:51:01
The once four-minute lead
had shrank to 30 seconds.
:51:04
It took me probably 50, 60 miles
for my arms to loosen up.
:51:07
But in that time I was catching Steve.
:51:09
I could see the helicopter
getting closer and closer
:51:11
and then all of a sudden
I was in his dust.
:51:13
"Okay, just take it easy.
Let the pit strategy get you in the lead
:51:17
and see what happens after that. "
:51:19
F the rear tire holds.
The impossible can be achieved
:51:22
and Andy will be at the front
of the entire Baja 1000 field.
:51:25
T's 22 on the highway.
:51:27
There's about a 30-second split
between 1-X and 11-X.
:51:33
Knowing that Andy
had started behind him,
:51:36
Steve has
no choice except to pin it.
:51:38
And that's gonna tear his tire up,
which is okay with him
:51:42
because he knows he's getting
a new tire at this pit.
:51:44
What he didn't know was that we were
running a different tire compound.
:51:57
- Front wheel okay, Steve?
- Yeah.
:52:01
Gas only! Gas only!
:52:03
Gas only! Gas only!
:52:09
Go!
:52:19
11-X. 1:05:55.
30 seconds apart.
:52:23
1- X is right behind him.
:52:27
Andy didn't only wanna take the lead.
He wanted to keep it.
:52:30
The first place he led
was the last place he wanted to...
:52:33
the silt beds. Where a motorcycle
can be swallowed whole.
:52:36
He took a center line.
Held it wide open. And prayed.
:52:58
While Andy headed for the coast
as fast as he could go.