00:46:02,418 --> 00:46:04,943
<i>And there's nothing to do
but to go back to work.</i>

739
00:46:05,020 --> 00:46:06,487
<i>Was concerned
that he had checked out.</i>

740
00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:08,887
<i>To make sure he's all right
or are there other problems.</i>

741
00:46:08,958 --> 00:46:10,721
Everything will be fine.

742
00:46:10,793 --> 00:46:14,194
<i>Great. Brian passes along
a thank-you to you.</i>

743
00:46:16,298 --> 00:46:18,892
<i>Fortunately there would be
no more fatalities.</i>

744
00:46:20,703 --> 00:46:24,230
<i>Jetboat. Greg Tracy. Mace.
And his son Chad were on a mission.</i>

745
00:46:24,306 --> 00:46:26,672
<i>They wanted to get
to Race Mile 205 and set up pits</i>

746
00:46:26,742 --> 00:46:29,905
<i>in plenty of time for Mouse.
Who was now in third place.</i>

747
00:46:35,651 --> 00:46:38,381
- Do I hear a bike?
- I hear a bike.

748
00:46:38,454 --> 00:46:40,183
No, I hear a tractor.

749
00:46:47,129 --> 00:46:49,825
<i>Ricky Johnson. Slated to race
that night in a protruck.</i>

750
00:46:49,899 --> 00:46:52,060
<i>Stopped on by
to see if he could help.</i>

751
00:46:52,134 --> 00:46:54,534
- He's a mile and a half out.
- Coming up on five...

752
00:46:54,603 --> 00:46:58,699
Coming up on five minutes.
So we got two more minutes to sweat.

753
00:47:00,009 --> 00:47:03,877
<i>Senior McCoy seemed nervous.
Although he denied it at every turn.</i>

754
00:47:04,914 --> 00:47:06,404
That's a good look, Greg.

755
00:47:07,850 --> 00:47:12,048
He's trying to go for that whole retro,
"I'm chillin', I'm not nervous" look.

756
00:47:12,121 --> 00:47:14,681
And the E.M.
Erin's man.

757
00:47:16,091 --> 00:47:19,492
But they know nothing other than
a married man would ever wear that.

758
00:47:19,562 --> 00:47:23,089
Could mean every chick's man.
Don't put that in the film.

759
00:47:25,534 --> 00:47:27,934
- That's him.
- That's it, that's it.

760
00:47:34,043 --> 00:47:37,535
<i>Ricky Johnson decided to pitch in
and give Jetboat a hand.</i>

761
00:47:37,613 --> 00:47:40,207
As I'm doing the tire change,
he's in my ear going,

762
00:47:40,282 --> 00:47:42,079
"Slower's faster, slower's faster. "

763
00:47:42,151 --> 00:47:43,584
And that just gave me chills.

764
00:47:43,652 --> 00:47:46,746
A seven-time national champion,
a hero, a god to a lot of people,

765
00:47:46,822 --> 00:47:48,483
is helping me do a tire change.

766
00:47:48,557 --> 00:47:52,186
- They didn't?
- No, you're 13 miles up to the Honda pit.

767
00:47:53,495 --> 00:47:55,588
I feel good, bro.
I'm having fun.

768
00:47:55,664 --> 00:47:58,724
"Relax. You got
a thousand miles to go ride.

769
00:47:58,801 --> 00:48:01,827
You need to just relax and chill. "
"No, I'm good, I'm good. "

770
00:48:01,904 --> 00:48:03,496
"Don't try to win this. "
"I'm not. I'm not. "

771
00:48:03,572 --> 00:48:04,766
See you guys at 319.

772
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:08,833
You know, he's giving me
the answer that I wanna hear.

773
00:48:08,911 --> 00:48:11,812
I watched him take off.
You know, I say a prayer.

774
00:48:11,881 --> 00:48:14,941
You know, we go down to Mexico
as a band of brothers.

775
00:48:16,652 --> 00:48:20,918
<i>The Baja is a family affair passed down
from one generation to another.</i>

776
00:48:20,990 --> 00:48:25,324
My dad always talked about
Baja 1000, Baja this, Baja that.

777
00:48:25,394 --> 00:48:26,884
"Wow, that'd be neat, you know?"

778
00:48:26,962 --> 00:48:31,399
You know, I had a real tight family
and we rode motorcycles, we surfed.

779
00:48:31,467 --> 00:48:34,834
My father suddenly passed
when I was 16,

780
00:48:34,904 --> 00:48:36,428
at a point in time where a boy

781
00:48:36,505 --> 00:48:38,473
kind of needs
some direction and stuff.

782
00:48:38,540 --> 00:48:41,008
And my mom was there
and she saw that

783
00:48:41,076 --> 00:48:43,567
we wanted to race,
and so she supported us.

784
00:48:43,646 --> 00:48:45,375
Before, it was Honda, factory.

785
00:48:45,447 --> 00:48:46,846
And so we used to
run it up and down,

786
00:48:46,916 --> 00:48:49,680
do all the pits ourselves.
So it was fun.

787
00:48:50,786 --> 00:48:53,346
<i>In Mexico.
Johnny Campbell is the hero.</i>

788
00:48:53,422 --> 00:48:55,322
<i>Even more than
the charismatic Robby Gordon.</i>

789
00:48:55,391 --> 00:48:59,623
<i>It's Campbell's posters that can be found
from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas.</i>

790
00:48:59,695 --> 00:49:03,153
<i>He takes this responsibility
seriously as he's very aware</i>

791
00:49:03,232 --> 00:49:05,928
<i>of the impact his heroes had
on him as a kid.</i>

792
00:49:07,002 --> 00:49:08,333
You are his idol.

793
00:49:08,404 --> 00:49:09,428
Yeah?

794
00:49:12,942 --> 00:49:16,139
You know, sometimes you just gotta
step out of the element for a little bit,

795
00:49:16,211 --> 00:49:18,145
think about what's really going on.

796
00:49:20,683 --> 00:49:25,143
So, you know, I thought the best thing
I could do is just give the kid a jersey.

797
00:49:27,556 --> 00:49:30,889
<i>T's not a replica or something
that can be bought in a store.</i>

798
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:34,293
<i>T's the real thing.
A Johnny Campbell race jersey.</i>

799
00:49:34,363 --> 00:49:37,799
<i>Johnny Campbell's a good man.
His father would be proud.</i>

800
00:49:37,866 --> 00:49:39,265
<i>His mother is.</i>

801
00:49:40,936 --> 00:49:43,803
<i>Women in general have
had a big impact in Baja.</i>

802
00:49:43,872 --> 00:49:47,433
<i>Including this year. With the BC-10.
An all-woman team</i>

803
00:49:47,509 --> 00:49:51,036
<i>comprised of the wives
and daughters of other racers.</i>

804
00:49:51,113 --> 00:49:54,810
We were kind of
on the sidelines last year,

805
00:49:54,883 --> 00:49:58,410
and all the guys
were out there racing.

806
00:49:58,487 --> 00:50:02,480
And we kind of all looked
at each other and we're like,

807
00:50:02,558 --> 00:50:05,652
"Why are we standing here?
Why aren't we out there racing?"

808
00:50:05,728 --> 00:50:07,355
My sister raced,
my mother raced.

809
00:50:07,429 --> 00:50:08,828
They had enough girls at that time

810
00:50:08,897 --> 00:50:10,990
where they raced a class
that was called powder puff.

811
00:50:11,066 --> 00:50:13,557
And they would race
after the guys raced

812
00:50:13,635 --> 00:50:17,901
in whatever cars were left over,
and go out and race each other.

813
00:50:17,973 --> 00:50:20,601
By the time I came along,
they just didn't have that anymore,

814
00:50:20,676 --> 00:50:22,644
and I was determined
I was gonna race.

815
00:50:22,711 --> 00:50:24,611
And here I am, still racing.

816
00:50:26,415 --> 00:50:29,873
All of us know that we have to get
the car to the next one.

817
00:50:29,952 --> 00:50:33,183
And, you know, to finish first,
you have to first finish.

818
00:50:33,255 --> 00:50:36,622
I think also women have this image
of not being good drivers.

819
00:50:36,692 --> 00:50:39,217
But we always
tell people on the tours

820
00:50:39,294 --> 00:50:41,285
that the women tend to do
better than the men

821
00:50:41,363 --> 00:50:43,957
because we don't have
quite that ego behind us,

822
00:50:44,033 --> 00:50:45,364
- like something to prove.
- Exactly.

823
00:50:45,434 --> 00:50:47,368
Women will ask for directions.

824
00:50:50,205 --> 00:50:52,070
A lot of times you're
taken as a joke

825
00:50:52,141 --> 00:50:54,302
until you go out and show
that you're not a joke.

826
00:50:54,376 --> 00:50:56,037
You know, you're taken very lightly.

827
00:50:56,111 --> 00:50:59,478
Call BCA
and tell them we're on their ass.

828
00:51:01,116 --> 00:51:03,277
- I'll hit 'em when I have to.
- Okay.

829
00:51:05,621 --> 00:51:09,580
The horn was my job. As soon
as we were getting close to someone,

830
00:51:09,658 --> 00:51:11,592
that was my job, to hit the horn,

831
00:51:11,660 --> 00:51:14,788
warn 'em,
and Bekki sure rammed 'em.

832
00:51:15,764 --> 00:51:16,958
Okay.

833
00:51:17,032 --> 00:51:19,626
- I think they must know I'm here.
- Oh, yeah.

834
00:51:20,302 --> 00:51:24,102
We all have someone that we're
competing against that we're related to.

835
00:51:24,173 --> 00:51:26,368
And I think that's pretty uncommon,

836
00:51:26,442 --> 00:51:29,434
that a family can come together
and support each other

837
00:51:29,511 --> 00:51:32,275
even though they're competing
against one another.

838
00:51:32,347 --> 00:51:37,011
We started off bonding when they
were just that high by skiing together.

839
00:51:37,086 --> 00:51:39,748
But what it really does
is that it makes you friends.

840
00:51:39,822 --> 00:51:43,656
And if you're friends you have respect,
and that makes for a great family.

841
00:51:43,725 --> 00:51:46,319
I've always had that competitive edge

842
00:51:46,395 --> 00:51:48,795
to hopefully beat my husband
out there, so that'd be nice.

843
00:51:48,864 --> 00:51:51,594
Actually having my wife compete
in the event this year

844
00:51:51,667 --> 00:51:53,760
meant more than I ever thought it would.

845
00:51:53,836 --> 00:51:57,203
She's happier, healthier,
she's more just full of herself.

846
00:51:57,272 --> 00:51:59,206
Bob Sutton
putting together the girls' team

847
00:51:59,274 --> 00:52:01,037
happens to be
one of the biggest moves

848
00:52:01,110 --> 00:52:03,101
that I've had
in my little career down here.

849
00:52:05,013 --> 00:52:07,106
<i>Families compete as well as friends.</i>

850
00:52:07,182 --> 00:52:09,480
<i>When the Honda helicopter
informed Steve Hengeveld</i>

851
00:52:09,551 --> 00:52:12,987
<i>that his lead had been cut in half.
Steve didn't even ask why.</i>

852
00:52:13,055 --> 00:52:16,149
<i>He knew his friend Andy Grider
had gotten on the bike.</i>

853
00:52:17,693 --> 00:52:20,491
<i>Andy. Steve. And Johnny
had been teammates the previous year</i>

854
00:52:20,562 --> 00:52:21,824
<i>on the Honda A Team.</i>

855
00:52:21,897 --> 00:52:24,730
<i>He was one of
the defending champs.</i>

856
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,860
It's probably the highest notch
on my wall right now,

857
00:52:27,936 --> 00:52:29,927
besides being a father, you know.

