:04:01
Why not? This whole thing started
with a stuntman nicknamed after a rodent.
:04:05
- There's the odds.
- Hey, we're three-to-one.
:04:07
Look at this.
I'm two-to-one favorite.
:04:10
This is Mouse. A real force of nature.
:04:13
Somehow you always end up doing
whatever he's doing.
:04:15
Take his posse.., one legend
and two childhood friends.
:04:19
Also getting sucked into Mouse's orbit
were the Griders. Andy and Neil.
:04:21
Andy won the 1000 last year.
:04:24
- Can you bet this?
- Yeah, at Caliente.
:04:26
Hey, Billy, you can bet this
at Caliente.
:04:29
Let's put some odds on ourselves.
Let's go bet on ourselves.
:04:33
I think in Mexico you can do that.
It's not like...
:04:35
Who's that guy... Pete Rose?
:04:36
Seems like everybody
enters the 1000.
:04:38
They've raced everything here
from Rolls-Royces to Winnebagos.
:04:42
The Bago didn't make it very far.
:04:44
These racers are
from all walks of life.
:04:47
Including the prodigal son.
The Hawaiian surfer.
:04:49
The father. Son. And grandson.
King of the Beetles.
:04:52
Team Estrogen.
The perennial champs.
:04:54
The greatest ever.
And those Indy dudes.
:04:56
They don't close
the race course off for anybody.
:05:00
You're out there with Joe Public,
or in this case, Jose Public.
:05:05
For the people of Baja. This is
one of the biggest days of the year.
:05:07
We can really relate to racing,
off-road racing.
:05:10
And you meet people,
you just start talking.
:05:13
Start talking about
the last race, the next race.
:05:17
"You remember this
and you remember that. "
:05:18
You end up with four
or five guys around you,
:05:20
and that's called picking up dust
here in this town.
:05:24
As the party atmosphere fades.
:05:26
All the contradictions and metaphors
begin to make sense to me.
:05:30
This isn't about a race.
It's about the race. The human race.
:05:34
Which I figure is exactly
how Sal Fish intended it.
:05:36
The roads aren't closed.
Locals driving backwards on the course.
:05:40
You've got locals racing
right next to you.
:05:42
You've got chase vehicles, and they're
on the course where they shouldn't be.
:05:46
You know, I mean, this is
not for wusses. Let's face it.
:05:50
Without question.
Sal Fish is the Baja 1000.
:05:53
He marks a different course each year.
:05:55
He deals with the concerns
of the ranchers. Of the police.
:05:58
As well as demands
of contestants and spectators.