1:18:00
Baja has a way of educating you.
1:18:03
Push that edge that far down there,
and you're done.
1:18:07
T was around 5:00 in the morning
when Robby Gordon.
1:18:10
Who'd stayed in the race on sheer fury.
Finally had to admit defeat.
1:18:13
If we were to continue down
to the big bumps we were at in San Felipe,
1:18:16
we'd basically break
the back half of the truck off
1:18:18
with it slamming as hard
as it was slamming.
1:18:20
We made a unanimous decision
to load the thing on the trailer,
1:18:22
and that was probably
one of the hardest things to do,
1:18:24
especially all the hard work
1:18:25
that the whole team put
into getting to the Baja 1000.
1:18:28
If you can't win,
you at least wanna finish.
1:18:30
And this year's 1000 we didn't finish.
1:18:34
A driver will often work up to eight hours
to get back in the race.
1:18:37
When he sees the trailer. It's a feeling
of embarrassment and emptiness.
1:18:40
Why do they do it?
1:18:43
It's not 'cause you're crazy
or you got a death wish.
1:18:45
It's competition.
1:18:47
Fighters don't fight to hurt people,
they fight to win.
1:18:50
Racers don't race
because they wanna die.
1:18:52
They wanna go fast.
That's my high.
1:18:54
That's the way I manipulate my life,
1:18:57
is through mechanics
of a machine.
1:19:00
Off-road racing is chasing rainbows.
1:19:02
It's not like Indianapolis
where if you did something,
1:19:04
you'd get something for it.
1:19:06
All you're doing down here is just
endangering yourself for the glory.
1:19:10
When you first start racing, the first thing
you wanna do is to win a race.
1:19:14
Then you wanna win a championship.
Then you wanna win the Baja 1000.
1:19:17
You want all these things.
1:19:18
And then there's gonna be some day when
you're probably gonna win your last race.
1:19:22
Probably five or six miles
from the end I kept thinking,
1:19:24
"Gosh, I wish it would go on. "
1:19:26
You know, 'cause I don't want it
to come to an end.
1:19:28
Gimme another mile.
Gimme another half mile.
1:19:29
I want this feeling
just a little bit longer, you know.
1:19:47
By race's end.
1:19:49
27 vehicles will have placed first
in their individual classes.
1:19:52
But only one will be fastest overall.
1:19:54
This is the domain of legends
like Stewart. Roeseler. Smith. And Evans.
1:19:58
And this year's winner belonged
to that company.