858
00:52:30,005 --> 00:52:31,632
It's right under being a father.

859
00:52:31,707 --> 00:52:34,335
<i>A corporate decision
bumped Andy from the A Team</i>

860
00:52:34,409 --> 00:52:36,138
<i>just two weeks before the race.</i>

861
00:52:36,211 --> 00:52:37,906
<i>He and his father Neil
were headed home</i>

862
00:52:37,980 --> 00:52:41,108
<i>when Chris Blaze asked if he wanted
to race on the Honda B Team.</i>

863
00:52:41,183 --> 00:52:42,980
It's not about the race.

864
00:52:43,051 --> 00:52:46,350
It's about being down here,
having fun, being with your family.

865
00:52:46,421 --> 00:52:49,254
When I say family, I mean
the whole community of off-road racing.

866
00:52:49,324 --> 00:52:51,519
And once I figured it out,
everything started clicking

867
00:52:51,593 --> 00:52:53,857
and the race just went
smooth from there.

868
00:52:53,929 --> 00:52:56,489
It doesn't matter
if you're racing off-road

869
00:52:56,565 --> 00:53:00,501
or playing the piano,
you try, you give your best to life.

870
00:53:00,569 --> 00:53:04,903
And when you have a son that does
that, it brings me to tears sometimes.

871
00:53:04,973 --> 00:53:06,531
I mean, I was so proud of him.

872
00:53:06,608 --> 00:53:08,576
<i>Andy and Neil had a plan...</i>

873
00:53:08,644 --> 00:53:11,511
<i>prove the folly of leaving Andy
off the A Team.</i>

874
00:53:11,580 --> 00:53:13,844
<i>They wanted to lead the race.
Not just on time.</i>

875
00:53:13,916 --> 00:53:16,908
<i>But physically. So they
would be making first dust.</i>

876
00:53:16,985 --> 00:53:20,045
<i>Through checkpoint four.
Andy had been reeling Steve in.</i>

877
00:53:20,122 --> 00:53:23,091
<i>The once four-minute lead
had shrank to 30 seconds.</i>

878
00:53:23,158 --> 00:53:26,150
It took me probably 50, 60 miles
for my arms to loosen up.

879
00:53:26,228 --> 00:53:28,093
But in that time I was catching Steve.

880
00:53:28,163 --> 00:53:30,393
I could see the helicopter
getting closer and closer

881
00:53:30,465 --> 00:53:32,365
and then all of a sudden
I was in his dust.

882
00:53:32,434 --> 00:53:36,837
"Okay, just take it easy.
Let the pit strategy get you in the lead

883
00:53:36,905 --> 00:53:38,805
and see what happens after that. "

884
00:53:38,874 --> 00:53:41,866
<i>F the rear tire holds.
The impossible can be achieved</i>

885
00:53:41,944 --> 00:53:45,710
<i>and Andy will be at the front
of the entire Baja 1000 field.</i>

886
00:53:45,781 --> 00:53:47,373
<i>T's 22 on the highway.</i>

887
00:53:47,449 --> 00:53:52,512
<i>There's about a 30-second split
between 1-X and 11-X.</i>

888
00:53:53,288 --> 00:53:56,189
Knowing that Andy
had started behind him,

889
00:53:56,258 --> 00:53:59,125
Steve has
no choice except to pin it.

890
00:53:59,194 --> 00:54:02,561
And that's gonna tear his tire up,
which is okay with him

891
00:54:02,631 --> 00:54:05,099
because he knows he's getting
a new tire at this pit.

892
00:54:05,167 --> 00:54:09,263
What he didn't know was that we were
running a different tire compound.

893
00:54:18,380 --> 00:54:20,211
- Front wheel okay, Steve?
- Yeah.

894
00:54:23,318 --> 00:54:24,876
Gas only! Gas only!

895
00:54:25,053 --> 00:54:28,181
Gas only! Gas only!

896
00:54:30,993 --> 00:54:31,982
Go!

897
00:54:41,136 --> 00:54:45,664
<i>11-X. 1:05:55.
30 seconds apart.</i>

898
00:54:45,741 --> 00:54:47,538
<i>1- X is right behind him.</i>

899
00:54:49,611 --> 00:54:52,580
<i>Andy didn't only wanna take the lead.
He wanted to keep it.</i>

900
00:54:52,648 --> 00:54:55,742
<i>The first place he led
was the last place he wanted to...</i>

901
00:54:55,817 --> 00:54:59,218
<i>the silt beds. Where a motorcycle
can be swallowed whole.</i>

902
00:54:59,288 --> 00:55:02,519
<i>He took a center line.
Held it wide open. And prayed.</i>

903
00:55:22,744 --> 00:55:25,611
<i>While Andy headed for the coast
as fast as he could go.</i>

904
00:55:25,681 --> 00:55:27,308
<i>Johnny took the perfect line.</i>

905
00:55:27,382 --> 00:55:30,078
<i>He knew where every nook was
and every cranny.</i>

906
00:55:39,494 --> 00:55:42,429
<i>As luck would have it.
One of the few witnesses of this race</i>

907
00:55:42,497 --> 00:55:45,227
<i>was the man who cut Andy
from the Honda A Team.</i>

908
00:55:45,300 --> 00:55:47,325
<i>He's riding in that helicopter.</i>

909
00:55:50,939 --> 00:55:54,306
<i>While the course is marked.
There is sometimes certain creativity.</i>

910
00:55:54,376 --> 00:55:56,435
<i>Although you do run the risk
of missing a checkpoint</i>

911
00:55:56,511 --> 00:55:58,502
<i>because the checkpoints
are kept secret.</i>

912
00:55:59,614 --> 00:56:02,811
A lot of racing down here
is doing your homework.

913
00:56:02,884 --> 00:56:04,545
Part of Baja
is a lot of free running.

914
00:56:04,619 --> 00:56:07,679
I had some alternate ways
and lines and stuff,

915
00:56:07,756 --> 00:56:10,316
and if I had to use them I would.

916
00:56:34,216 --> 00:56:36,184
<i>At the top of the screen
is Andy's dust cloud.</i>

917
00:56:36,251 --> 00:56:39,084
<i>For Johnny.
It's like a red cape to a bull.</i>

918
00:56:49,064 --> 00:56:51,828
<i>He's flat out
at 110 miles an hour.</i>

919
00:56:51,900 --> 00:56:55,893
<i>One kelp pocket or tide washout.
And his day ends in a heartbeat.</i>

920
00:57:09,985 --> 00:57:12,146
<i>Andy holds his lead.</i>

921
00:57:28,770 --> 00:57:31,933
<i>Miles later. Johnny tries it again.</i>

922
00:57:47,856 --> 00:57:49,756
<i>Coming up on the left-hand
side of the screen.</i>

923
00:57:49,825 --> 00:57:52,692
<i>Andy Grider neck-and-neck
with Johnny Campbell.</i>

924
00:57:54,296 --> 00:57:57,629
<i>Andy holds the lead
and will all the way to the highway.</i>

925
00:57:57,699 --> 00:57:59,894
<i>Today is his day.</i>

926
00:58:15,450 --> 00:58:16,610
<i>By this point in the race.</i>

927
00:58:16,685 --> 00:58:19,813
<i>Andy had battled the 1-X bike
for over 200 miles.</i>

928
00:58:19,888 --> 00:58:21,480
<i>T seemed beyond comprehension.</i>

929
00:58:23,158 --> 00:58:24,318
<i>Neil had set up Andy's pit</i>

930
00:58:24,392 --> 00:58:27,122
<i>12 miles down the road
from the Honda A Team.</i>

931
00:58:30,432 --> 00:58:32,662
<i>For Johnny.
This was the end of the race.</i>

932
00:58:32,734 --> 00:58:35,294
<i>Steve would ride
the next 350 miles to the finish.</i>

933
00:58:35,370 --> 00:58:36,997
Get Mark with the oil.

934
00:58:37,072 --> 00:58:39,870
Tell Mark we need oil. Oil.

935
00:58:41,843 --> 00:58:43,504
<i>Andy was finished as well.</i>

936
00:58:43,578 --> 00:58:45,478
<i>Chuck Dempsey would take over the bike.</i>

937
00:58:45,547 --> 00:58:47,481
We're probably gonna need
to patch it at both ends.

938
00:58:47,549 --> 00:58:50,245
Hey, my radio ain't working.
I can't hear Bruce for some reason.

939
00:58:56,925 --> 00:58:58,017
<i>Steve was off.</i>

940
00:58:58,093 --> 00:59:01,551
<i>He had 12 miles of pavement
before he hit new dust.</i>

941
00:59:06,334 --> 00:59:07,631
- Go!
- Let's go, let's go!

942
00:59:07,702 --> 00:59:09,932
- Go!
- Good job, good job.

943
00:59:10,639 --> 00:59:11,799
Make some dust!

944
00:59:11,873 --> 00:59:14,364
Make some dust, buddy!
Make some dust, Chuck!

945
00:59:14,442 --> 00:59:15,909
Clear it out, clear it out.

946
00:59:21,783 --> 00:59:23,512
Go, go, go!

947
00:59:44,906 --> 00:59:48,398
<i>Steve Hengeveld. The best night racer
in the world. Was flat out.</i>

948
00:59:48,476 --> 00:59:51,172
<i>Trying valiantly.
Chuck Dempsey could not close the gap.</i>

949
00:59:51,246 --> 00:59:52,270
<i>But it didn't matter.</i>

950
00:59:52,347 --> 00:59:53,507
<i>Because for an afternoon.</i>

951
00:59:53,582 --> 00:59:56,016
<i>Andy Grider had accomplished
the impossible.</i>

952
00:59:56,084 --> 01:00:00,851
I've had what I would consider
a few moments that I felt greatness

953
01:00:00,922 --> 01:00:01,911
when I raced.

954
01:00:01,990 --> 01:00:03,218
A lot of people, if you ask them...

955
01:00:03,291 --> 01:00:06,021
if you say, "Okay, break it down.
What was your best race?"

956
01:00:06,094 --> 01:00:09,757
And it might not be they won,
but they had a moment

957
01:00:09,831 --> 01:00:12,994
that you're so present
in everything that's happening...

958
01:00:13,068 --> 01:00:15,229
flawless and effortlessly.

959
01:00:15,303 --> 01:00:17,271
And outside is utter chaos,

960
01:00:17,339 --> 01:00:19,637
but that chaos is around 'em,

961
01:00:19,708 --> 01:00:21,437
and they're sitting
in the middle of the tornado,

962
01:00:21,509 --> 01:00:22,840
the eye of the storm.

963
01:00:22,911 --> 01:00:26,540
You make a correction
before a reaction starts.

964
01:00:26,615 --> 01:00:28,913
They're not scared, they're not afraid.

965
01:00:28,984 --> 01:00:31,145
They don't think they can be hurt.

966
01:00:31,219 --> 01:00:34,313
You don't have time to be afraid.
Afraid's afterward.

967
01:00:34,389 --> 01:00:35,879
You know, it's like...

