: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.
:40:00
He's expecting Honda 1-X.
:40:03
Like everything else in Baja.
Communication is difficult.
:40:06
T can take a while to hear bad news.
:40:08
We need a new front axle
and a new front wheel. Do you copy?
:40:11
I copy, a new front axle
and a new front wheel.
:40:16
That's affirmative. He had a problem
early on and clipped a big boulder
:40:19
and had to change a front wheel
once already but the axle's tweaked
:40:22
and this wheel's wobbly. So he'll need to.
Just like you say. Make it right.
:40:28
Johnny had dislocated his thumb.
:40:30
And all he wanted to do was turn the bike
over to Steve and assess the damage.
:40:50
Only two minutes behind came
Chris Blaze of the Honda B Team.
:40:56
For the first time in years.
Johnny's lead was tenuous.
:40:58
He'd tape his hand
and be ready for the next leg.