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[Narrator]This isPay Dirt.
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Not the history of Supercross,
but the story of Supercross.
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[engine whirring]
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[phone ringing]
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[Operator]This call
and/or telephone number
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will be monitored
and recorded.
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This is Michael Goodwin
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the father of Supercross
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calling from State Prison
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after being in for 21 years
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for the murders of Mickey Thompson and his wife.
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I’m going to jump around here because I know
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time is limited, let me ask you this question.
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When you came up with this idea
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did it seem like this is going to be impossible?
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I said what about that sport I’ve been
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riding, motocross, in a stadium?
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Everyone told me it wouldn’t work.
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[rock music]
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[cheering]
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[rock music continues]
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[Eric]How fearless are you?
How fast can you make it go?
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[Jimmy]It was one of the
first times in my career
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I can honestly say
that I was scared for my life.
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[Davey]To do things with
such precision
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and such consistency over
the course of 20 laps,
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they're artists,
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but they're also machines
in their own right.
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[panting]
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[Woman]It was sort of like
gladiators on steel horses,
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battling it out to the end.
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[Jeremy]I was motivated
to not just win once.
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I wanted to destroy
these guys.
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[Todd]Willing to ride out
of your comfort zone,
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pushing those limits,
getting uncomfortable.
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[Commentators] Wow! Oh!
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[Jimmy]Am I going to be
able to walk?
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Am I going to be in a wheelchair
for the rest of my life?
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[Man]You're willing to not
have relationships.
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You're willing to not
have a life.
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You're willing to give up
everything
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that is normal
for that one goal...
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[crowd cheering]
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[Man] ...to call yourself
a Supercross champion.
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[Narrator]Is it in man
or a machine wherein
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lies greatness,
or a magical amalgam of both?
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Whether then or now,
one constant is the physical
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and mental challenges,
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perhaps beyond any other sport
on the planet,
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of being a professional
Supercross athlete.
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[Davey]It takes an
incredible athlete
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to be able to compete in
a Supercross race.
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This sport requires people
to train.
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[Eric]The only thing holding
the guy on is fingers
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and his toes,
that's all you have.
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It's 80% guy, 20% bike.
It's the guy.
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[Bruce]The physical demand,
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the wear and tear on your body
is a huge factor.
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You have to be strong
and in shape.
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When you're on that motocross
bike, you don't sit down.
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You're more in like
an attack stance.
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It takes everything you have
to get it right.
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[engines whirring]
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[Dr. G]They're using
so many muscles.
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When you stand, the vibration,
the horsepower,
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hanging on, jumping,
going through whoops,
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going through turns.
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The G's that it pulls is the
most amount of stress on a body
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of any sport
that I can think of.
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Heart's beating like a rabbit.
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[rapid heartbeat]
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Their heart rates are 180, 190.
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People don't realize how fit you
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have to be and strong
for Supercross.
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[panting]
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[Brian]It really does take
the aerobic part of the body,
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the physicality part of
the body.
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And it's like a sprint.
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And you're using every part
of your body when you're racing
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a dirt bike.
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[Eric]The legs, the arms,
the fingers,
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even the hand-eye coordination,
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everything working together,
trying to get that motorcycle
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around this gnarly track
that wants nothing else
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but to grab you
and slam you down.
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No one daydreams in
the Supercross race.
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You're 100% focused
every second.
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[Narrator]Physicality is not
the only challenge.
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The mental strain in Supercross
is a different level.
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They're going all out
the whole time.
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You're 100% focused or
you're gonna fall on your ass.
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[Eric]The heights,
the trajectories,
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the landings, how high,
how far, how fast,
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everything's so precise.
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What a bunch of different
things to juggle.
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It's infinite.
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Your mind and your eyes,
and your brain and everything
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is processing,
things happen in nanoseconds.
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[Jeremy]Supercross,
every time you come around,
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the track's different.
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Now it becomes chess.
Now it's like, you know,
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what am I gonna do
next time around?
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Oh, wait, I gotta hit
this jump, too.
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Oh, wait, now I gotta blitz
the loops.
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Oh, wait, now I got this guy
behind me.
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[Eric]Ruts and burns
and jumps, and shadows.
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Everything changes.
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[Davey]It's as much
your body and your mind
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as it is the engine
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and the suspension of
your motorcycle.
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And the whole time, those guys
are holding their breath.
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That's why so often you see
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them come around
the signaling area.
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The only signal is breathe.
Breathe, breathe, breathe.
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[Eric]For the top riders,
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the triple jump typically
would be the one place
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they would rest.
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The riders make it look
so easy.
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Ride into the face of a triple,
it looks like a brick wall.
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And that's when you catch
your breath,
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when you're jumping as high as
an office tower, you know?
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[Dr. G]So when you see these
guys go off these triples,
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off these doubles,
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that's usually the time
for them to breathe.
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You'll even see
them shake their arms out,
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kind of take a deep breath.
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You'll even see them reach up
and tear off a goggle.
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The whole time, you know,
you're resting,
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your head's going,
what's the next move,
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what are you doing?
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[Dr. G]It's 17 races
every single week.
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There is no time off.
You cannot fake this.
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These guys are the world's
best athletes ever.
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[Narrator]Speed, power,
and gravity.
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[engine whirring]
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[Narrator]Men willing
to push themselves
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past the ragged edge of sanity
in a quest for glory.
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And the consequences
are very real.
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[Ricky]The bikes
are getting faster.
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The jumps are getting bigger.
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But one thing that never
changes, and that's gravity.
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[Commentator] Oh! Oh!