968
01:00:35,957 --> 01:00:39,620
"Man, I just avoided death once again. "

969
01:00:43,064 --> 01:00:44,588
<i>A father and his son.</i>

970
01:00:44,666 --> 01:00:46,463
<i>An icon and his legacy.</i>

971
01:00:46,534 --> 01:00:49,128
<i>An epic race witnessed
mostly by cactus.</i>

972
01:00:49,204 --> 01:00:53,197
<i>No TV. No adoring crowds.
Just the clarity of the moment.</i>

973
01:00:53,274 --> 01:00:58,007
<i>A clarity that can give a racer a greater
appreciation of place and of people.</i>

974
01:00:58,079 --> 01:01:01,071
<i>An awareness of the give and take.
The golden rule.</i>

975
01:01:01,149 --> 01:01:03,174
<i>For six-time champion
Malcolm Smith.</i>

976
01:01:03,251 --> 01:01:05,219
<i>Giving back is more important
than any victory.</i>

977
01:01:05,286 --> 01:01:08,585
<i>One of Malcolm's favorite things to do
is to visit a little community</i>

978
01:01:08,657 --> 01:01:10,056
<i>just outside of Trinidad.</i>

979
01:01:10,125 --> 01:01:12,150
<i>He and his son Alex
bring their bikes and buggies</i>

980
01:01:12,227 --> 01:01:14,695
<i>and give the local kids a thrill.</i>

981
01:01:14,763 --> 01:01:17,789
How can I give back to Baja
some of the enjoyment I've had?

982
01:01:17,866 --> 01:01:20,767
We started donating time
and effort and money

983
01:01:20,835 --> 01:01:23,463
about eight years ago here.

984
01:01:23,538 --> 01:01:28,373
They only had a little bit of one house done
when we first started here.

985
01:01:28,443 --> 01:01:29,432
No, it's really fun.

986
01:01:29,511 --> 01:01:32,446
We come down here every year
and I've been seeing kids here

987
01:01:32,514 --> 01:01:33,708
for eight years now.

988
01:01:33,782 --> 01:01:37,650
And it's kind of nice to come down here
and see 'em over and over again.

989
01:01:38,753 --> 01:01:40,380
<i>Two days after we filmed this.</i>

990
01:01:40,455 --> 01:01:42,889
<i>Malcolm. Alex.
And a dozen of Alex's classmates</i>

991
01:01:42,957 --> 01:01:46,415
<i>poured the foundation for a library
to be built right there on turn four.</i>

992
01:01:46,494 --> 01:01:49,952
<i>The kids truly appreciate the time
and attention the Smiths give them.</i>

993
01:01:50,031 --> 01:01:53,262
<i>Being orphans.
They know it's not always available.</i>

994
01:01:55,136 --> 01:01:58,833
They are all from Mexicali,
Tijuana, Ensenada.

995
01:01:58,907 --> 01:02:03,503
And we have a few
from the local town, Valle de Trinidad.

996
01:02:03,578 --> 01:02:05,205
It brings tears to my eyes

997
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:08,909
thinking of these kids being abandoned
on the streets of Mexico,

998
01:02:08,983 --> 01:02:13,147
and now to think what they have here
and what opportunities they have here.

999
01:02:13,221 --> 01:02:16,554
To me that's the most important thing
about Malcolm.

1000
01:02:16,624 --> 01:02:17,648
He wants to be here.

1001
01:02:17,726 --> 01:02:20,194
He wants to feel
what it's to be with our kids

1002
01:02:20,261 --> 01:02:25,255
and, you know, spend some times
and, you know, give them some joy,

1003
01:02:25,333 --> 01:02:28,359
not only the bunk beds they receive,

1004
01:02:28,436 --> 01:02:30,529
not only the water pump they receive,

1005
01:02:30,605 --> 01:02:34,336
or all the things they have
because of Malcolm Smith.

1006
01:02:34,409 --> 01:02:37,537
I learned lessons from 'em,
like you can never quit down here

1007
01:02:37,612 --> 01:02:40,342
'cause if you do,
it's a major problem for you.

1008
01:02:40,415 --> 01:02:41,814
You can never quit on any race,

1009
01:02:41,883 --> 01:02:44,818
'cause then, I mean, somebody else
might have the same problem you do

1010
01:02:44,886 --> 01:02:45,875
and they might quit.

1011
01:02:45,954 --> 01:02:47,683
But if you don't quit, you might win.

1012
01:02:56,264 --> 01:03:01,224
<i>Among the original Baja racers.
Giving back is an unspoken tradition.</i>

1013
01:03:01,302 --> 01:03:02,667
Baja has a magic to me.

1014
01:03:02,737 --> 01:03:06,764
I can be kind of sick
and have a backache and come down here

1015
01:03:06,841 --> 01:03:11,471
and ride my motorcycle and be free,
and I feel better right away.

1016
01:03:11,546 --> 01:03:14,913
I mean, the farther you get away
from the civilization

1017
01:03:14,983 --> 01:03:18,942
on these really back roads,
the more the magic is.

1018
01:03:22,023 --> 01:03:24,457
<i>The back roads of Baja are endless.</i>

1019
01:03:24,526 --> 01:03:26,926
<i>And a beauty can be found
in the most unusual places.</i>

1020
01:03:26,995 --> 01:03:28,656
<i>Take Coco's Corner.</i>

1021
01:03:28,730 --> 01:03:30,960
<i>A kingdom built
from what's been left behind...</i>

1022
01:03:31,032 --> 01:03:34,365
<i>old beer cans
and bent motorcycle frames.</i>

1023
01:03:34,435 --> 01:03:37,632
<i>The unexplainable.
The bizarre. And the long-forgotten.</i>

1024
01:03:38,173 --> 01:03:42,371
<i>This is a place where a man's dream
only needs one leg to kick reality's rear.</i>

1025
01:03:42,443 --> 01:03:44,707
<i>Of course.
Coco wouldn't tell you anything like that.</i>

1026
01:03:44,779 --> 01:03:47,339
<i>Because for him. This is just his place.</i>

1027
01:03:47,415 --> 01:03:49,144
<i>And everybody is invited.</i>

1028
01:03:49,217 --> 01:03:51,583
Okay, you can go inside
and camping, please.

1029
01:03:51,653 --> 01:03:53,985
Yes, this is free.
I no charge nobody.

1030
01:03:54,055 --> 01:03:56,717
<i>Fifteen years ago.
Coco was a valet in Ensenada</i>

1031
01:03:56,791 --> 01:03:58,691
<i>when a car accident took his leg.</i>

1032
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:03,060
<i>Soon after. Bound to a wheelchair.
His supposed friends took his self-worth.</i>

1033
01:04:03,131 --> 01:04:08,125
I wanna stay in Ensenada.
And everybody, he close.

1034
01:04:08,203 --> 01:04:11,730
He said, "You too old, you sick. "

1035
01:04:11,806 --> 01:04:14,331
So that's why I come here.

1036
01:04:14,409 --> 01:04:19,073
That's why I open this place
13 years, seven...

1037
01:04:19,147 --> 01:04:21,615
<i>So. Coco's Corner is
a ticked-off plan B.</i>

1038
01:04:21,683 --> 01:04:23,708
<i>Buy a little campground
just outside of nowhere</i>

1039
01:04:23,785 --> 01:04:26,185
<i>where the 1000 races past
every now and then.</i>

1040
01:04:26,254 --> 01:04:28,745
<i>And in time.
The pre-runners and pit crews stop by.</i>

1041
01:04:28,823 --> 01:04:30,552
<i>And Coco has 'em sign this book.</i>

1042
01:04:30,625 --> 01:04:33,526
<i>Write or draw.
As long as you make your mark.</i>

1043
01:04:33,595 --> 01:04:37,361
<i>Coco has created an off-road oasis.
A kingdom where nothing is disposable.</i>

1044
01:04:37,432 --> 01:04:41,459
<i>And the only thing that outnumber
the beer cans are his friends.</i>

1045
01:04:42,237 --> 01:04:44,262
- How are you, my friend?
- Good to see you.

1046
01:04:44,339 --> 01:04:45,670
Thank you coming back again.

1047
01:04:45,740 --> 01:04:47,207
<i>While he's never competed in the race,</i>

1048
01:04:47,275 --> 01:04:49,641
<i>Coco embodies the spirit
of the Baja 1000.</i>

1049
01:04:49,711 --> 01:04:51,269
Good luck, everybody.

1050
01:04:52,513 --> 01:04:57,917
Baja has a wonderful way
of just grabbing ahold of you.

1051
01:04:57,986 --> 01:04:59,419
And you're just
lookin' around going, "Wow.

1052
01:04:59,487 --> 01:05:01,455
Where's all this coming from?"
You know?

1053
01:05:01,522 --> 01:05:05,288
Actually, we have stopped
just to look around.

1054
01:05:05,627 --> 01:05:06,616
<i>They battle a peninsula.</i>

1055
01:05:06,694 --> 01:05:08,753
<i>A place between the old west
and the twilight zone.</i>

1056
01:05:08,830 --> 01:05:10,422
<i>They challenge it
not for money or fame.</i>

1057
01:05:10,498 --> 01:05:12,830
<i>But for simple bragging rights.</i>

1058
01:05:32,387 --> 01:05:33,718
During the Second World War,

1059
01:05:33,788 --> 01:05:36,985
President Roosevelt turned
to the Mexican government

1060
01:05:37,058 --> 01:05:39,549
and said, "We want to put guns
along the coastline

1061
01:05:39,627 --> 01:05:41,686
"to protect ourselves from the Japanese.

1062
01:05:41,763 --> 01:05:44,994
Could we not put a little paved road
down the length of Baja?"

1063
01:05:45,066 --> 01:05:47,830
Well, Mexico is neutral,
so they said no.

1064
01:05:47,902 --> 01:05:48,994
So that was the end of that.

1065
01:05:49,070 --> 01:05:51,300
Just imagine if they'd put
in a paved road the length...

1066
01:05:51,372 --> 01:05:53,806
if they had said yes.

1067
01:05:53,875 --> 01:05:57,504
Maybe we wouldn't be sitting here.
There wouldn't be any off-road racing.

1068
01:06:14,696 --> 01:06:16,288
A little water for ya.

1069
01:06:16,364 --> 01:06:19,060
I ain't getting my truck all dirty
and scratched up.

1070
01:06:19,133 --> 01:06:20,532
What the hell's wrong
with these people?

1071
01:06:20,601 --> 01:06:21,693
They're getting all hot now.

1072
01:06:21,769 --> 01:06:24,704
They're getting splashed
all with water on their face.

1073
01:06:51,833 --> 01:06:53,630
<i>T's a long. Tough day.</i>

1074
01:06:53,701 --> 01:06:55,293
<i>Race for an afternoon in the Baja.</i>

1075
01:06:55,370 --> 01:06:57,702
<i>And you'll have
a year's worth of stories.</i>

1076
01:06:58,639 --> 01:07:01,335
<i>At least. That's the case
for Mike and Robby Groff</i>

1077
01:07:01,409 --> 01:07:03,843
<i>and Indy Car champion
Jimmy Vasser.</i>

1078
01:07:08,049 --> 01:07:09,949
<i>Vasser has a relationship
with the Groffs</i>

1079
01:07:10,018 --> 01:07:12,714
<i>a lot like Larry Fine had
with Moe and Curly Howard.</i>

1080
01:07:12,787 --> 01:07:13,981
Twenty-five minutes,
and he said,

1081
01:07:14,055 --> 01:07:17,684
"For sure I knew
it was Robby Gordon, you know?"

1082
01:07:17,759 --> 01:07:19,693
And when he finally caught
and passed,

1083
01:07:19,761 --> 01:07:24,289
it was like a truck full of Mexicans
going, "Go! Go! Go!"

1084
01:07:27,368 --> 01:07:30,303
My earliest memory
of the Groff brothers

1085
01:07:30,371 --> 01:07:33,135
was in Columbus, Ohio,
at the Grand Nationals in 1974.

1086
01:07:33,207 --> 01:07:35,141
At eight years old,
he was already a stud,

1087
01:07:35,209 --> 01:07:37,143
and he has this leather racing jacket,

1088
01:07:37,211 --> 01:07:41,079
and he has this patch with Wile E. Coyote
holding the Roadrunner by his neck,

1089
01:07:41,149 --> 01:07:42,548
and it said "Beep-beep my ass. "

1090
01:07:42,617 --> 01:07:44,346
And I said, "I gotta know this guy. "

1091
01:07:46,387 --> 01:07:47,979
And here we are.

