Dust to Glory Page #6

That, to me, I'll never forget that.

It was a highlight of my career.

Say the name Andretti, and that's speed,

that's auto racing. That's it.

And it's global.

It's a universal word.

He's the best.

I love that guy.

I gotta get the car heated up and my seat

buffed 'cause Mario's coming.

He's gonna sit right there.

For Todd. This culminated

years of hero worship,

a chance to bond with his idol.

Mario's, I think, taken the bait.

He's thinking,

"You know, I can do this."

I want you to drive it slowly,

and I'm gonna sit there...

Yeah, sure.

He took the wheel before

Todd could cry for help.

There's a very good reason the name

Andretti is synonymous with speed...

Because it's synonymous with speed.

Feeling the pre-run truck here,

I could see how you could

all of a sudden find yourself in a ditch

upside down really easy.

All of a sudden he's

pushing the thing pretty hard,

we're on the right-hand side,

stuff's going right by me.

So I said, "Hey, Mario, you gotta slow down.

I think there's some horses coming up."

There weren't horses coming up,

but anything to get this thing slowed down.

What did you think of that?

What did you think of that?

I loved it.

Todd's hyperventilating had stopped.

Unfortunately, so did his truck,

20 miles from civilization.

It's died.

We've got no battery.

Didn't go fast enough.

You didn't go fast enough

to charge the battery.

Eventually a ride pulled up.

The lady in the truck

obviously didn't follow racing,

But she knew a good head

for hats when she saw one.

I'm sorry to do this to you, but...

The husband, on the other hand,

knew instantly

that the man carrying his

dirty laundry was a living legend.

- Chris and Sam, you're my saviors.

- Mario Andretti, it's a pleasure to meet you.

I've heard of you

for years and years.

The couple happily drove

20 miles out of their way,

compensated with a mere autograph.

Pure Baja magic.

Everything goes wrong

and then works out perfectly.

See, you turned out to be

the highlight of our day.

Well, you're the highlight of ours, too.

Mario couldn't get over the potential

in off-road racing.

It's incredible, you know,

what has been developed.

But I keep saying, I mean,

the imagination is the only limit.

These are for the rock stars

of the Baja, the unlimited classes,

the big-money race teams that use

choppers for chase vehicles.

It's the most dynamic thing you can do.

You have everything you want.

You have 800 horsepower,

you've got three feet of suspension,

you got a chromoly cage,

you got a breathing apparatus,

you got a co-rider telling you

you need to do these different things.

If you could look under "macho"

in the dictionary, there'd be a trophy truck.

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