:38:01
Everything that could've
gone wrong went wrong.
:38:05
It's not a pit stop.
:38:08
Got one crazy mad driver right there.
:38:13
Robby had gotten a flat
but his pit crew was unprepared.
:38:16
Putting Robby in full tilt.
:38:18
He blazed through 30 miles on a flat tire
:38:20
to nearly be in first place
before finally getting a change.
:38:28
While the trophy trucks
and Class 1 buggies
:38:30
represent the power and glamour
of the Baja 1000.
:38:32
The true symbol of victory
is the motorcycle.
:38:34
Specifically a motorcycle ridden by
Johnny Campbell and Steve Hengeveld.
:38:39
With six straight overall titles.
Johnny and Steve stand atop a mountain
:38:43
with seemingly
nowhere to go but down.
:38:45
The pressure of winning is always there.
:38:48
And when you win
several times in a row,
:38:51
not only do you wanna
do it again for yourself,
:38:53
but, you know, when you got a corporate
company like Honda, let's say,
:38:56
for Johnny and Steve, they want
them to win, and they know that.
:38:59
You don't see it the way you used
to see it when you used to look up.
:39:03
You know you've conquered it,
you've won it,
:39:05
and you just wanna win another one.
:39:08
You expect it. You just expect it.
:39:11
Anything less is unacceptable.
:39:14
To beat the elements,
to have the equipment stay together,
:39:17
there's really a lot
of things against ya.
:39:19
I mean, I've bounced off
of front ends of cars,
:39:23
I've bounced off of fences,
I've bounced off of cattle.
:39:26
You know, it's a little bit
like Russian roulette.
:39:28
After he won his tenth
Baja 1000.
:39:31
Larry Roeseler decided to stop competing
for the overall title on a motorcycle.
:39:34
He felt his time was due.
:39:37
The next year. Danny Hamel.
Starting in Roeseler's traditional spot.
:39:40
Would have his fatal accident.
:39:43
There is certain risks you take.
:39:46
You can't live in a box,
or you're just gonna run from everything.
:39:49
"How do you let him do what he does?"
:39:51
And I said, "One, we make our living at it.
Number two is,
:39:53
"the day I tell him that he can't,
he's gonna die in a car accident
:39:56
going up the 405
to Torrance, you know?"
:39:58
I mean, when it's your day,
it's your day.