Dust to Glory
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You know, sometimes you just gotta
step out of the element for a little bit,

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think about what's really going on.
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So, you know, I thought the best thing
I could do is just give the kid a jersey.

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T's not a replica or something
that can be bought in a store.

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T's the real thing.
A Johnny Campbell race jersey.

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Johnny Campbell's a good man.
His father would be proud.

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His mother is.
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Women in general have
had a big impact in Baja.

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Including this year. With the BC-10.
An all-woman team

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comprised of the wives
and daughters of other racers.

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We were kind of
on the sidelines last year,

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and all the guys
were out there racing.

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And we kind of all looked
at each other and we're like,

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"Why are we standing here?
Why aren't we out there racing?"

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My sister raced,
my mother raced.

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They had enough girls at that time
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where they raced a class
that was called powder puff.

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And they would race
after the guys raced

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in whatever cars were left over,
and go out and race each other.

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By the time I came along,
they just didn't have that anymore,

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and I was determined
I was gonna race.

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And here I am, still racing.
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All of us know that we have to get
the car to the next one.

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And, you know, to finish first,
you have to first finish.

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I think also women have this image
of not being good drivers.

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But we always
tell people on the tours

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that the women tend to do
better than the men

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because we don't have
quite that ego behind us,

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- like something to prove.
- Exactly.

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Women will ask for directions.
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A lot of times you're
taken as a joke

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until you go out and show
that you're not a joke.

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You know, you're taken very lightly.
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Call BCA
and tell them we're on their ass.

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- I'll hit 'em when I have to.
- Okay.

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The horn was my job. As soon
as we were getting close to someone,

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that was my job, to hit the horn,
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warn 'em,
and Bekki sure rammed 'em.


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