1092
01:07:48,056 --> 01:07:50,422
<i>Last year's 1000
was their debut as a team.</i>

1093
01:07:50,491 --> 01:07:53,790
<i>A series of problems led to Vasser
getting in the car at sunset</i>

1094
01:07:53,861 --> 01:07:57,194
<i>while the light bar was
still a hundred miles away.</i>

1095
01:07:57,265 --> 01:08:01,133
And I jumped in the car with no lights,
and the sun was going down,

1096
01:08:01,202 --> 01:08:03,067
no moon or nothing.

1097
01:08:03,137 --> 01:08:05,105
You know, like a Toyota pickup...
looked like they were inebriated...

1098
01:08:05,173 --> 01:08:07,164
were honking their horn at me
trying to go around.

1099
01:08:07,241 --> 01:08:08,503
That's how slow I was going.

1100
01:08:08,576 --> 01:08:10,305
And I'm in the race, right?

1101
01:08:12,380 --> 01:08:13,677
And eventually, we found a stop,

1102
01:08:13,748 --> 01:08:17,445
and I borrowed two lights
off of the paraplegic Israeli team,

1103
01:08:17,518 --> 01:08:19,145
I swear to you.

1104
01:08:19,220 --> 01:08:21,450
But he said, "I'll give you that one
and that one. "

1105
01:08:21,522 --> 01:08:23,683
So I got 'em
and I rigged 'em on the front.

1106
01:08:23,758 --> 01:08:25,623
I had two lights
to go like a hundred miles,

1107
01:08:25,693 --> 01:08:27,752
and with no front brakes, I might add.

1108
01:08:29,430 --> 01:08:32,331
I had to have a Lear jet pick me up.
I had to abandon the race.

1109
01:08:32,400 --> 01:08:35,563
I had a Lear jet pick me up
in the bay of L.A. On a dirt strip

1110
01:08:35,636 --> 01:08:37,866
'cause I had to get back
to this cart banquet.

1111
01:08:37,939 --> 01:08:39,065
They wouldn't let me get out of it.

1112
01:08:39,140 --> 01:08:40,607
Otherwise, they wasn't gonna
give me the prize money for the season.

1113
01:08:40,675 --> 01:08:41,664
It was a nightmare.

1114
01:08:41,742 --> 01:08:44,108
I slept in the runway
and in, you know, the desert.

1115
01:08:44,178 --> 01:08:45,668
I started reminiscing.

1116
01:08:45,746 --> 01:08:47,008
I started looking back,
thinking about it

1117
01:08:47,081 --> 01:08:49,208
and started telling stories
to my friends, what happened.

1118
01:08:49,283 --> 01:08:52,252
I thought, "I had a great time. "
You know?

1119
01:08:52,320 --> 01:08:53,651
I finally realized.

1120
01:08:53,721 --> 01:08:55,951
Took a couple months
for me to figure it out... I had a great time.

1121
01:08:56,023 --> 01:09:00,653
<i>Unfortunately. This 1000 would give
the Groffs and Vasser many more stories.</i>

1122
01:09:00,728 --> 01:09:03,356
<i>Electrical problems ended their day
before the sun set.</i>

1123
01:09:03,731 --> 01:09:06,825
<i>Others had problems. Too.
Like Mouse McCoy who got a flat tire</i>

1124
01:09:06,901 --> 01:09:09,995
<i>and had to ride on it
for 40 miles to get a spare.</i>

1125
01:09:10,071 --> 01:09:13,438
<i>Still. He forged ahead. Mile after mile.</i>

1126
01:09:13,508 --> 01:09:16,602
Eleven hours straight
at that kind of pace...

1127
01:09:16,677 --> 01:09:19,908
physically, yeah, it's tough,
but more so mentally.

1128
01:09:19,981 --> 01:09:23,678
'Cause you don't wanna make a mistake,
especially at night, you know.

1129
01:09:23,751 --> 01:09:25,616
They might find you the next day.

1130
01:09:25,686 --> 01:09:29,349
So it just.., really,
mentally just wears you down.

1131
01:09:30,992 --> 01:09:33,222
- Is that...
- That's him, that's him!

1132
01:09:34,996 --> 01:09:37,931
<i>Reaching the halfway point of the race.
Mouse is greeted by Jetboat and crew.</i>

1133
01:09:37,999 --> 01:09:41,594
<i>Plus Andy and Neil Grider
who waited to see how he was doing.</i>

1134
01:09:41,669 --> 01:09:44,069
Hey, you're okay.
You're fine.

1135
01:09:44,138 --> 01:09:45,605
I got a flat coming off the beach.

1136
01:09:45,673 --> 01:09:49,575
I had to ride for 40-something miles
till I got up to Catavena,

1137
01:09:49,644 --> 01:09:52,238
and then I scrounged a wheel
off some dudes.

1138
01:09:52,313 --> 01:09:54,247
I'm having a little bit of problems
with my hands, Greg.

1139
01:09:54,315 --> 01:09:55,339
Yeah.

1140
01:09:55,416 --> 01:09:58,351
They're really like this.
They're locked up, man.

1141
01:09:58,419 --> 01:09:59,545
Fresh gloves and goggles
if you want 'em.

1142
01:09:59,620 --> 01:10:01,451
Yeah, I need a fresh...

1143
01:10:01,522 --> 01:10:04,184
You're not far back.
Eight came through here not long ago.

1144
01:10:04,258 --> 01:10:05,247
Who?

1145
01:10:05,326 --> 01:10:08,523
Eight, and 449 just passed
a minute ago.

1146
01:10:08,596 --> 01:10:09,722
- They did?
- Yeah. A minute ago.

1147
01:10:09,797 --> 01:10:12,698
I'll get 'em back.
Hey, I lost like 45 minutes.

1148
01:10:12,767 --> 01:10:15,600
I was third overall, back...
gonna pass the guy.

1149
01:10:15,670 --> 01:10:18,332
Started what, 16th?
Or something like that.

1150
01:10:18,406 --> 01:10:22,308
And I was gonna pass the four...
or third overall.

1151
01:10:22,376 --> 01:10:23,468
- I was...
- You'll get 'em in the woods.

1152
01:10:23,544 --> 01:10:25,637
- You'll get 'em in the woods.
- I'll get 'em in the woods.

1153
01:10:25,713 --> 01:10:27,578
But I'm feelin' it.

1154
01:10:27,648 --> 01:10:29,445
You're doing
a huge accomplishment.

1155
01:10:29,517 --> 01:10:31,815
Take.., keep yourself hydrated
and take it easy.

1156
01:10:31,886 --> 01:10:33,547
You're doing great.

1157
01:10:33,621 --> 01:10:35,145
I was in third, Neil, almost.

1158
01:10:35,223 --> 01:10:36,690
I know. That's okay.
You're doing fine.

1159
01:10:36,757 --> 01:10:38,224
- Then that flat, dude.
- You'll get it back.

1160
01:10:38,292 --> 01:10:39,782
He's right up there.
Don't worry.

1161
01:10:39,860 --> 01:10:41,623
- It's only half over.
- I know.

1162
01:10:42,697 --> 01:10:45,188
<i>Mouse remembers
something important to tell Andy.</i>

1163
01:10:45,266 --> 01:10:48,724
I had to ride for 40-something miles
till I got up to Catavena,

1164
01:10:48,803 --> 01:10:50,794
and then I scrounged a wheel
off some dudes.

1165
01:10:50,871 --> 01:10:54,170
I'll get 'em back.
Hey, I lost like 45 minutes.

1166
01:10:54,242 --> 01:10:57,473
I was third overall, back...
gonna pass the guy.

1167
01:11:04,852 --> 01:11:06,012
He's telling you a story.

1168
01:11:06,087 --> 01:11:07,782
He was a click out of delirious.

1169
01:11:07,855 --> 01:11:10,016
Bike's running, he's telling you a story.
It was great.

1170
01:11:10,091 --> 01:11:11,285
"Wait, I got four more seconds.

1171
01:11:11,359 --> 01:11:14,624
I have a great story.
You're gonna love this one. "

1172
01:11:14,695 --> 01:11:17,255
<i>The pit crews are the backbone
of the Baja 1000...</i>

1173
01:11:17,331 --> 01:11:18,628
<i>guys like Jetboat.</i>

1174
01:11:18,699 --> 01:11:21,133
I was on Indy Car teams
for years... Arceiro's.

1175
01:11:21,202 --> 01:11:25,138
At Indy, changing a tire close to the wall
with a car coming in at 120,

1176
01:11:25,206 --> 01:11:27,572
your adrenaline's pumping
for about 15 seconds,

1177
01:11:27,642 --> 01:11:28,870
and then it leaves, you're done.

1178
01:11:28,943 --> 01:11:32,003
This race,
just all the planning and preparation

1179
01:11:32,079 --> 01:11:33,706
and wondering where Mouse is at,

1180
01:11:33,781 --> 01:11:36,511
your adrenaline's pumping
for about 24 hours.

1181
01:11:36,584 --> 01:11:39,883
And it's just the most amazing high
that you can ever be on in your life.

1182
01:11:40,955 --> 01:11:44,618
<i>While Jetboat chases Mouse.
Others wait for their racers.</i>

1183
01:11:44,692 --> 01:11:47,786
<i>These are the pit crews
of the big-money unlimited classes.</i>

1184
01:11:47,862 --> 01:11:50,422
<i>Their surroundings are
like a gearhead Xanadu.</i>

1185
01:11:50,498 --> 01:11:53,729
<i>And they live like firemen.
Ready whenever for whatever.</i>

1186
01:11:53,801 --> 01:11:56,668
We may drive by and just wave
and say, "Hey, thanks for being here. "

1187
01:11:56,737 --> 01:11:58,830
But if we need something, they're there.

1188
01:11:58,906 --> 01:12:02,967
You could not be a mechanic
workin' full-time in the racing business

1189
01:12:03,044 --> 01:12:04,443
if you didn't love it.

1190
01:12:04,512 --> 01:12:08,278
And they just.., you know,
it's almost an addiction.

1191
01:12:08,349 --> 01:12:11,716
You're coming down here, the truck's
only gonna be here for like 40 seconds.

1192
01:12:11,786 --> 01:12:14,380
- Done, and we're done.
- No, we're packing up.

1193
01:12:14,455 --> 01:12:16,320
You gotta find something to do.

1194
01:12:16,390 --> 01:12:17,914
Drove all this way,
you gotta do something.

1195
01:12:19,694 --> 01:12:22,322
Idle hands
can be the devil's playthings.

1196
01:12:23,597 --> 01:12:25,724
Oh, my God!

1197
01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:29,394
<i>The pit crews are forced
to amuse themselves for hours on end.</i>

1198
01:12:29,470 --> 01:12:32,906
<i>As night falls. A full 25%
of the field has dropped out.</i>

1199
01:12:32,973 --> 01:12:34,634
<i>And many pit crews� jobs
are just beginning.</i>

1200
01:12:34,709 --> 01:12:37,507
<i>But for Jimmy Roberts.
His day is over.</i>

1201
01:12:37,578 --> 01:12:39,307
<i>He's gotten his team back
into the top ten.</i>

1202
01:12:39,380 --> 01:12:41,439
Get off.
Your work is done.

1203
01:12:41,515 --> 01:12:42,948
Good job, bro.

1204
01:12:43,017 --> 01:12:44,575
Greg, my dad crashed.

