:12:06
Mouse was on fire.
:12:08
And just as amazing was J.N. Roberts
passing riders a third of his age
:12:12
until our camera helicopter got
a little close and J.N. Went down.
:12:16
We missed the shot.
:12:18
And 30 miles away.
Jimmy Roberts had
:12:20
a sudden premonition
that he'd miss his ride.
:12:23
F J.N. Couldn't get back
on the bike. Their day was over.
:12:27
T didn't seem fair.
J.N. 's a living legend.
:12:30
Winner of the first
Baja 1000 back in 1967.
:12:34
That was an era
:12:35
when as many as 3.000 riders
would start a California desert race.
:12:39
And J.N. Roberts
would win 27 in a row.
:12:42
When I was growing up, of course
he was the man in the desert.
:12:44
And any time we'd be out
riding motorcycles
:12:46
and I'd do something that
my dad thought was pretty good,
:12:48
he'd say, "Oh, all right, J.N.
Good job, J.N."
:12:50
So J.N. Was this
mythical figure in my mind.
:12:53
So when I had the chance
to actually race with him
:12:55
it was a pretty awesome
experience for me.
:12:57
I wanna make sure it works for J.N.
:12:59
First time back in 30 years
to Baja for him.
:13:01
It's kind of exciting
to go riding with him.
:13:03
He can't seem to get the bike
started, though.
:13:07
- New technology.
- Get it to the top of the stroke.
:13:12
J.N. Won two
of the first three Baja 1000s.
:13:15
He'd come back to team with Jimmy.
Who was racing in his first.
:13:18
He just recently won
the Vet World Championships.
:13:20
And now here he is
two weeks later racing Baja.
:13:22
And then in January
he signs up for Social Security.
:13:26
So he's had quite a year.
:13:27
Don't rub it in.
Hey, Social Insecurity.
:13:30
Yeah.
:13:31
J.N. Didn't get a lot of time
to reminisce about his past victories
:13:35
because Jimmy. Mouse. And Greg Tracy
had him on a rigorous pre-run schedule.
:13:40
Pre-running is when you get to practice
your section of the course.
:13:43
Now. In Mouse's case.
All the sections were his section.
:13:46
So J.N. Got to do a lot of pre-running.
:13:48
I'll tell you what, the ol' butt
in the last few days is taking a lickin'.
:13:51
- Taking a lickin'.
- No pun intended.
:13:53
We still live in different states,
so we don't see each other all the time.
:13:57
But when we do see each other,
:13:58
it's usually around
a motorcycle-based environment.