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[Ricky]It's inherently
a dangerous sport.
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There's only so much technology
you can put into a helmet.
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The head impact to
your spinal cord, it's real.
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You know, there's a danger
in all of this.
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[Narrator]One rider's saga
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is the story of those
consequences,
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but also determination
in overcoming disaster.
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This is Jimmy.
Take one. Mark.
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Third race of the year.
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First two races were
in Anaheim, A1, A2.
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I was coming into
that season prepared,
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I had done a lot
of European races
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during the off season,
had won most of them.
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[Jimmy]And so my expectations
for the season was really high.
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Everything in my life at
the point was,
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I would say,
pretty well perfect.
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My fitness was great.
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Got a new bike out of the deal.
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[Dr. G]He was actually one
of my athletes at that time,
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and I'll never forget the day.
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He was... ripping
the whoops every single time.
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[Jimmy]We'd had a really
great first practice.
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They'd made a little bit of
a change to the track
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in between the 1:25
practice and ours,
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so we had sat and waited for
an extra few minutes while
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the bulldozer got off
the track.
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[Jimmy]And so since
they had made a few changes,
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rolled through the first corner,
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I was rolling through
the whoops.
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[Jimmy]The bike just hit
the bottom
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of the whoop and stopped.
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Don't get up!
Do not get up, buddy!
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[Jimmy panting]
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[Jimmy]I hit the ground,
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and your initial instinct
is to push yourself
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back up off the ground.
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And when I went to do it,
nothing... nothing worked.
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[Dr. G]He had fractured
something.
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We didn't know at the time,
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but it was definitely an injury
to his neck.
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And when I arrived there,
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he was having actual
difficulties breathing.
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And I, you know, trying
to comfort him,
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I remember grabbing him in
his hand and telling him,
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"Hey, Jimmy, you're gonna
be all right."
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You know, hang in there.
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But he looked at me,
and he had those eyes of...
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that he was scared.
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[Dr. G]You're not sure
of what's gonna happen next.
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Am I gonna be able to walk?
Am I gonna ride a bike?
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Those thoughts go through
your head.
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I just remember thinking,
like, "Oh, this is, like,
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some sort of really,
really bad dream right now."
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Like...
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[Jimmy]They told me I was...
I was done.
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They told my parents, you guys
should get a wheelchair ready.
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He's gonna drink out of
a straw the rest of his life.
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He's gonna have no function
of anything.
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He has zero chance
to do anything.
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This is...
what you're gonna get.
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[Leeann]I remember I got
a phone call
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about it when it happened,
and I remember crying.
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That was a devastating thing
to a friend.
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I think it made
everybody realize
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that it could happen
to any of us.
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Why did this happen?
How did this happen?
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Like...
You know, did I deserve to...
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You know, like, you go...
you go through...
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Um...
You go through a long process.
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First, you lose your career,
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then you lose your sense
of purpose,
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you lose your sense of
your own humanity,
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and then you gotta figure out
how the fuck to fix it.
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[Narrator]The mental fortitude
that made Jimmy an elite rider
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would prove instrumental
in a path toward recovery.
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[Jimmy]Rehab people,
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they were moving
my body all around
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and trying to get
that signal firing.
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So I thought, okay, well,
what if I just would stare at
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one body part
and try to will it to work?
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Like, maybe,
maybe that happens.
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[Jimmy]That's what I did
for two and a half
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or three hours one day,
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I just was staring at
my left hand.
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And I got my index finger
to work.
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And it was just a twitch.
I was exhausted.
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And like I had done a week's
worth of training in two hours,
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it like took so much like
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mentally and physically out
of me.
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And the next day,
it didn't take quite as long,
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and I was able to do it again.
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But that was the start of
my recovery.
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My left side came back first,
and then my right side.
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Okay, I was able to move
my wrist a little bit today,
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or I was able to lift my arm up
three times.
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Well, tomorrow, I gotta do six.
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No matter how long it takes.
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Every day, that was my motto
for a year.
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Once I was able to barely walk,
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the insurance companies were
like, okay, you're good.
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Insurance wasn't gonna spend
any more money.
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My hospital bills, my inpatient
rehab, I ran out of money.
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I had $15,000 left in my name.
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You know, you're like,
okay, I gotta figure out
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what I'm gonna do.
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Can I be an assistant on
a team in some fashion?
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But nobody wanted to give me
an opportunity
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because I was that kind
of nasty reminder
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of it doesn't take
something huge
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for it to go really bad.
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I ended up getting a position
of being the rider team manager,
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which is cool because then I got
kind of be back in the mix,
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and I started representing
athletes.
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We went to X Games
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to sign Nate Adams
and Adam Jones,
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some motocross guys.
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We knocked a couple of
big home runs out of the park.
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And allowed me to go back to
that hospital
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and tell them what I thought.
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Yeah, I went in and I asked
for the doctor.
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And I asked him, like,
"Do you remember who I am?"
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And he didn't have any clue.
I said, "Well, here's who I am."
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And I said, "Don't ever
fucking do it again."
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Like, don't ever tell somebody
that they have no hope.
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You can't just snatch that
away from someone's life.
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And you have to have a lot
of positive energy around you
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for your body to heal,
especially in this situation.
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I'm pretty sure I almost
instantly turned around
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and walked away,
or shuffled out.
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He made a promise to me
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some two and a half
months ago.
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And to make the special
presentation to our champion,
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I'd like to bring
Mr. Jimmy Button
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up to the stage.