1205
01:12:44,652 --> 01:12:46,517
<i>Greg Tracy would take over the bike.</i>

1206
01:12:46,587 --> 01:12:49,351
<i>And take it the next 300 miles
into the night.</i>

1207
01:12:49,423 --> 01:12:52,859
It's only half over.
And Greg's a hell of a night rider.

1208
01:12:52,927 --> 01:12:54,451
If my dad's there,
I'm sure he'll take it in at the end,

1209
01:12:54,528 --> 01:12:56,826
but if he's not,
he's gonna have to ride it in.

1210
01:12:56,897 --> 01:12:58,888
- Good job, man.
- Yeah.

1211
01:12:58,966 --> 01:13:00,194
- Good job, brother.
- Thanks, man.

1212
01:13:00,267 --> 01:13:01,632
Give me your helmet.

1213
01:13:01,702 --> 01:13:04,637
<i>Jetboat and crew are headed
back to Ensenada with one obstacle.</i>

1214
01:13:04,705 --> 01:13:07,902
<i>The first 15 miles of their trek back
was on a live course.</i>

1215
01:13:07,975 --> 01:13:09,840
<i>They were going 50 miles an hour
headed north.</i>

1216
01:13:09,910 --> 01:13:13,903
<i>While coming at them were trophy trucks
at 140 miles an hour.</i>

1217
01:13:13,981 --> 01:13:16,176
And their lights are so bright,
you can't see.

1218
01:13:16,250 --> 01:13:18,844
And those roads are so tight that
you literally have to just close your eyes.

1219
01:13:18,919 --> 01:13:21,251
Jesus.

1220
01:13:21,322 --> 01:13:24,120
And it's like a spaceship passing
on the road.

1221
01:13:27,395 --> 01:13:29,955
<i>Around dusk. The first automobile
in the race. Alan Pflueger.</i>

1222
01:13:30,030 --> 01:13:32,191
<i>Pulled into the pits.</i>

1223
01:13:32,266 --> 01:13:33,563
<i>His front end was coming off.</i>

1224
01:13:33,634 --> 01:13:35,158
<i>They tried welding everything to it...</i>

1225
01:13:35,236 --> 01:13:38,330
<i>wrenches. Golf clubs.
Whatever it would take.</i>

1226
01:13:38,406 --> 01:13:42,274
<i>Forty-five long minutes later.
After being passed by five different cars.</i>

1227
01:13:42,343 --> 01:13:44,277
<i>Pflueger's day had turned for the worst.</i>

1228
01:13:44,345 --> 01:13:47,280
<i>But the Hawaiian kept an even keel
and remained positive.</i>

1229
01:13:49,350 --> 01:13:51,614
<i>Down the road.
Robby Gordon pulled into his pits</i>

1230
01:13:51,685 --> 01:13:53,983
<i>like a tornado
pulling into a trailer park.</i>

1231
01:13:54,054 --> 01:13:56,545
<i>His crew looked ready
to run screaming into the night.</i>

1232
01:13:56,624 --> 01:13:58,956
<i>But Robby's not the kind of guy
to stand back and whine at people.</i>

1233
01:13:59,026 --> 01:14:00,015
<i>He jumps right in there.</i>

1234
01:14:00,094 --> 01:14:02,562
<i>Busting his knuckles
and shouting at the top of his lungs.</i>

1235
01:14:02,630 --> 01:14:06,259
<i>T's the kind of insane intensity
you can't help but admire.</i>

1236
01:14:13,974 --> 01:14:16,499
<i>Off went Robby raging into the night.</i>

1237
01:14:16,577 --> 01:14:18,772
<i>Playing the beast
to the beauty of the all-woman team.</i>

1238
01:14:18,846 --> 01:14:21,747
<i>They'd been in first place in their class
until their transmission failed.</i>

1239
01:14:21,816 --> 01:14:23,374
<i>Leaving them stranded in the pits.</i>

1240
01:14:23,451 --> 01:14:26,352
<i>looking far too clean. Too cute.
And too composed.</i>

1241
01:14:26,420 --> 01:14:30,481
When do you guys think
you'll be pulling back into Ensenada?

1242
01:14:33,461 --> 01:14:36,328
<i>As the night progresses.
Things just get weirder.</i>

1243
01:14:36,397 --> 01:14:38,524
<i>The crowds don't dwindle but increase.</i>

1244
01:14:38,833 --> 01:14:39,822
<i>They come in droves.</i>

1245
01:14:39,900 --> 01:14:42,232
<i>The later it gets.
The more people show up.</i>

1246
01:14:42,303 --> 01:14:43,634
It's 4:30 in the morning.

1247
01:14:43,704 --> 01:14:45,035
We're off in the middle...

1248
01:14:45,105 --> 01:14:46,197
We're nowhere near any road,

1249
01:14:46,273 --> 01:14:49,731
and people are out there, you know,
with their coolers, their little barbecue,

1250
01:14:49,810 --> 01:14:52,904
a little fire going,
cheering you on all night long.

1251
01:14:53,848 --> 01:14:56,282
Since elementary school,
our families took us there.

1252
01:14:56,350 --> 01:15:02,016
So it's very, very important for us
that people still are waiting for us.

1253
01:15:02,089 --> 01:15:07,527
We have a lot of good reactions,
like the Jeep.., they make like bets.

1254
01:15:07,595 --> 01:15:09,028
Is it gonna make it?
Is it not gonna make it?

1255
01:15:09,096 --> 01:15:10,688
And once we get there,

1256
01:15:10,764 --> 01:15:12,994
they start like celebrating and stuff,

1257
01:15:13,067 --> 01:15:16,525
and they really pump you up,
you keep going.

1258
01:15:16,604 --> 01:15:19,095
<i>The Volkswagen is painfully far behind.</i>

1259
01:15:19,173 --> 01:15:21,903
<i>Which for them is right on schedule.</i>

1260
01:15:23,077 --> 01:15:24,601
<i>Meanwhile.
At the other end of the race.</i>

1261
01:15:24,678 --> 01:15:27,408
<i>Mouse. Amazingly.
Was still going strong.</i>

1262
01:15:30,050 --> 01:15:32,382
<i>Scott Dunlavey was now
in charge of his pits.</i>

1263
01:15:32,453 --> 01:15:35,581
<i>And he brought with him racing legend
Eddie Mulder to surprise Mouse.</i>

1264
01:15:35,656 --> 01:15:37,351
Just trying to keep him focused,
you know.

1265
01:15:37,424 --> 01:15:38,413
He was very tired at that point.

1266
01:15:38,492 --> 01:15:42,622
Got some food in him,
and got some liquids in him.

1267
01:15:42,696 --> 01:15:44,459
And, you know,
he's complaining about his hands.

1268
01:15:44,532 --> 01:15:47,296
We were third overall,
and I got a flat out on the beach.

1269
01:15:47,368 --> 01:15:50,599
I've been trying to gather those guys
back up for a while, man.

1270
01:15:50,671 --> 01:15:54,630
I was pretty bummed out,
'cause first of all, 40 miles on a rear flat.

1271
01:15:54,708 --> 01:15:55,697
Push it to third overall, man.

1272
01:15:55,776 --> 01:15:57,300
You're rockin', dude.
You're rockin'. I know.

1273
01:15:57,378 --> 01:15:59,812
I feel strong, but my wrists go numb.

1274
01:15:59,880 --> 01:16:01,177
They just lock up.

1275
01:16:01,248 --> 01:16:02,442
That's my issue right now.

1276
01:16:02,516 --> 01:16:03,881
If I could shake that flat off...

1277
01:16:03,951 --> 01:16:07,352
You know, it works your brain over...

1278
01:16:07,421 --> 01:16:09,218
I had to slow down.

1279
01:16:09,290 --> 01:16:11,588
Hey I lost like 45 minutes.

1280
01:16:11,659 --> 01:16:14,628
I was third overall, back...
gonna pass the guy.

1281
01:16:14,695 --> 01:16:16,356
Go get 'em, Mouse.

1282
01:16:17,865 --> 01:16:21,631
<i>Dunlavey and Mulder will chase Mouse
on his journey to the finish line.</i>

1283
01:16:22,503 --> 01:16:26,462
- He's a little wrung out, huh?
- Yeah, he's a little.., he's pinging.

1284
01:16:26,540 --> 01:16:28,940
<i>On Mount Diablo.
The temperature dropped to freezing</i>

1285
01:16:29,009 --> 01:16:30,977
<i>and the wind was blowing
50 miles an hour.</i>

1286
01:16:31,045 --> 01:16:32,808
<i>All hell was breaking loose.</i>

1287
01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:34,507
<i>The nearby observatory
started to complain</i>

1288
01:16:34,582 --> 01:16:36,914
<i>about the light that was leaking
from the Weatherman's tent.</i>

1289
01:16:36,984 --> 01:16:38,508
<i>Threatening to ruin experiments</i>

1290
01:16:38,586 --> 01:16:40,713
<i>that had been going on
for a quarter century.</i>

1291
01:16:41,622 --> 01:16:46,025
<i>So the Weatherman put his assistant
on the 30-gallon trash bag duty.</i>

1292
01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:50,428
<i>Meanwhile. Robby Gordon's day
continued to unravel.</i>

1293
01:16:50,497 --> 01:16:51,725
Why is Robby stopping here?

1294
01:16:51,799 --> 01:16:54,700
Because he ran out of gas
like half a mile back.

1295
01:16:54,768 --> 01:16:56,668
We've got one pissed-off driver.

1296
01:16:56,737 --> 01:16:57,965
And we're hoping that he stops.

1297
01:16:58,038 --> 01:17:00,939
And if he doesn't, we're gonna
have to chase him to the next pit.

1298
01:17:01,008 --> 01:17:02,908
It hasn't been a good day.

1299
01:17:06,814 --> 01:17:08,975
- Rob, how many you want?
- Tell 'em it's pump gas only.

1300
01:17:09,016 --> 01:17:10,415
Tim, it's pump gas only.

1301
01:17:10,484 --> 01:17:13,282
No! Get it out.
Don't put that stuff into my car.

1302
01:17:13,354 --> 01:17:14,548
- Get out of the way!
- Ready to go.

1303
01:17:14,622 --> 01:17:16,681
You got 30 miles left.

1304
01:17:19,293 --> 01:17:21,693
<i>Again. Robby disappeared
into the darkness.</i>

1305
01:17:21,762 --> 01:17:24,993
<i>Joining a long list of things
to be feared in the Baja night.</i>

1306
01:17:25,332 --> 01:17:28,665
When you're a little kid,
and the coat rack turns into the monster,

1307
01:17:28,736 --> 01:17:30,328
you know there's something
under your bed.

1308
01:17:30,404 --> 01:17:34,067
Well, when you're in Baja
and on a motorcycle by yourself,

1309
01:17:34,141 --> 01:17:35,540
there is, you know.

1310
01:17:35,609 --> 01:17:38,578
You're driving at night
when you see a forest of cactus.

1311
01:17:38,646 --> 01:17:41,012
I mean, they're absolutely
just flying by you,

1312
01:17:41,081 --> 01:17:42,412
and these things look like they're alive.

1313
01:17:42,483 --> 01:17:44,951
They look like
they're talking to you, you know?

1314
01:17:45,019 --> 01:17:48,045
I went to go the bathroom,
so I left the car running,

1315
01:17:48,122 --> 01:17:52,024
and then my ears
were starting to hurt.

1316
01:17:52,092 --> 01:17:53,491
And then I saw like a light.

1317
01:17:53,560 --> 01:17:56,085
And I told this kid, "Check out this light.

1318
01:17:56,163 --> 01:17:57,528
It's like a flying saucer or something. "

1319
01:17:57,598 --> 01:17:58,929
"You're full of it. "

1320
01:17:58,999 --> 01:18:00,193
But it was a real one, you know?

