1:01:00
Because for him. This is just his place.
1:01:02
And everybody is invited.
1:01:04
Okay, you can go inside
and camping, please.
1:01:07
Yes, this is free.
I no charge nobody.
1:01:09
Fifteen years ago.
Coco was a valet in Ensenada
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when a car accident took his leg.
1:01:13
Soon after. Bound to a wheelchair.
His supposed friends took his self-worth.
1:01:18
I wanna stay in Ensenada.
And everybody, he close.
1:01:22
He said, "You too old, you sick. "
1:01:26
So that's why I come here.
1:01:28
That's why I open this place
13 years, seven...
1:01:33
So. Coco's Corner is
a ticked-off plan B.
1:01:35
Buy a little campground
just outside of nowhere
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where the 1000 races past
every now and then.
1:01:40
And in time.
The pre-runners and pit crews stop by.
1:01:42
And Coco has 'em sign this book.
1:01:44
Write or draw.
As long as you make your mark.
1:01:47
Coco has created an off-road oasis.
A kingdom where nothing is disposable.
1:01:50
And the only thing that outnumber
the beer cans are his friends.
1:01:55
- How are you, my friend?
- Good to see you.
1:01:57
Thank you coming back again.
1:01:58
While he's never competed in the race,
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Coco embodies the spirit
of the Baja 1000.
1:02:02
Good luck, everybody.
1:02:05
Baja has a wonderful way
of just grabbing ahold of you.
1:02:10
And you're just
lookin' around going, "Wow.
1:02:12
Where's all this coming from?"
You know?
1:02:14
Actually, we have stopped
just to look around.
1:02:17
They battle a peninsula.
1:02:19
A place between the old west
and the twilight zone.
1:02:21
They challenge it
not for money or fame.
1:02:22
But for simple bragging rights.
1:02:43
During the Second World War,
1:02:44
President Roosevelt turned
to the Mexican government
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and said, "We want to put guns
along the coastline
1:02:50
"to protect ourselves from the Japanese.
1:02:52
Could we not put a little paved road
down the length of Baja?"
1:02:55
Well, Mexico is neutral,
so they said no.
1:02:58
So that was the end of that.
1:02:59
Just imagine if they'd put
in a paved road the length...