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[audience cheering]
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I would like to introduce
my best friend
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and seven-time
Supercross Champion,
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the King of Supercross,
Jeremy McGrath
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[audience cheering]
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[Narrator]In the blink
of an eye,
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in a seemingly innocuous moment,
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Jimmy's life changed forever,
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though today he's now
fully integrated
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back into the sport he loves
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as a premier agent
for some of the top riders
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in the industry.
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I certainly...
have a different lens on life
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now than I certainly
ever did before.
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I think I was kind of
an asshole, to be honest.
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But that's who you have
to be to get to the level.
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I'm certainly not
that guy today.
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I'm much more thankful.
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Every day I can get up and I can
put my feet on the ground.
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I wouldn't wish this injury
on anybody,
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not even your enemies.
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[Man]Jimmy trained for
a cross-country bike ride
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on his 2,400-mile trek.
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[Jimmy]Everybody in life
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gets one lap around
the merry-go-round.
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But no one's getting
a free lap.
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[Narrator]For Jimmy,
his miraculous recovery
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was not just about defying
medical odds.
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It was about inspiring others
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to embrace the power
within themselves
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and to never surrender to
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the limitations imposed
by others.
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[tranquil music]
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[Announcer]Dispatch riders
going overseas,
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specially trained for service
on any front.
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They drive their motorcycles
over the roughest terrain.
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[Eric]Off-road motorcycle
racing kind
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of came from the mail couriers
in World War II.
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Racing from place to place,
riding war motorcycles
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through these ravaged
countrysides
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during all this strife
and turmoil as quick as you can.
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There's a section in
that book Hemingway writes about
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where this guy leaves
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the Spanish commander's
headquarters, and they're like,
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"Get this document
to the bridge."
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And I remember the first time
I read that, I'm like,
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"This is Supercross."
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[dramatic music]
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[Commentator]...first motor
going in.
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[Commentator]
Malcolm up to seventh space,
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despite his injured leg.
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If I had to say who is the
toughest guys are in the world,
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in the early days,
it was Europeans.
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[Eric]There's upwards
of 50,000, 60,000 people
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on those hillsides
at those races.
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The guys are racing in,
like, shirts like I have on,
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lumberjack shirts and leather
pants and aviator goggles.
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These are, like, tough dudes
on these bikes, racing.
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And that's how it started.
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[Commentator]More going in.
Is it good enough?
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[rock music]
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[Narrator]While Europe
becomes a hotbed
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of enormous crowds
watching racing,
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in a still sparsely
populated Southern California,
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open spaces become
a playground nurturing talent
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just out having fun.
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[Keith]Southern California was
nvery different back in the '70s.
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There was a lot of open space.
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You could ride
a motorcycle almost anywhere.
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[Bob]You could ride
your bike from your backyard
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miles and miles through trails.
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Right across the street,
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I could ride for
500 miles if I wanted.
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[Jeff]
My mom used to drop me off
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with a gas can and an ice chest
and go home.
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And I'd stay there and ride
all day.
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Motorcycling became part
of a lot
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of the Hollywood movies.
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[Davey]Exactly the way that
Endless Summerdid for surfing,
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Bruce Brown's next film,
On Any Sunday,
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glamorized California
dirt bike riding in 1971.
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♪ On any Sunday ♪
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♪ Stretching up,
screeching by ♪
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[Davey]There were people
all over the country
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that didn't know
that that world existed.
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There were no videotapes.
There was no Internet.
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There was no DVDs.
It was hard to see.
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And when Bruce Brown rolled
his film out,
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it changed a lot of people's
lives, literally, in two hours.
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[thuds]
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[Bob]I was out at
Saddleback Park.
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I'm watching this guy doing
the wheelie,
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like, oh, I can do that.
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I came back, and they waved
me over and said,
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"Can you do that three or four
more times?"
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And I'm like, "Sure."
So I did three or four wheelies.
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The next thing I knew,
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we went to the movie
to watchOn Any Sunda
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I was in the movie.
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I still don't think
there's a bigger movie today
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about the sport.
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[Eric]I think that movie
made motorcycles
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and motorcycle racing
much more appealing to people.
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Steve McQueen and Mert Lawell
riding in the dunes at the end.
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Who wouldn't like that?
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[Announcer]Special welcome
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to the annual
Super Bowl of Motocross,
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as the racers readied for
the start
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of the first of three races.
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[Narrator]It was 1972.
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The nation was still vibrating
fromOn Any Sunda
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sending kids everywhere begging
their parents for a dirt bike.
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And the moment was right
for seismic change.
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[Man]First you find
all the dirt you can
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in your neighborhood,
12,000 tons.
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[Narrator]It would take
a visionary
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to capture this new national
and international phenomenon,
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and transform it into
the ultimate sports theater.
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[Announcer]Most of these
drivers are teenagers.
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They can earn $200,000
a year
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thanks to the guy who had
the idea, Mike Goodwin.
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Well, I've been in
the rock and roll business
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for four or five years,
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and I really got where
I didn't like it.
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So I was forced into dreaming
something else up.
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[Eric]Mike Goodwin came up
with the idea
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of taking dirt bikes
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and put them in the same stadium
that held the Olympics,
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that held the Super Bowl.
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[Woman]It gets my adrenaline
going.
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The lemonade!
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[Man]I like to be out
there myself.
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[Mike]People could sit
in a stadium,
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have clean toilets,
cold beer, etc.,
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and watch the action
in front of them.
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[Eric]Anybody, like a dad
or his kids, or a mom,
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or a family,
a grandma,
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could go to this Los Angeles
Coliseum
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and watch these world-class
motocross racers
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compete in a stadium,
not get their shoes dirty.