1321
01:18:00,267 --> 01:18:02,167
Very close.., like a block,
you know, from here.

1322
01:18:02,236 --> 01:18:05,637
But he was very, very, very scared.
And I was, too, yeah.

1323
01:18:05,706 --> 01:18:09,403
<i>Strange lights can be disconcerting.
No lights can be downright depressing.</i>

1324
01:18:09,476 --> 01:18:12,036
<i>That's what happened to Andy McMillin.
With his lead so great.</i>

1325
01:18:12,112 --> 01:18:13,602
<i>That when engine problems
slowed him.</i>

1326
01:18:13,681 --> 01:18:15,672
<i>He checked the rearview
and didn't see a flicker.</i>

1327
01:18:15,749 --> 01:18:19,048
And then they got disoriented out there
and thought maybe that they were lost.

1328
01:18:19,119 --> 01:18:21,178
And we got on the radio with him

1329
01:18:21,255 --> 01:18:24,952
and said,
"Andy, just put trust into your GPS."

1330
01:18:43,177 --> 01:18:45,236
Good job.

1331
01:18:45,312 --> 01:18:46,939
Got a left here.

1332
01:18:47,514 --> 01:18:50,745
Kind of funky on this side.
All right!

1333
01:18:53,487 --> 01:18:55,887
<i>Weatherman. 6-7.
You are breaking up.</i>

1334
01:18:55,956 --> 01:18:58,948
Okay. You're the most important
guy on the course right now.

1335
01:18:59,026 --> 01:19:02,018
<i>The storm atop Mount Diablo
seemed to engulf the whole peninsula.</i>

1336
01:19:02,096 --> 01:19:05,691
<i>The epicenter now located
at the aptly named Zoo Road.</i>

1337
01:19:07,634 --> 01:19:08,965
Clear the road!
Get out of the way!

1338
01:19:13,107 --> 01:19:17,066
<i>Weatherman. Copy.
Just confirmed San Felipe.</i>

1339
01:19:19,780 --> 01:19:21,338
Weatherman...

1340
01:19:23,617 --> 01:19:26,586
We have a fire that started.

1341
01:19:26,653 --> 01:19:27,984
Nobody knows how...

1342
01:19:34,795 --> 01:19:36,387
He's onto the right course.

1343
01:19:37,564 --> 01:19:42,467
<i>Some people have changed
the course markers. Leading people astray.</i>

1344
01:19:47,641 --> 01:19:49,370
<i>Score. Copy. Weatherman.</i>

1345
01:19:49,443 --> 01:19:52,037
<i>We are in the helicopter
with a doctor onboard.</i>

1346
01:19:52,112 --> 01:19:55,104
<i>Need somebody to respond to me.</i>

1347
01:19:56,583 --> 01:19:58,107
<i>When Mouse hit pit 11,</i>

1348
01:19:58,185 --> 01:20:01,848
<i>he didn't talk about the usual 40 miles
he'd spent getting another tire</i>

1349
01:20:01,922 --> 01:20:03,184
<i>or how he'd been in third place overall.</i>

1350
01:20:03,257 --> 01:20:05,157
<i>Instead he had a very specific question.</i>

1351
01:20:05,225 --> 01:20:07,352
<i>How far ahead
was the bike in front of him?</i>

1352
01:20:07,427 --> 01:20:09,622
<i>That was third place.</i>

1353
01:20:09,696 --> 01:20:12,597
I'm gonna get back to my goal,
which was being on the podium.

1354
01:20:12,666 --> 01:20:14,600
I really wanted
to get on the podium solo.

1355
01:20:31,418 --> 01:20:33,249
He had about 30 miles
up in the mountains,

1356
01:20:33,320 --> 01:20:35,015
came back down,
picked up like three spots.

1357
01:20:35,088 --> 01:20:36,453
Hauling ass.

1358
01:20:36,523 --> 01:20:38,252
I mean, here's a guy
that's blowing bubbles,

1359
01:20:38,325 --> 01:20:41,123
and he just picked off two guys
who were fresh.

1360
01:20:42,029 --> 01:20:43,394
<i>Through checkpoint 12.</i>

1361
01:20:43,463 --> 01:20:46,830
<i>Mouse was only 60 miles away
from the finish line in Ensenada.</i>

1362
01:20:46,900 --> 01:20:50,131
<i>He was about to
make the impossible possible.</i>

1363
01:21:20,901 --> 01:21:24,769
<i>Broken ribs. Slight shoulder separation.
Broken finger.</i>

1364
01:21:24,838 --> 01:21:27,966
<i>In danger of being run over.
Mouse crawled to the shoulder.</i>

1365
01:21:28,041 --> 01:21:31,670
Baja has a way of educating you.

1366
01:21:31,745 --> 01:21:35,772
Push that edge that far down there,
and you're done.

1367
01:21:36,116 --> 01:21:38,607
<i>T was around 5:00 in the morning
when Robby Gordon.</i>

1368
01:21:38,685 --> 01:21:41,483
<i>Who'd stayed in the race on sheer fury.
Finally had to admit defeat.</i>

1369
01:21:41,555 --> 01:21:45,013
If we were to continue down
to the big bumps we were at in San Felipe,

1370
01:21:45,092 --> 01:21:47,253
we'd basically break
the back half of the truck off

1371
01:21:47,327 --> 01:21:49,420
with it slamming as hard
as it was slamming.

1372
01:21:49,496 --> 01:21:51,361
We made a unanimous decision
to load the thing on the trailer,

1373
01:21:51,431 --> 01:21:53,160
and that was probably
one of the hardest things to do,

1374
01:21:53,233 --> 01:21:54,461
especially all the hard work

1375
01:21:54,534 --> 01:21:57,697
that the whole team put
into getting to the Baja 1000.

1376
01:21:57,771 --> 01:21:59,636
If you can't win,
you at least wanna finish.

1377
01:21:59,706 --> 01:22:02,607
And this year's 1000 we didn't finish.

1378
01:22:03,377 --> 01:22:06,869
<i>A driver will often work up to eight hours
to get back in the race.</i>

1379
01:22:06,947 --> 01:22:10,246
<i>When he sees the trailer. It's a feeling
of embarrassment and emptiness.</i>

1380
01:22:10,317 --> 01:22:11,909
<i>Why do they do it?</i>

1381
01:22:13,120 --> 01:22:15,748
It's not 'cause you're crazy
or you got a death wish.

1382
01:22:15,822 --> 01:22:17,050
It's competition.

1383
01:22:17,124 --> 01:22:20,025
Fighters don't fight to hurt people,
they fight to win.

1384
01:22:20,093 --> 01:22:22,561
Racers don't race
because they wanna die.

1385
01:22:22,629 --> 01:22:24,756
They wanna go fast.
That's my high.

1386
01:22:24,831 --> 01:22:27,322
That's the way I manipulate my life,

1387
01:22:27,401 --> 01:22:30,529
is through mechanics
of a machine.

1388
01:22:30,604 --> 01:22:33,164
Off-road racing is chasing rainbows.

1389
01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:35,572
It's not like Indianapolis
where if you did something,

1390
01:22:35,642 --> 01:22:37,007
you'd get something for it.

1391
01:22:37,077 --> 01:22:41,377
All you're doing down here is just
endangering yourself for the glory.

1392
01:22:41,448 --> 01:22:45,316
When you first start racing, the first thing
you wanna do is to win a race.

1393
01:22:45,385 --> 01:22:48,354
Then you wanna win a championship.
Then you wanna win the Baja 1000.

1394
01:22:48,422 --> 01:22:49,719
You want all these things.

1395
01:22:49,790 --> 01:22:53,385
And then there's gonna be some day when
you're probably gonna win your last race.

1396
01:22:53,460 --> 01:22:56,122
Probably five or six miles
from the end I kept thinking,

1397
01:22:56,196 --> 01:22:57,561
"Gosh, I wish it would go on. "

1398
01:22:57,631 --> 01:22:59,599
You know, 'cause I don't want it
to come to an end.

1399
01:22:59,666 --> 01:23:01,531
Gimme another mile.
Gimme another half mile.

1400
01:23:01,601 --> 01:23:03,899
I want this feeling
just a little bit longer, you know.

1401
01:23:20,420 --> 01:23:21,546
<i>By race's end.</i>

1402
01:23:21,621 --> 01:23:24,954
<i>27 vehicles will have placed first
in their individual classes.</i>

1403
01:23:25,025 --> 01:23:26,925
<i>But only one will be fastest overall.</i>

1404
01:23:26,994 --> 01:23:31,055
<i>This is the domain of legends
like Stewart. Roeseler. Smith. And Evans.</i>

1405
01:23:31,131 --> 01:23:33,031
<i>And this year's winner belonged
to that company.</i>

1406
01:23:33,100 --> 01:23:34,795
<i>Approaching the baseball stadium.</i>

1407
01:23:34,868 --> 01:23:37,302
<i>His name being announced
for the seventh year in a row.</i>

1408
01:23:37,371 --> 01:23:41,034
<i>With a time of 15 hours.
39 minutes. And 52 seconds...</i>

1409
01:23:41,108 --> 01:23:45,067
<i>wanna introduce to you
the motorcycle champion</i>

1410
01:23:45,145 --> 01:23:48,581
<i>for the Baja 1000...</i>

1411
01:23:48,648 --> 01:23:52,049
<i>Steve Hengeveld
and Johnny Campbell. Steve.</i>

1412
01:23:52,119 --> 01:23:54,610
Until you experience it,

1413
01:23:54,688 --> 01:23:57,885
you can't really explain it
'cause it's just so great.

1414
01:23:57,958 --> 01:24:00,825
It has so much mystery
and experiences

1415
01:24:00,894 --> 01:24:02,589
and the stories we get out of it,

1416
01:24:02,662 --> 01:24:05,995
and it's a lifetime of experience,
each and every one.

1417
01:24:06,133 --> 01:24:09,193
<i>The second fastest motorcycle
was the Honda B Team</i>

1418
01:24:09,269 --> 01:24:11,601
<i>that included Andy Grider.</i>

1419
01:24:11,671 --> 01:24:14,071
<i>John Gregory
was fastest on the quad.</i>

1420
01:24:14,908 --> 01:24:17,138
<i>The fastest on four wheels
was the Class 1 buggy of Doug Fortin.</i>

1421
01:24:17,210 --> 01:24:22,204
<i>While Ryan Arceiro crossed the line
with the quickest trophy truck.</i>

1422
01:24:22,282 --> 01:24:23,943
<i>But the most impressive story
on four wheels</i>

1423
01:24:24,017 --> 01:24:26,178
<i>was that of 16-year-old Andy McMillin.</i>

1424
01:24:26,253 --> 01:24:29,051
<i>A high school junior who'd just gotten
his license three months earlier.</i>

1425
01:24:29,122 --> 01:24:32,558
<i>Andy finished second in class
and sixth overall...</i>

1426
01:24:32,626 --> 01:24:36,062
<i>the most impressive debut
since Robby Gordon 18 years earlier.</i>

1427
01:24:36,129 --> 01:24:38,927
I'm proud of ya.
You did a great job.

1428
01:24:38,999 --> 01:24:40,591
Great job.
Thanks for everything, you guys.

1429
01:24:40,667 --> 01:24:44,626
What a great family.
Honor to have you guys with us, it really is.

1430
01:24:44,704 --> 01:24:50,006
I had a friend tell me today that in Baja,
if you're dumb, you better be tough.

1431
01:24:51,278 --> 01:24:53,803
<i>Having survived 300 miles
with a faulty headlight.</i>

1432
01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:56,906
<i>Greg Tracy's arrival
meant J.N. Was back on the bike.</i>

1433
01:24:56,983 --> 01:24:59,008
Well, if we get third, we'll be good.

