:20:00
It's died.
We've got no battery.
:20:03
Didn't go fast enough.
:20:06
You didn't go fast enough
to charge the battery.
:20:10
Eventually a ride pulled up.
:20:13
The lady in the truck
obviously didn't follow racing.
:20:15
But she knew a good head
for hats when she saw one.
:20:20
I'm sorry to do this to you, but...
:20:23
The husband. On the other hand.
Knew instantly
:20:26
that the man carrying his
dirty laundry was a living legend.
:20:29
- Chris and Sam, you're my saviors.
- Mario Andretti, it's a pleasure to meet you.
:20:32
I've heard of you
for years and years.
:20:35
The couple happily drove
20 miles out of their way.
:20:38
Compensated with a mere autograph.
:20:40
Pure Baja magic.
:20:42
Everything goes wrong
and then works out perfectly.
:20:45
See, you turned out to be
the highlight of our day.
:20:47
Well, you're the highlight of ours, too.
:20:49
Mario couldn't get over the potential
in off-road racing.
:20:54
It's incredible, you know,
what has been developed.
:20:58
But I keep saying, I mean,
the imagination is the only limit.
:21:06
These are for the rock stars
of the Baja. The unlimited classes.
:21:09
The big-money race teams that use
choppers for chase vehicles.
:21:12
It's the most dynamic thing you can do.
You have everything you want.
:21:15
You have 800 horsepower,
you've got three feet of suspension,
:21:18
you got a chromoly cage,
you got a breathing apparatus,
:21:21
you got a co-rider telling you
you need to do these different things.
:21:24
If you could look under "macho"
in the dictionary, there'd be a trophy truck.
:21:28
The racer most identified
with the Baja 1000
:21:31
is NASCAR driver
Robby Gordon.
:21:33
I mean, this is his world.
:21:34
It isn't in NASCAR.
This is where he's the king.
:21:38
And you can see everybody
defer to him here.
:21:41
Robby was just a kid
when I took him for a ride
:21:44
out in Saddleback
in one of the blazers,
:21:46
and I can remember seeing
his helmet up here.
:21:48
You know, he just loved it.
:21:49
Robby became
Baja's boy wonder.
:21:51
He's gone on to make millions racing
from Daytona to Indy.
:21:54
But he never forgets his roots.
:21:56
I left home on Sunday night,
we flew out in a helicopter,
:21:58
got on a commercial airline,
and flew to L.A.