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[Mike]I was a rider.
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I started riding back
in the '60s.
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I won the 1984 intermediate
long course motocross,
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so this fit
my personality perfectly.
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I borrowed some money,
told a few white lies,
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and made it happen, and now
the darn thing's worked out
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so that probably is one of
the biggest showcases
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for motorcycling in the country.
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[Announcer]It's coming.
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A Super Bowl of Motocross
at the LA Coliseum,
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the biggest race of the year,
be there!
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[Mike]I didn't have money.
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I had to borrow $5,000,
in fact, from a relative,
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so everything was
on the line.
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Not necessarily just
my reputation,
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but financial and everything.
I mean, it was tight.
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I first got hired by him
in 1972
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to do the first
Super Bowl in Motocross,
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and it was a wild ride.
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I thought this could be
the beginning of something very,
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very big.
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Welcome to the Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum,
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site of the 1932 Olympics.
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He's the one that had the vision
and pulled the strings,
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and got the permit,
and whatever,
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and took the chance,
took the risk.
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[Mike]The naysayers just
told me it would never go.
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It can't, can't work.
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[Announcer]At the start line
for the first of three motos
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to decide the Super Bowl
of Motocross.
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[Narrator]Rolling the dice
on renting out
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a stadium and holding
a race featuring a sport
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that didn't even exist
in America seemed folly.
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Everyone who knew anything knew
for sure that the Europeans,
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who had their established
outdoor circuit,
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would obviously dominate.
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[rock music]
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It was a foregone conclusion.
The Europeans were going to win.
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They're getting ready.
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00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:08,854
They're all watching
this man's hand,
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who is right here on my right.
It's gonna go!
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And they're off.
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[indistinct] motocross
is underway.
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[Davey]The thing is,
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the Europeans
made up the establishment,
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and there were some Americans
involved that were pretty good,
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but there was also this kid.
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And when I say kid,
I mean 16 years, 10 days old.
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[Producer] We are ready
for you, sir.
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[Davey]His name is
Marty Tripes,
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and he was this wunderkind.
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[Producer] Take one, mark.
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[Marty]People were in the way.
I'm serious.
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It's like I couldn't get
them the fuck out of the way
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fast enough.
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[engine whirring]
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[Marty]For me,
I was too young.
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I always say maybe just
too stupid to think about
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who I'm passing
that I shouldn't be,
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because these are world
champions.
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Little kid against
the world's best
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in a first-time
indoor event.
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[Announcer]Now all he has
to do is keep up the pace
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and lap the stragglers for
Marty to win the championship
492
00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:10,816
in the Super Bowl of Motocross.
493
00:24:10,849 --> 00:24:11,984
Not bad for an American
494
00:24:12,017 --> 00:24:14,152
in a sport dominated
by Europeans.
495
00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:17,356
[Marty]I never thought about
the chance of winning this race.
496
00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:19,825
Yeah, it was definitely
the Europeans would win.
497
00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:22,160
They were tough men.
498
00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:24,029
I'm really kind of in a daze.
499
00:24:24,062 --> 00:24:25,097
They want you to go up there
500
00:24:25,097 --> 00:24:27,699
and get on the podium to receive
your trophy.
501
00:24:27,733 --> 00:24:30,302
And that's when things started
kicking in.
502
00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:31,770
[Davey]It helped create
a narrative
503
00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:37,509
that would last for generations,
that this was an American sport.
504
00:24:37,543 --> 00:24:39,344
The Americans were
the specialists,
505
00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:41,847
and for the Europeans,
it was a sideshow.
506
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,182
[Marty]It put the world
in a shock.
507
00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:46,218
How could a kid,
508
00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:48,854
nine days being
a professional,
509
00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:49,888
beat the best?
510
00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:52,157
It was a very surprising
outcome,
511
00:24:52,190 --> 00:24:54,026
and Goodwin ran with it.
512
00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:56,361
The story of a 16-year-old kid
513
00:24:56,395 --> 00:24:58,497
beating all these top
European riders,
514
00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:03,135
he loved it,
it was media gold for him.
515
00:25:03,402 --> 00:25:06,471
[Mike]We knew with
27,000 people
516
00:25:06,471 --> 00:25:08,340
that went bonkers.
517
00:25:08,373 --> 00:25:09,374
They just went crazy.
518
00:25:09,408 --> 00:25:13,378
And obviously,
Marty winning added to that,
519
00:25:13,412 --> 00:25:14,713
beating the Europeans.
520
00:25:14,746 --> 00:25:15,981
We knew we had a monster.
521
00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:21,219
It was the perfect event right
on the heels ofOn Any Sunday,
522
00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:22,354
fit in the movie theaters.
523
00:25:22,387 --> 00:25:25,490
The Superbowl of Motocross
would not have worked
524
00:25:25,490 --> 00:25:26,859
anywhere else in the world
525
00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:29,161
as it did in Los Angeles
in 1972.
526
00:25:29,161 --> 00:25:32,097
I don't wanna say
Mike Goodwin was lucky.
527
00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:35,334
He wasbrilliantlylucky.
528
00:25:35,334 --> 00:25:36,068
And he was smart.
529
00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:40,372
The Superbowl of Motocross
was the top billing.
530
00:25:40,405 --> 00:25:44,843
But right underneath it was
"A Michael Goodwin Production."
531
00:25:44,843 --> 00:25:46,879
He was a big act.
Bigger than life.
532
00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:50,349
[Marty]And Mike Goodwin
played it up big, very big.
