wow...

this movie just came in from netflixx...talk about a thrill ride!



i don't like nascar/daytona/indy500 racing...but i've always liked top fuel dragster (guess i only have a 5 second attention span).

anyway, this documentary is one of the finest i've ever seen. it's about the baja 1000, a wild road race from Ensenada (MX) to La Paz (MX). this 1000 mile torture fest is undertaken by something like 27 classes of vehicles (from motorcycles to trophy trucks to dune buggies to non-modified pre-1982 volkswagen beetles). usually, teams are comprised of 2-4 riders/drivers...but there's one rider, mouse mccoy, who opts to ride the entire race by himself on his supercross bike...talk about sheer madness!

i know some people will surely bring up the fact that the tourdefrance is usually more than twice the baja 1000's distance...but those guys get three weeks to do it on their expensive bikes. the entrants to this race are allowed...a measly 32 hours to finish!


you know, even if you're not a motocross/off-roading fan (which i'm not), this is still a very worthwhile documentary. the filmmakers used 55 cameras and multiple helicopters to shoot 250 hours worth of footage. in condensing it, they worked 18-20 hour days for six months straight to get it whittled down to its 97-minute incarnation. maybe one of these days, i'll get to witness this spectacle. don't worry, j, we'll go to the tour too...even if it takes us 10+ years, we're gonna go!