Dust to Glory Page #4
and boys will be boys,
most ignore 'em.
After all, who's gonna catch 'em?
I wasn't speeding.
Well, the authorities were slightly miffed.
But Pflueger immediately
saw the error of his ways
and was deputized.
When we were listening on the radio
to where the cars were,
I hear there's a bunch of cops have
pulled over all the heroes in the sport
and they're on the side of the road
having a doughnut convention.
And just like that,
two of Baja's finest
stopped 70 people
and $50 million of race equipment.
Meanwhile behind them, the open-wheeled
brother to the trophy truck,
the Class 1 buggies,
surged off the line.
These vehicles are unlimited,
meaning the engine size is unlimited
and so is the budget.
Ranging between $300,000
and $1 million,
these are expensive cars.
If you win, four grand maybe.
Behind the big money
of the Class 1 buggies is a lot of heart,
a quality best exemplified
by an off-road racing dynasty,
the McMillin family.
My dad and brother decided they were
gonna race one race in 1976
for the Baja 1000, just race it once,
and then sell the car.
Just to say they did it, you know?
And when I was in that Class 9
with eight inches of wheel travel,
a 50-horsepower motor, I really
thought I was gonna win overall.
I mean, I thought,
"I got a chance here."
At 74, Corky McMillin is still
chasing his dream.
You know, people ask me today,
with my age and everything... -
I said, "Well, the only person
I really have to please is myself."
And if I feel like I'm competing
and doing good and hanging in there,
I'm happy, I'm satisfied.
The McMillins are a successful family
in more ways than one.
And I see Corky still line up to get
a shower in the morning before the race
in a line at a campground behind
all the guys that work in his company.
And you can't tell which one's Corky
and which one's driving nails the next day.
It makes us all have something
in common to kind of get together with,
and it's not the bosses
and the employees.
I mean, we're all just a bunch of people
trying to have fun and enjoy life,
and we're doing it.
He's had to miss a couple because
of health reasons, but you know what?
Take one race at a time,
and the next race he was back.
My body thinks
my brain's gone crazy.
The McMillin with
the most championships is Mark.
He's also one of the most successful
drivers in the history of the Baja 1000,
but it's been 14 years
since his last victory.
There's ups and there's downs.
But something that I've always taken from
my dad and I'm trying to give to my boys
is you never, never, never give up.
Whether it's at work,
whether it's racing,
or something you're trying to accomplish
at home with your family,
we just never, ever, ever give up.
Mark McMillin got off to a fantastic start,
roaring through the first 80 miles.
But once again, Bad luck struck.
At Ojos Negros he'd have to change
his entire transmission.
Way too early. Way too early.
It'll be a long day. We'll get a finish
out of it, that's for sure.
And off the line in Scott McMillin's
buggy was a rookie driver,
his 16-year-old son Andy.
Ever since like I was two or three years old,
I used to go pre-running with my dad.
I started driving a clutch when I was
probably six or seven years old.
I had a lot of trust in him as we, you know,
developed our relationship driving
and just taught him
what I learned from my dad.
At first Andy had
a little problem staying on course.
Watch it. Remember, there's
a hole here. Remember? Stop.
Here, go this way. Stop!
I think about it,
and I think when I have a kid,
the trust that he has in me.
Now take your time.
Take your time doing it.
But he settled down.
Go. You're running
with the big dogs, boy.
The trust that Scott had in his son
was well deserved.
After a couple of wild rides early.
Andy had gotten it together
and was in first place in his class
when he turned it over to his father.
Probably hit him a little too hard, bud.
You got it, you got it.
Make some dust. Good man.
While the McMillins have fun
on the cutting edge of technology,
there are those who enjoy something
slightly more antiquated.
This is Class 11, which gives a whole
new definition to the word "underdog."
You really get the satisfaction of talking
to someone that races a trophy truck,
a Class 1 motorcycle,
looking at you and saying,
"Oh, you race Class 11.
Guy, you must be crazy."
Hey, those guys are
the toughest guys out there.
You know, they've got
little support, you know,
vehicles that are extremely challenged,
and they go for it.
That's the hardcore
Baja racer right there.
These are unmodified
Volkswagen Beetles.
Not the New Beetle,
but the old Beetle, pre-1982.
No modification of the suspension
or engine is allowed.
We are losing our dashboard.
What they lack in speed
they more than make up for in passion.
It's a feeling inside of this one.
We born know Bajas,
and we die knowing Bajas, too.
I think they're real men.
I mean, there's some stuff
that I have no idea
how they get through.
Racing Class 11, it's very,
very important to finish the race.
Sometimes there are no signs left.
Our time limit is sometimes
very, very narrow for us.
So it's very significant to go through
whatever you have to
just getting there.
Stand by. He's on his way.
Air clear.
Looks like we're going right.
By noon everyone
had left the starting line
and racers began
which isn't always a good thing.
Well, that's the end of our race.
Isn't that a shame?
Yeah, that sucks, man.
That rock is what got me.
Just the average person
who has a 9-to-5 job
has 10,000 close calls
over the course of a life.
It's the light
that you run through.
Go through an intersection
and that split second later
somebody runs a red light and goes
behind you, you never even saw it.
Down here you're doing like
all 10,000 in one day.
I think when you get back home,
after you do something like that,
it's like slo-mo, life is slo-mo.
Everything else, that's no big deal.
You got a job interview
or you're showing up for something big,
well, what's the worst thing
that could happen?
Somebody says no,
you know, to a sales job?
Well, I just almost got killed 40 times.
So not really that big of a deal.
It's key to deal with adversity.
and was back in the race.
We know it was gonna roll over.
It don't seem to phase this one.
Rides better now than it did before.
Getting them shocks broke in
from rolling it over.
Yeah.
What was that all about?
I don't know. Good thing
there wasn't a rock there, though.
Mike, I'm telling you, the back end
is just softer. It's just too soft.
The good Baja racer
is prepared for anything.
Like number 560, who did a complete
roll just outside of Ensenada.
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