533
00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:52,885
We've never had somebody
in our sport,
534
00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:53,886
that kind of wildness.
535
00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:57,055
And I remember he drove up
in a Rolls-Royce.
536
00:25:57,055 --> 00:26:01,360
[Mike]My biggest goal
was to have people notice me
537
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:05,931
and talk about the
bigger-than-life personality,
538
00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:07,265
even if it was negative.
539
00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:08,767
[Eric]It was about money,
you know,
540
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,937
and Goodwin was a pretty
crafty businessman.
541
00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:15,273
[Mike]Controversy generates
publicity,
542
00:26:15,307 --> 00:26:18,210
and publicity sells tickets.
543
00:26:19,144 --> 00:26:21,246
[Narrator]Another audacious
dreamer was carving out
544
00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:23,749
his own place in the world
of motorsports.
545
00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:26,785
Brusque and bold,
the other side of the same coin,
546
00:26:26,818 --> 00:26:29,922
Mickey Thompson was a
world record land speed holder
547
00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:32,090
with parallel aspirations
to Goodwin
548
00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:35,293
to bring his dirt sport
to stadiums.
549
00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:38,096
Mickey Thompson was
an entrepreneur
550
00:26:38,096 --> 00:26:38,931
just like Goodwin,
551
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:39,998
only he came out
of truck racing,
552
00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:44,236
drag racing, all these other
forms of racing.
553
00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:46,805
[Announcer]Today,
thousands of fans
554
00:26:46,838 --> 00:26:50,308
from across the country gather
to watch Mickey Thompson's
555
00:26:50,342 --> 00:26:53,011
Off-Road Championship
Grand Prix.
556
00:26:53,045 --> 00:26:54,479
[Mike]I mean,
when I was a kid,
557
00:26:54,513 --> 00:26:57,082
Mickey was my idol forever.
558
00:26:57,082 --> 00:27:01,920
Mickey Thompson
and Mike were competitors.
559
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:02,854
[Mike]He approached me,
560
00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:07,859
and he wanted to start
doing four-wheel in stadiums.
561
00:27:07,893 --> 00:27:09,327
We could share
the cost of the dirt,
562
00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:12,698
and the tracks were costing
$150,000 to $250,000,
563
00:27:12,731 --> 00:27:17,836
that it was worth exploring
going into business with him.
564
00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:21,106
Mickey and Mike,
from a financial point,
565
00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:24,643
their dirt cost goes down,
the trucking goes down.
566
00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:27,345
It made sense they shared
the same dirt.
567
00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:30,115
[Mickey]So we partnered
to share the dirt,
568
00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:32,784
share the advertising,
share expenses,
569
00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:34,119
not fight over venues.
570
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,855
I was going to do motocross
on Saturday night,
571
00:27:36,888 --> 00:27:39,157
and his off-road cars
on Sunday.
572
00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:40,792
[Roy]Goodwin
and Mickey Thompson
573
00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:42,194
were going to become
partners.
574
00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:45,864
There wasn't anyone who knew
both of them who didn't think,
575
00:27:45,897 --> 00:27:49,367
"My God, this is the partnership
from hell."
576
00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:51,570
When Mickey called me to tell me
577
00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:52,704
that he'd hooked up
with Goodwin,
578
00:27:52,738 --> 00:27:55,640
I said, "You're insane,
because it's Goodwin.
579
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:56,708
He is going to screw you."
580
00:27:56,742 --> 00:28:00,545
[Marty]It did not make sense
when you got two hotheads,
581
00:28:00,579 --> 00:28:03,548
foul language,
so those guys came to a head.
582
00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:05,317
[Mike]People begged me
not to do it.
583
00:28:05,317 --> 00:28:08,720
"Mikey, I know Mickey.
He's going to screw you."
584
00:28:08,754 --> 00:28:11,690
I, unfortunately, just thought
I was smart enough
585
00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:15,227
to overcome hot stuff.
586
00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:16,828
[Davey]That was the beginning
of the end.
587
00:28:16,828 --> 00:28:20,565
The first race they did
was the beginning of the end.
588
00:28:20,599 --> 00:28:22,901
You're talking guys with
big balls
589
00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:25,003
that don't like rules.
590
00:28:25,003 --> 00:28:28,507
Both of them are capable
of having the other guy shot.
591
00:28:28,507 --> 00:28:30,976
[gunshots]
592
00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:35,580
[Bob]On the morning
of March 1988,
593
00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:36,915
I got a phone call,
594
00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:39,684
and we were told
that Mickey Thompson
595
00:28:39,684 --> 00:28:42,087
and his wife had been murdered,
shot,
596
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,556
and of course it went
public immediately.
597
00:28:44,589 --> 00:28:47,626
[phone ringing]
598
00:28:47,793 --> 00:28:48,760
[Mike]My attorney called me.
599
00:28:48,794 --> 00:28:53,932
He said to me, "Mickey Thompson
was killed this morning."
600
00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:56,301
I mean, I was flabbergasted.
601
00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:58,770
Boy, I hope they don't
blame me.
602
00:28:58,804 --> 00:28:59,604
[phone trilling]
603
00:28:59,638 --> 00:29:01,540
[Operator]This call
and your telephone number
604
00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:04,242
will be monitored
and recorded.
605
00:29:04,643 --> 00:29:08,613
[Mike]This is Michael Goodwin,
the father of Supercross.
606
00:29:08,647 --> 00:29:13,585
Calling from the state prison
after being in for 21 years.
