Dust to Glory Page #2

I wanna make sure

our hardcore grassroot guys

are always at Score

and there's a place for them to race.

Sal's values are reflected

in a race that's open to everyone,

from the little guy to the big guy.

The famous and anonymous...

all equal, all simply racers.

Pre-dawn.

Air temperature, 45 degrees.

Motorcycles and quads

will start three hours ahead of the field.

A flurry of flashbulbs

announces Johnny Campbell's arrival.

A win today would be

a record-breaking seven in a row.

Trying to keep loose

was 62-year-old J.N. Roberts,

a true legend in off-road racing.

Always gotta keep moving.

Harder target to hit.

Mouse arrived.

He's very quiet. Unusually subdued.

Mouse doesn't know this but when

I was a little kid, he was my hero.

He'd go out smokin' everybody.

"Wow, who's this Mouse McCoy?"

Then all of a sudden, disappeared.

I started racing

when I was four years old.

And by 17 I was just flat burned out.

Nothing you could do about it.

You don't have any context

of what you're doing as a kid.

All you know is you hate it,

you're done, you're sick of it.

Actually that's the best thing

that's ever happened to me

'cause now I love

riding motorcycles more than ever.

And maybe I wouldn't have loved it

so much had I kept going.

For every bike there's usually

three, four, or five riders.

Johnny Campbell would be riding

the first 205 miles

before handing it over

to Steve Hengeveld.

We'll see ya at the finish line.

J.N. Would ride 110

before giving it to his son Jimmy.

Mouse McCoy wouldn't

run 100, 200, or even 500 miles.

Mouse had a different plan.

He was gonna race

the entire Baja 1000 solo.

One man's name is synonymous

for racing the Baja solo...

the Ironman, Ivan Stewart.

Well, to do a 1,000-mile race

in a car is tough,

but at least you can sit down

and get a drink of water

and you're protected a lot more.

And to do it on a motorcycle,

I mean, I can't fathom it. That's tough.

Anybody can trail ride the thing

for the thousand miles.

But to be competitive and do it

was a whole different deal.

And I knew I looked up to him,

and now, wow, I'm really gonna

look up to him if he finishes this thing.

This is gonna be amazing.

People say, "Don't you

worry about your son?"

No, I don't worry about him

because he's gifted.

And he usually gets there.

I think Mouse is one of the best

when it comes to preparing.

He pre-ran down here

more than anybody I've ever seen.

Supercross legend Ricky Johnson.

Who's like Mouse's big brother,

had some reservations.

Not because he's a bad rider.

He's a great rider.

Not because he was out of shape.

He was in great shape.

But for those exact things.

He knew how good a shape he was in

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