1:02:00
Coco embodies the spirit
of the Baja 1000.
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Good luck, everybody.
1:02:05
Baja has a wonderful way
of just grabbing ahold of you.
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And you're just
lookin' around going, "Wow.
1:02:12
Where's all this coming from?"
You know?
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Actually, we have stopped
just to look around.
1:02:17
They battle a peninsula.
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A place between the old west
and the twilight zone.
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They challenge it
not for money or fame.
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But for simple bragging rights.
1:02:43
During the Second World War,
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President Roosevelt turned
to the Mexican government
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and said, "We want to put guns
along the coastline
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"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.
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So that was the end of that.
1:02:59
Just imagine if they'd put
in a paved road the length...
1:03:01
if they had said yes.
1:03:04
Maybe we wouldn't be sitting here.
There wouldn't be any off-road racing.
1:03:24
A little water for ya.
1:03:25
I ain't getting my truck all dirty
and scratched up.
1:03:28
What the hell's wrong
with these people?
1:03:29
They're getting all hot now.
1:03:31
They're getting splashed
all with water on their face.
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T's a long. Tough day.