607
00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:16,321
[rock music]
608
00:29:16,354 --> 00:29:17,422
[Narrator]Twelve years later,
609
00:29:17,455 --> 00:29:19,457
Goodwin was convicted
in a jury trial
610
00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:22,294
for the murders of Mickey
and Trudy Thompson,
611
00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:25,330
and is currently serving
two life sentences
612
00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:28,834
with no possibility
of parole.
613
00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:32,470
Mike not only vehemently
maintains his innocence,
614
00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:36,408
but continues to fight
to reverse his conviction.
615
00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:40,412
[Narrator]At its essence,
the sport comes down
616
00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:44,783
to personal battles
of one man against another:
617
00:29:44,816 --> 00:29:45,483
rivalries.
618
00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:48,420
-[Man]...first laid in?
-[Man]Speeding.
619
00:29:48,553 --> 00:29:50,155
[Man] Let's turn
the lights on.
620
00:29:50,188 --> 00:29:51,256
[Jeremy]Saturday nights,
621
00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:52,324
I was dying
for those lights
622
00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:53,992
to be on and those fans
to be yelling.
623
00:29:54,025 --> 00:29:57,028
[Producer] All right, McGrath.
Take one, mark.
624
00:29:57,062 --> 00:29:59,164
That's exactly where
I wanted to be.
625
00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:03,969
[dramatic music]
626
00:30:04,569 --> 00:30:06,771
[Announcer]The gate is down.
The charge is on.
627
00:30:06,771 --> 00:30:09,374
The Anaheim Supercross
is underways.
628
00:30:09,407 --> 00:30:11,009
[Announcer 2]Jeremy McGrath,
the rookie,
629
00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:13,345
punched a hole in a low-flying
cloud
630
00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:16,848
and passed the defending
Supercross champion.
631
00:30:16,882 --> 00:30:18,650
[Narrator]Coming out of
Southern California
632
00:30:18,683 --> 00:30:20,018
with a fierce
competitiveness
633
00:30:20,051 --> 00:30:22,020
masked by a laid-back persona,
634
00:30:22,053 --> 00:30:26,391
Jeremy McGrath arrived on
the Supercross scene in 1989,
635
00:30:26,424 --> 00:30:33,064
and by 1991, made his mark
by dominating the 125 class.
636
00:30:35,233 --> 00:30:37,068
I want to win every race.
637
00:30:37,102 --> 00:30:39,571
As good and as far as
I can win it by.
638
00:30:39,604 --> 00:30:41,740
[Announcer]McGrath claims
a checkered flag
639
00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:45,310
for the second week in a row.
640
00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:46,645
[Announcer 2]
And with that cross-up,
641
00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:49,714
Jeremy McGrath was
the 1993 Supercross Champion.
642
00:30:49,748 --> 00:30:52,684
Wooh! I'm happier than hell,
that's for sure.
643
00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:55,220
[Narrator]He quickly moved
up to the big bike class
644
00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:56,988
and started racking up
championships,
645
00:30:56,988 --> 00:31:00,325
almost as if he didn't
have a rival.
646
00:31:00,325 --> 00:31:04,062
But in 1994, he would find
a foil in bitter rivalry
647
00:31:04,095 --> 00:31:07,732
with a rider in
his shadow, Jeff Emig.
648
00:31:08,566 --> 00:31:10,568
[Announcer]McGrath claims
a checkered flag
649
00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:11,903
for the second week in a row.
650
00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:13,738
[Eric]Jeremy,
he was the cool guy.
651
00:31:13,772 --> 00:31:19,144
The one with all the charisma.
He was the movie star.
652
00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:24,883
Not only was he probably
the greatest rider,
653
00:31:24,916 --> 00:31:26,384
he was a great champion.
654
00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:28,286
[Announcer]A new record.
Here comes McGrath.
655
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,255
[Announcer 2]McGrath puts
another one in the book.
656
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:31,289
[Announcer 3]Jeremy McGrath!
657
00:31:31,323 --> 00:31:33,058
[Davey]If you were going
to be a Supercross champion,
658
00:31:33,058 --> 00:31:35,193
you had to learn how
to ride like Jeremy McGrath,
659
00:31:35,193 --> 00:31:37,629
and then you had
to figure out how to beat him.
660
00:31:37,662 --> 00:31:40,198
[Producer] Jeff, take one.
Mark.
661
00:31:40,198 --> 00:31:41,399
[Jeff]I'll do anything
to win.
662
00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:43,268
I will go as hard as we have
to go,
663
00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:45,437
and I'm going to push you
out of your comfort zone.
664
00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:47,872
[Davey]Jeff Emig
was the foil.
665
00:31:47,872 --> 00:31:50,375
[Announcer]Jeff Emig,
flawless!
666
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:54,246
[Davey]Jeff was extremely
good on a motorcycle.
667
00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:57,082
And Jeff wanted to be
as cool as Jeremy
668
00:31:57,082 --> 00:32:00,485
and to be the guy
to knock Jeremy off,
669
00:32:00,518 --> 00:32:04,556
the rivalry became as important
as the championships.
670
00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:10,462
[dramatic music]
671
00:32:10,495 --> 00:32:14,632
[Jeremy]To be the winner,
you'll risk anything to do that.
672
00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,736
[Announcer]Set to go.
673
00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:19,237
[engine whirring]
674
00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:20,972
[Announcer]And Jeff Emig
gets out of
675
00:32:21,006 --> 00:32:23,208
the gate pretty well...
676
00:32:24,175 --> 00:32:25,310
[Davey]Came out of the gate,
677
00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:26,911
and I cut over on him
to pinch him off
678
00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:30,015
and make sure that he gets
a bad start.