1434
01:24:59,086 --> 01:25:02,283
Well, whatever we get.
Dude, we had no friggin' lights.

1435
01:25:02,355 --> 01:25:03,879
<i>Jimmy didn't need to worry</i>

1436
01:25:03,957 --> 01:25:06,289
<i>because his dad had been
within two blocks of the stadium</i>

1437
01:25:06,359 --> 01:25:07,690
<i>for quite a while.</i>

1438
01:25:07,761 --> 01:25:08,819
<i>He couldn't find the entrance.</i>

1439
01:25:08,895 --> 01:25:11,489
<i>When he did make it.
Victory towel</i>

1440
01:25:11,565 --> 01:25:14,090
<i>wrapped around his neck.
Just like the old days.</i>

1441
01:25:14,167 --> 01:25:17,796
<i>Well. It was 1967 all over again.</i>

1442
01:25:17,871 --> 01:25:21,102
But that's what happened the first time,
so that's only fitting.

1443
01:25:22,075 --> 01:25:23,736
<i>Some things are timeless.</i>

1444
01:25:23,810 --> 01:25:26,745
There he is standing there,
you know, 30 years later.

1445
01:25:26,813 --> 01:25:28,041
He had that smile,

1446
01:25:28,115 --> 01:25:30,777
and you could feel the excitement
of there he was, you know,

1447
01:25:30,851 --> 01:25:32,182
at the finish line of the 1000.

1448
01:25:32,252 --> 01:25:34,482
And gosh, again,
he could be anyplace in the world

1449
01:25:34,554 --> 01:25:35,919
and doing anything he wants to do.

1450
01:25:35,989 --> 01:25:37,479
And there he is.

1451
01:25:37,557 --> 01:25:39,149
You can get
your social security check now.

1452
01:25:41,394 --> 01:25:44,192
<i>A little past 5:00 in the morning.
The number 227</i>

1453
01:25:44,264 --> 01:25:47,597
<i>of Matt and Steve Scaroni
collected the win in the protruck class.</i>

1454
01:25:47,667 --> 01:25:50,431
<i>After a dozen tries.
The father and son team had finally done it.</i>

1455
01:25:50,504 --> 01:25:53,871
<i>They give a lot of the credit
to the third driver. Ricky Johnson.</i>

1456
01:25:56,443 --> 01:26:00,140
You fall back to the little kid
in the underwear and the six-guns

1457
01:26:00,213 --> 01:26:01,305
and the cowboy hat.

1458
01:26:01,381 --> 01:26:02,370
You're a cowboy.

1459
01:26:02,449 --> 01:26:05,941
<i>At sunrise. Two-thirds of those cowboys
were still out in the course.</i>

1460
01:26:06,019 --> 01:26:07,987
<i>Some as far back as the halfway point.</i>

1461
01:26:08,054 --> 01:26:10,852
<i>Like number 806 of Todd Wyllie
and Mark Julius.</i>

1462
01:26:10,924 --> 01:26:12,323
<i>Who'd had a rotten night.</i>

1463
01:26:12,392 --> 01:26:16,294
<i>They'd lost a transmission.
lost a front end. Simply got lost.</i>

1464
01:26:16,363 --> 01:26:19,526
<i>But could not lose
Jethro the know-it-all.</i>

1465
01:26:19,599 --> 01:26:23,467
You never finished a 100-mile race,
you never finished a 500-mile race.

1466
01:26:23,537 --> 01:26:26,768
Come down here, how's he gonna finish
a 1,000-mile race?

1467
01:26:28,642 --> 01:26:31,577
<i>Mark Julius. In an attempt
to lose his publicist Jethro.</i>

1468
01:26:31,645 --> 01:26:32,873
<i>Was off and running.</i>

1469
01:26:32,946 --> 01:26:34,709
<i>And then a funny thing happened.</i>

1470
01:26:34,781 --> 01:26:37,773
<i>A race broke out for 195th place.</i>

1471
01:26:52,499 --> 01:26:54,626
<i>The buggy's race strategy
was hard to figure.</i>

1472
01:26:54,701 --> 01:26:56,965
<i>After closing a half-mile gap
in a matter of minutes.</i>

1473
01:26:57,037 --> 01:27:01,497
<i>He simply locked onto the rear bumper
and stayed there as if hypnotized.</i>

1474
01:27:01,575 --> 01:27:03,702
<i>And the one chance he had
to make a pass.</i>

1475
01:27:03,777 --> 01:27:06,075
<i>He saw open air.
And it scared the hell out of him.</i>

1476
01:27:06,146 --> 01:27:08,706
<i>He went right back
to his happy place.</i>

1477
01:27:09,416 --> 01:27:10,906
<i>After hitting the straightaway.</i>

1478
01:27:10,984 --> 01:27:13,043
<i>The buggy couldn't keep pace
with Julius and the truck.</i>

1479
01:27:13,119 --> 01:27:16,418
<i>And where it had taken 20 hours
to finish the first half of the race.</i>

1480
01:27:16,489 --> 01:27:19,890
<i>It only took him a mere eight hours
to come into the finish.</i>

1481
01:27:19,960 --> 01:27:22,087
<i>Julius and Wyllie had done it.</i>

1482
01:27:26,066 --> 01:27:27,590
Where's my key?

1483
01:27:28,001 --> 01:27:31,767
We made it. We made it.
A thousand miles.

1484
01:27:31,838 --> 01:27:32,827
Buddy.

1485
01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:35,473
Good job, Mark.

1486
01:27:35,542 --> 01:27:38,033
Best adventure of my life.
Thank you, sir.

1487
01:27:38,111 --> 01:27:40,079
I couldn't begin to tell ya.

1488
01:27:42,182 --> 01:27:43,843
The dreams will come true, man.

1489
01:27:45,752 --> 01:27:47,276
Where do we go from here?

1490
01:27:50,257 --> 01:27:53,124
<i>Rewarded with a pin.
Finishers celebrate all day long.</i>

1491
01:27:53,193 --> 01:27:56,685
<i>Hour after hour as the clock ticks down
to the 32-hour time limit.</i>

1492
01:27:56,763 --> 01:28:00,665
<i>In spite of being denied
a record-breaking 10th overall Baja 1000.</i>

1493
01:28:00,734 --> 01:28:04,761
<i>Mark McMillin crossed the finish line
with a big grin on his face.</i>

1494
01:28:04,838 --> 01:28:06,965
Told ya I'd make it back for ya.

1495
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:08,974
You did.
You stayed true to your word.

1496
01:28:09,042 --> 01:28:11,772
No, we don't give up.
We don't give up.

1497
01:28:11,845 --> 01:28:14,643
<i>Proving that even rich
handsome guys don't give up.</i>

1498
01:28:14,714 --> 01:28:17,945
<i>Alan Pflueger crossed the line
with a big aloha smile.</i>

1499
01:28:18,018 --> 01:28:20,612
It was up front.
It was up front.

1500
01:28:20,687 --> 01:28:23,019
See that.
Then the front broke off.

1501
01:28:24,090 --> 01:28:25,990
- Hawaiians never quit.
- That's true.

1502
01:28:26,059 --> 01:28:28,493
Same hula gal,
or did you replace the hula gal?

1503
01:28:28,561 --> 01:28:29,994
No, same hula girl.

1504
01:28:30,063 --> 01:28:32,463
Gotta get her a new grass skirt,
but that's all right.

1505
01:28:32,532 --> 01:28:33,624
Yeah, I like this one.

1506
01:28:33,700 --> 01:28:35,600
Kind of had to do
some testing on this thing.

1507
01:28:35,669 --> 01:28:37,330
The ukulele ones last.

1508
01:28:37,404 --> 01:28:40,532
The other ones lose their arms,
so it's all good.

1509
01:28:44,778 --> 01:28:48,475
<i>Although there are many examples
of Baja's never-say-die spirit.</i>

1510
01:28:48,548 --> 01:28:49,708
<i>Few have as good a time</i>

1511
01:28:49,783 --> 01:28:53,378
<i>as the off-road version
of the Terminator... Al Hogan.</i>

1512
01:28:53,453 --> 01:28:57,116
<i>You'll be able to find pieces of his truck
all the way back to the starting line.</i>

1513
01:28:57,190 --> 01:29:00,284
<i>Nothing left but his pride
and his sense of the obvious.</i>

1514
01:29:00,360 --> 01:29:02,692
Tired, man.

1515
01:29:02,762 --> 01:29:04,923
What can you say?
That's Baja.

1516
01:29:04,998 --> 01:29:07,159
Sometimes the course wins.

1517
01:29:07,233 --> 01:29:10,600
We only got 364 more days
till the next one, right?

1518
01:29:11,504 --> 01:29:13,768
<i>One after the other.
They would cross the line.</i>

1519
01:29:13,840 --> 01:29:16,104
<i>Dusty and tired.
But overjoyed they finished.</i>

1520
01:29:16,176 --> 01:29:18,644
<i>As the day wore on.
There were still many on the course.</i>

1521
01:29:18,712 --> 01:29:20,703
<i>Amy Thomas searched for the BC-10.</i>

1522
01:29:20,780 --> 01:29:22,577
<i>Which was still a hundred miles out.</i>

1523
01:29:22,649 --> 01:29:25,083
<i>Headed for home
in a race against the clock.</i>

1524
01:29:27,120 --> 01:29:29,145
<i>And only seconds
behind the women's team</i>

1525
01:29:29,222 --> 01:29:30,814
<i>came Eric Solorzano's Volkswagen</i>

1526
01:29:30,890 --> 01:29:32,755
<i>bouncing up the goat trail
outside of Trinidad.</i>

1527
01:29:32,826 --> 01:29:35,659
<i>Hoping to finish.
Just to finish.</i>

1528
01:29:35,729 --> 01:29:37,697
<i>While the Volkswagen wouldn't make it,</i>

1529
01:29:37,764 --> 01:29:41,029
<i>the women's team would.
With ten minutes to spare.</i>

1530
01:29:48,575 --> 01:29:51,669
<i>It was Mouse's drive to finish
that had us worried the night before.</i>

1531
01:29:51,745 --> 01:29:54,976
<i>We decided to send helmet cameraman
Louis Franco out to find him.</i>

1532
01:29:55,048 --> 01:29:56,538
<i>Hoping he'd bring him back.</i>

1533
01:30:01,020 --> 01:30:04,012
<i>Mouse was up.
But not in the best condition.</i>

1534
01:30:04,090 --> 01:30:06,684
<i>Lucky for him.
Jeff Kaplan happened by.</i>

1535
01:30:06,760 --> 01:30:08,625
I just saw him
out of my peripheral vision.

1536
01:30:08,695 --> 01:30:10,686
He told me that the next place
I could see somebody,

1537
01:30:10,764 --> 01:30:12,595
tell 'em that he was stuck there.

1538
01:30:12,665 --> 01:30:14,997
And I just told him to follow me in.

1539
01:30:15,068 --> 01:30:17,400
But we ended up going fast.
Really fast.

1540
01:30:17,470 --> 01:30:19,938
Surprisingly fast for one light.

1541
01:30:20,006 --> 01:30:21,906
<i>At speeds
near a hundred miles an hour.</i>

1542
01:30:21,975 --> 01:30:26,002
<i>Kaplan paced Mouse for over 20 miles
until finding Scott Dunlavey.</i>

1543
01:30:26,079 --> 01:30:28,047
The motorcycle's junk.

1544
01:30:28,114 --> 01:30:30,810
I beat the thing into submission
so it was at least halfway rideable.

1545
01:30:30,884 --> 01:30:33,682
He's goofy,
he doesn't even know if it's left or right.

