1:05:02
And I jumped in the car with no lights,
and the sun was going down,
1:05:06
no moon or nothing.
1:05:08
You know, like a Toyota pickup...
looked like they were inebriated...
1:05:10
were honking their horn at me
trying to go around.
1:05:12
That's how slow I was going.
1:05:13
And I'm in the race, right?
1:05:17
And eventually, we found a stop,
1:05:18
and I borrowed two lights
off of the paraplegic Israeli team,
1:05:22
I swear to you.
1:05:23
But he said, "I'll give you that one
and that one. "
1:05:25
So I got 'em
and I rigged 'em on the front.
1:05:27
I had two lights
to go like a hundred miles,
1:05:29
and with no front brakes, I might add.
1:05:33
I had to have a Lear jet pick me up.
I had to abandon the race.
1:05:36
I had a Lear jet pick me up
in the bay of L.A. On a dirt strip
1:05:39
'cause I had to get back
to this cart banquet.
1:05:41
They wouldn't let me get out of it.
1:05:42
Otherwise, they wasn't gonna
give me the prize money for the season.
1:05:44
It was a nightmare.
1:05:45
I slept in the runway
and in, you know, the desert.
1:05:47
I started reminiscing.
1:05:49
I started looking back,
thinking about it
1:05:50
and started telling stories
to my friends, what happened.
1:05:52
I thought, "I had a great time. "
You know?
1:05:55
I finally realized.
1:05:56
Took a couple months
for me to figure it out... I had a great time.
1:05:58
Unfortunately. This 1000 would give
the Groffs and Vasser many more stories.
1:06:03
Electrical problems ended their day
before the sun set.
1:06:06
Others had problems. Too.
Like Mouse McCoy who got a flat tire
1:06:09
and had to ride on it
for 40 miles to get a spare.
1:06:12
Still. He forged ahead. Mile after mile.
1:06:15
Eleven hours straight
at that kind of pace...
1:06:18
physically, yeah, it's tough,
but more so mentally.
1:06:21
'Cause you don't wanna make a mistake,
especially at night, you know.
1:06:25
They might find you the next day.
1:06:27
So it just.., really,
mentally just wears you down.
1:06:32
- Is that...
- That's him, that's him!
1:06:36
Reaching the halfway point of the race.
Mouse is greeted by Jetboat and crew.
1:06:39
Plus Andy and Neil Grider
who waited to see how he was doing.
1:06:42
Hey, you're okay.
You're fine.
1:06:45
I got a flat coming off the beach.
1:06:46
I had to ride for 40-something miles
till I got up to Catavena,
1:06:50
and then I scrounged a wheel
off some dudes.
1:06:52
I'm having a little bit of problems
with my hands, Greg.
1:06:54
Yeah.
1:06:55
They're really like this.
They're locked up, man.
1:06:58
Fresh gloves and goggles
if you want 'em.
1:06:59
Yeah, I need a fresh...