679
00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:32,517
[Jeremy]You know, some of the
shit he pulled out there was,
680
00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:33,451
you know, dangerous.
681
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:34,819
[Announcer]Jeremy McGrath,
number one.
682
00:32:34,853 --> 00:32:36,521
He just makes Emig crazy.
683
00:32:36,554 --> 00:32:38,690
These two guys don't like
each other.
684
00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:41,126
We were at the height
of our rivalry.
685
00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:42,160
[Announcer]Lookie there.
686
00:32:42,193 --> 00:32:44,462
McGrath did a triple jump
to the inside,
687
00:32:44,462 --> 00:32:46,264
took the line away from Emig.
688
00:32:46,264 --> 00:32:48,099
[Jeremy]He didn't really
have a conscience,
689
00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:49,000
I felt, on the track.
690
00:32:49,034 --> 00:32:52,304
And he would cut me off and
not have any qualms about it.
691
00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:53,838
[Announcer]As they go
wheel to wheel.
692
00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:58,043
Wow, what a comeback.
Emig not having any of it.
693
00:32:58,076 --> 00:32:59,811
[Jeff]He didn't like it.
He took offense to it.
694
00:32:59,844 --> 00:33:03,815
And was it intentional?
Yeah, it was intentional.
695
00:33:03,848 --> 00:33:05,283
I was like, fuck that.
696
00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:07,819
We're gonna push him out of
his comfort zone
697
00:33:07,852 --> 00:33:10,722
and crash him out dirty.
698
00:33:10,755 --> 00:33:12,190
[Commentator]They not only
don't like each other,
699
00:33:12,223 --> 00:33:13,691
but they don't make any bones
about it.
700
00:33:13,725 --> 00:33:16,194
I wanted to get him,
like, riled up and on edge,
701
00:33:16,227 --> 00:33:18,463
because I felt like I was always
so in control.
702
00:33:18,463 --> 00:33:19,798
[Commentator]Jeremy takes
the triple,
703
00:33:19,798 --> 00:33:22,534
looks up at him as if to say,
what are you doing up there?
704
00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:24,502
[Jeremy]Really wasn't much
of a rivalry, really.
705
00:33:24,502 --> 00:33:27,505
I didn't think we were in
the same league, to be honest.
706
00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:28,873
[Announcer]Jeremy McGrath
on the podium,
707
00:33:28,907 --> 00:33:31,709
popping the champagne
after his third straight win.
708
00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:34,579
There was no way
he would ever beat.
709
00:33:34,979 --> 00:33:40,819
[theme music]
710
00:33:40,819 --> 00:33:43,154
[Announcer]From Las Vegas,
Nevada, Sam Boyd Stadium.
711
00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:46,858
Welcome to the final round
of the U.S. Supercross Series.
712
00:33:46,891 --> 00:33:49,060
[Narrator]Going into
the 1995 season,
713
00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:51,363
when McGrath had
the championship wrapped up
714
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:54,032
heading into
the Las Vegas finale,
715
00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:56,901
a curious set
of events would occur.
716
00:33:56,935 --> 00:34:02,340
There was a sort of a union talk
brewing and a rider rebellion,
717
00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:05,577
'cause they weren't being
treated very well,
718
00:34:05,610 --> 00:34:06,411
and they weren't.
719
00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:09,414
[Man] '95, though,
we're at rock bottom.
720
00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:10,748
We don't have a title sponsor.
721
00:34:10,782 --> 00:34:13,251
We're doing the event
in Las Vegas.
722
00:34:13,284 --> 00:34:14,386
Riders are unhappy.
723
00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:18,022
McGrath has already clinched
the championship.
724
00:34:18,022 --> 00:34:19,891
They were trying to figure out
if they should have,
725
00:34:19,924 --> 00:34:21,593
like, a boycott or
a wildcat strike,
726
00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:23,595
and then they decided
to go racing.
727
00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:27,031
But then, lo and behold,
the stadium lights out
728
00:34:27,031 --> 00:34:30,768
at Sam Boyd Stadium go out.
729
00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:33,605
During qualifying...
730
00:34:33,638 --> 00:34:35,907
A transformer outside
the stadium blew,
731
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:38,610
and all the lights in
the stadium went out.
732
00:34:38,643 --> 00:34:39,978
The promoters had
to go to plan B.
733
00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:42,747
They got some work lights on
in the stadium,
734
00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:43,615
thanks to a generator,
735
00:34:43,648 --> 00:34:45,783
and then they brought
in three portable light stands
736
00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:48,820
to try to fill in
the dark areas.
737
00:34:48,853 --> 00:34:54,559
There's 25,000 people,
most of them pretty oiled up,
738
00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:59,130
and they're expecting to see
a main event.
739
00:34:59,164 --> 00:35:00,465
If we're going
to be doing any racing,
740
00:35:00,498 --> 00:35:04,502
it may be by the light of
the silvery moon.
741
00:35:05,703 --> 00:35:07,138
You know, there's
a power outage.
742
00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:08,606
They're trying
to figure out what to do.
743
00:35:08,606 --> 00:35:09,808
The riders get together,
and they're like,
744
00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:11,676
"Hey, well, if you're not going
to race, I won't race."
745
00:35:11,709 --> 00:35:13,244
So you have these
two things going on at once.
746
00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:15,747
You have the promoter trying
to get the power back on,
747
00:35:15,747 --> 00:35:18,883
and you have the riders trying
to organize.
748
00:35:20,185 --> 00:35:21,419
[Jeremy]The riders are
all together.