1546
01:30:33,753 --> 01:30:35,243
He'd hit the wall,
he'd pushed through the wall

1547
01:30:35,321 --> 01:30:36,811
and kept going and going
and going and got bit.

1548
01:30:36,890 --> 01:30:42,260
And now it was a matter to get back
to some sort of semblance of focus

1549
01:30:42,328 --> 01:30:44,319
to get to bring it all the way home.

1550
01:32:14,988 --> 01:32:18,947
<i>Mouse McCoy...
18 hours. 2 minutes. 40 seconds.</i>

1551
01:32:19,025 --> 01:32:22,984
<i>The sixth motorcycle to finish.
The twelfth overall vehicle.</i>

1552
01:32:23,062 --> 01:32:24,290
<i>Not too bad.</i>

1553
01:32:24,364 --> 01:32:27,128
<i>There were 246 vehicles behind him.</i>

1554
01:32:29,335 --> 01:32:32,065
<i>There's a connection
between people who make a commitment.</i>

1555
01:32:32,138 --> 01:32:33,469
<i>A passion shared.</i>

1556
01:32:42,482 --> 01:32:44,973
You let me ride side by side
all the way to Ojos, man.

1557
01:32:45,051 --> 01:32:46,678
I'll never forget you.
You got me there.

1558
01:32:47,754 --> 01:32:49,312
This wasn't just a solo effort.

1559
01:32:49,389 --> 01:32:52,654
It might've been a solo effort
as far as me being in the saddle,

1560
01:32:52,725 --> 01:32:53,817
but the collective effort

1561
01:32:53,893 --> 01:32:56,987
was about my friends and family
carrying me through it,

1562
01:32:57,063 --> 01:33:01,432
and that's why it means so much to me,
that we all did it together.

1563
01:33:01,501 --> 01:33:03,526
- Congratulations.
- Yeah, congratulations.

1564
01:33:03,603 --> 01:33:07,733
Thank you, guys, for letting us
in your country to race here.

1565
01:33:13,012 --> 01:33:16,948
Hey, anybody know
where a good taco stand is?

1566
01:33:17,016 --> 01:33:18,347
A cold beer?

1567
01:33:18,418 --> 01:33:22,320
A cold beer and a taco is what I need.
I haven't eaten much today.

1568
01:33:34,033 --> 01:33:36,001
<i>T's a hell of a race.</i>

1569
01:33:36,069 --> 01:33:39,197
<i>A race against the clock
in a country that defies time.</i>

1570
01:33:39,272 --> 01:33:42,537
<i>In a competition
which forges lifelong friendships.</i>

1571
01:33:42,609 --> 01:33:45,942
<i>Maybe only one drives.
But they search for glory as a team.</i>

1572
01:33:46,012 --> 01:33:49,573
<i>They look for it in the win.
In the finish. And in the attempt.</i>

1573
01:33:49,649 --> 01:33:52,812
<i>Because the journey
can justify the destination.</i>

1574
01:33:52,885 --> 01:33:59,381
In one word,
the Baja 1000 for me is.., love.

1575
01:33:59,826 --> 01:34:00,815
It's romantic.

1576
01:34:00,893 --> 01:34:02,087
It's awesome.

1577
01:34:03,329 --> 01:34:04,489
Tough.

1578
01:34:05,131 --> 01:34:06,189
Exciting.

1579
01:34:06,265 --> 01:34:07,630
A challenge.

1580
01:34:07,700 --> 01:34:09,327
Perseverance.

1581
01:34:09,402 --> 01:34:10,426
Tough.

1582
01:34:10,503 --> 01:34:13,939
Patience.
A lot of patience.

1583
01:34:14,007 --> 01:34:15,269
It's beautiful.

1584
01:34:15,341 --> 01:34:18,538
For me, it's just adventure.
I mean, it's such an adventure.

1585
01:34:18,611 --> 01:34:20,374
Well, I got a different word,
now that I'm thinking about it.

1586
01:34:20,446 --> 01:34:21,970
It's more mystical.

1587
01:34:22,715 --> 01:34:23,739
It is mystical.

1588
01:34:23,816 --> 01:34:26,910
It has a sense and a spirit of its own.

1589
01:34:26,986 --> 01:34:28,112
I think it's just life.

1590
01:34:28,187 --> 01:34:30,155
In one day, you kind of get
to experience everything.

1591
01:34:30,223 --> 01:34:33,192
You get great things happen
and terrible things happen,

1592
01:34:33,259 --> 01:34:36,251
and it's how you deal with 'em
at the end of the night.

1593
01:34:36,329 --> 01:34:37,626
It's like life.

1594
01:34:38,898 --> 01:34:42,459
<i>A thousand miles and 32 hours
can be a lifetime in a blink.</i>

1595
01:34:42,535 --> 01:34:44,025
<i>Do they find glory?</i>

1596
01:34:44,103 --> 01:34:46,731
<i>Couldn't say.
Because the race never ends.</i>

1597
01:34:46,806 --> 01:34:51,573
<i>But if they do. It's in the dust.
And it won't wash away.</i>

1598
01:35:12,098 --> 01:35:15,966
What it is, it's like a flying couch.
You know?

1599
01:35:16,035 --> 01:35:20,096
That is probably the best way
to explain it.

1600
01:35:20,173 --> 01:35:21,663
It's like sitting in your living room.

1601
01:35:21,741 --> 01:35:24,403
Yeah, it is a living room
and a flying couch

1602
01:35:24,477 --> 01:35:27,037
and just stay out of the big ditches.

1603
01:35:27,113 --> 01:35:28,478
My buddy,
here's my buddy Steve Matzinger.

1604
01:35:28,548 --> 01:35:32,450
Yeah, baby.
Oh, yeah. Baja!

1605
01:35:33,419 --> 01:35:36,115
- He really wants to make the cut.
- I wanna be in the movie!

1606
01:35:36,189 --> 01:35:38,749
- He's not gonna be on the movie.
- I wanna be in the big pictures.

1607
01:35:38,825 --> 01:35:39,883
Baja!

1608
01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:44,022
And as soon as we turned off
the little light on the generator,

1609
01:35:44,097 --> 01:35:46,258
we saw the...
thought the floor was moving.

1610
01:35:46,332 --> 01:35:48,357
We turned it on,
and it was solid cockroaches.

1611
01:35:48,434 --> 01:35:49,423
I was, like, "Oh, my God. "

1612
01:35:49,502 --> 01:35:52,164
So I ran out to my pack
and got a gallon of gas

1613
01:35:52,238 --> 01:35:55,207
and ran a moat around my pack.

1614
01:35:55,274 --> 01:35:57,174
And me and Bob, we had to sleep
in the same bed.

1615
01:35:57,243 --> 01:35:59,074
I said, "We're probably
gonna get asphyxiated,

1616
01:35:59,145 --> 01:36:00,635
but at least we're not gonna get eaten. "

1617
01:36:00,713 --> 01:36:03,648
And in the morning there was
a bunch of melted cockroaches.

1618
01:36:03,716 --> 01:36:07,152
I'm Don.
I'm one of the sound mixers.

1619
01:36:07,220 --> 01:36:10,849
Right now we're making up cables,
custom cables for each camera.

1620
01:36:12,558 --> 01:36:16,995
We've got one of Don's...
What kind of mike is that?

1621
01:36:17,063 --> 01:36:20,829
Active.., a 48-volt mike,
which is a supercardioid pattern.

1622
01:36:20,900 --> 01:36:23,528
Check, check, check.
Check, check, check one, two.

1623
01:36:23,603 --> 01:36:27,164
Check on this side, right,
check on left side.

1624
01:36:27,240 --> 01:36:29,174
Check. Check.

1625
01:36:29,242 --> 01:36:33,372
When those motorcycles turn on,
it's loud. Loud!

1626
01:36:33,446 --> 01:36:34,640
We're yelling right now

1627
01:36:34,714 --> 01:36:36,841
because we've got a bunch
of loud motorcycles back here.

1628
01:36:36,916 --> 01:36:40,317
So we're just checking the levels,
and see how they're doing.

1629
01:36:40,386 --> 01:36:41,512
How's that?

1630
01:36:41,587 --> 01:36:43,646
These cameras have a lot of switches
that need to be in the right places,

1631
01:36:43,723 --> 01:36:44,815
we discovered.

1632
01:36:44,891 --> 01:36:45,880
Right.

1633
01:36:45,958 --> 01:36:48,927
What would Scorsese do?
Talk real fast. We know that.

1634
01:36:49,729 --> 01:36:52,789
You know, Joe Pesci, he hit
all these guys in the head with a shovel.

1635
01:36:52,865 --> 01:36:54,355
Not bad.

1636
01:36:54,433 --> 01:36:58,699
Not bad. But where we gonna
get Joe Pesci, let alone a shovel?

1637
01:37:00,106 --> 01:37:02,574
Editor... Dana Brown.

1638
01:37:02,642 --> 01:37:05,611
He's trying to cover up Matzinger,
which I got it.

1639
01:37:05,678 --> 01:37:08,169
I still got...
I can still make out Matzinger.

1640
01:37:13,152 --> 01:37:14,210
Do you mind?

1641
01:37:14,287 --> 01:37:16,915
With the constant...
the constant paparazzi trip.

1642
01:37:16,989 --> 01:37:18,013
Like a candid camera.

1643
01:37:18,090 --> 01:37:20,183
You know what you do?
You can fix your hair in this thing.

1644
01:37:21,527 --> 01:37:25,623
Hey, there's a camera
behind that big piece of glass.

1645
01:37:25,698 --> 01:37:32,001
Dana's crazy. This is the biggest,
craziest movie ever made.

1646
01:37:33,272 --> 01:37:34,500
Ever.

1647
01:37:44,951 --> 01:37:47,647
Sorry man, I'm just going, "Whoa,
I'm gonna knock that guy on his butt. "

1648
01:37:47,720 --> 01:37:48,880
I saw.

1649
01:37:48,955 --> 01:37:51,287
Yeah, well, you only missed him
by about 12 inches.

1650
01:37:51,357 --> 01:37:52,346
Yeah?

1651
01:37:52,425 --> 01:37:54,825
What were you shooting,
Herr producer?

1652
01:37:54,894 --> 01:38:00,799
We were shooting a little place
called Valle de Trinidad.

1653
01:38:00,867 --> 01:38:03,700
- See all that spit fly like that?
- Yeah. Yeah.

1654
01:38:03,769 --> 01:38:05,168
That's the effect that I have.

1655
01:38:05,238 --> 01:38:07,399
Who said there wasn't special effects
on this movie?

1656
01:38:07,473 --> 01:38:08,872
Yeah, is that...

1657
01:38:08,941 --> 01:38:10,932
Is that you speaking Spanish,
spitting all over?

1658
01:38:11,010 --> 01:38:13,205
That is. It's...

1659
01:38:49,181 --> 01:38:50,773
This is the first time
we're going off-roading.

1660
01:38:50,850 --> 01:38:53,785
- So, driver...
- We're attempting the off-road race.

1661
01:38:53,853 --> 01:38:55,218
Here we go.
Off-road.

1662
01:38:55,288 --> 01:38:58,780
- And we're off!
- Here we go, Matzinger in the front.

1663
01:38:58,858 --> 01:39:00,325
- Good!
- Matzinger! Matzinger!

1664
01:39:00,393 --> 01:39:01,724
Here we go!

1665
01:39:09,669 --> 01:39:10,931
Safe at last.

1666
01:39:11,003 --> 01:39:14,666
I think we're definitely
trophy truck material now.

1667
01:39:14,740 --> 01:39:17,971
Yeah. Robby Gordon,
we got your number.