:46:02
I watched him take off.
You know, I say a prayer.
:46:05
You know, we go down to Mexico
as a band of brothers.
:46:10
The Baja is a family affair passed down
from one generation to another.
:46:14
My dad always talked about
Baja 1000, Baja this, Baja that.
:46:18
"Wow, that'd be neat, you know?"
:46:20
You know, I had a real tight family
and we rode motorcycles, we surfed.
:46:24
My father suddenly passed
when I was 16,
:46:27
at a point in time where a boy
:46:29
kind of needs
some direction and stuff.
:46:31
And my mom was there
and she saw that
:46:33
we wanted to race,
and so she supported us.
:46:36
Before, it was Honda, factory.
:46:37
And so we used to
run it up and down,
:46:39
do all the pits ourselves.
So it was fun.
:46:43
In Mexico.
Johnny Campbell is the hero.
:46:45
Even more than
the charismatic Robby Gordon.
:46:47
It's Campbell's posters that can be found
from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas.
:46:51
He takes this responsibility
seriously as he's very aware
:46:55
of the impact his heroes had
on him as a kid.
:46:58
You are his idol.
:46:59
Yeah?
:47:04
You know, sometimes you just gotta
step out of the element for a little bit,
:47:07
think about what's really going on.
:47:11
So, you know, I thought the best thing
I could do is just give the kid a jersey.
:47:18
T's not a replica or something
that can be bought in a store.
:47:21
T's the real thing.
A Johnny Campbell race jersey.
:47:24
Johnny Campbell's a good man.
His father would be proud.
:47:28
His mother is.
:47:31
Women in general have
had a big impact in Baja.
:47:33
Including this year. With the BC-10.
An all-woman team
:47:37
comprised of the wives
and daughters of other racers.
:47:40
We were kind of
on the sidelines last year,
:47:44
and all the guys
were out there racing.
:47:47
And we kind of all looked
at each other and we're like,
:47:51
"Why are we standing here?
Why aren't we out there racing?"
:47:54
My sister raced,
my mother raced.
:47:56
They had enough girls at that time
:47:57
where they raced a class
that was called powder puff.