749
00:35:21,419 --> 00:35:23,988
Everyone sort of agreed,
at least the way I remember it.
750
00:35:24,022 --> 00:35:25,523
I agreed. They agreed.
751
00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:29,060
Everyone agreed.
We're not going to the line.
752
00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:32,964
I went out to survey
the track and the lighting,
753
00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:35,467
is you realize all the fans
were still there.
754
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:37,335
And so there was that element
of like,
755
00:35:37,368 --> 00:35:40,104
these people came here
to see us race tonight.
756
00:35:40,104 --> 00:35:41,272
I think the lighting's fine.
757
00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:44,175
I mean, I go ride at
the local track every Tuesday
758
00:35:44,209 --> 00:35:48,613
night for practice for free
with less lighting.
759
00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:50,381
[Jeremy]You know,
I needed a rival,
760
00:35:50,415 --> 00:35:51,382
and Emig was a great one,
761
00:35:51,416 --> 00:35:54,852
but it always seemed like he
pulled like the low class moves.
762
00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:57,755
You know,
that's the way I looked at it.
763
00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:00,358
[Announcer]The 250s
have the light.
764
00:36:00,391 --> 00:36:02,694
Some of them, that is.
Only 14 riders have shown up.
765
00:36:02,727 --> 00:36:05,029
Others determining
it was too dangerous
766
00:36:05,063 --> 00:36:08,333
with the lighting situation
to ride under these conditions.
767
00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:09,000
[booing]
768
00:36:09,033 --> 00:36:11,202
[Announcer]And you can hear
the fans in the background.
769
00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:12,170
Very, very disappointed.
770
00:36:12,203 --> 00:36:14,706
Those riders marked
in yellow are those
771
00:36:14,739 --> 00:36:18,142
who are not riding because
they deemed it too dangerous.
772
00:36:18,142 --> 00:36:20,578
Well, I pull out of the race.
We start taking off.
773
00:36:20,612 --> 00:36:24,582
Well, guess what?
Emig goes to the line.
774
00:36:27,252 --> 00:36:31,589
[Announcer]KTM's Jeff Emig,
number 77, the whole shot.
775
00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:34,726
But Jeff Emig is right.
Right there, number six.
776
00:36:34,759 --> 00:36:37,662
Emig taking the lead here in
the first lap.
777
00:36:37,662 --> 00:36:38,563
You know, that was a move.
778
00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:39,864
He should have never
went out there.
779
00:36:39,897 --> 00:36:40,898
Like, if we agreed to do it,
780
00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:42,834
he should have never
went out there.
781
00:36:42,834 --> 00:36:44,335
[Announcer]You see
the checkered flag
782
00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:46,604
for Jeff Emig,
his first Supercross win.
783
00:36:46,638 --> 00:36:48,239
[Announcer 2]Emig,
a happy young man,
784
00:36:48,273 --> 00:36:49,407
and Larry Ward, of course.
785
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,743
I earned my first Supercross
win that night.
786
00:36:51,776 --> 00:36:55,580
Yamaha paid me like
50,000 bucks, you know?
787
00:36:55,613 --> 00:36:56,414
I had to go.
788
00:36:56,447 --> 00:36:57,415
It's not the best
way to win it,
789
00:36:57,448 --> 00:37:01,553
but hell, I won the damn thing,
and I was here.
790
00:37:02,086 --> 00:37:03,955
[Narrator]Heading into
the 1996 season,
791
00:37:03,988 --> 00:37:06,558
despite McGrath's overall
dominance of the sport,
792
00:37:06,558 --> 00:37:09,927
both in terms of wins and
having the fans' hearts,
793
00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:14,098
he and Jeff Emig had established
a personal animus.
794
00:37:14,699 --> 00:37:16,901
[Announcer]Getting set for
the second to the last
795
00:37:16,934 --> 00:37:18,269
Supercross of the year.
796
00:37:18,303 --> 00:37:21,806
Can Jeremy McGrath
win them all?
797
00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:24,909
Hey, you got Honda Tour
beside you.
798
00:37:24,942 --> 00:37:26,911
You got Team Yamaha down
from them,
799
00:37:26,944 --> 00:37:28,880
and you know who's sitting
on your right.
800
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,983
You know where you got
to be when the gates are on.
801
00:37:33,151 --> 00:37:34,218
[Davey]This is 1996.
802
00:37:34,218 --> 00:37:36,888
McGrath has won 13 races
in a row.
803
00:37:36,888 --> 00:37:38,556
He's already clinched
the title.
804
00:37:38,556 --> 00:37:40,592
Now he's looking at
the perfect season.
805
00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:43,628
[Announcer]See the intensity
on Jeremy's face.
806
00:37:43,661 --> 00:37:44,596
Skip's got good advice.
807
00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:47,131
[Announcer 2]He was talking
about Jeff Emig, of course,
808
00:37:47,165 --> 00:37:49,000
to his right.
809
00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:50,968
[Jeff]For the first time,
810
00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:54,138
the promoters have put
a race that's close
811
00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:57,942
to where I grew up,
that I can call my home turf,
812
00:37:57,975 --> 00:38:00,211
because Jeremy hit Anaheim.
813
00:38:00,845 --> 00:38:06,084
For the first time in my career,
I felt that confidence.
814
00:38:06,084 --> 00:38:10,488
I knew in my heart, in my soul,
that I could beat him.
815
00:38:10,521 --> 00:38:12,023
[Commentator 1]We're set.
They're revving up.
816
00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:14,425
The gate will drop any second.
Now it's gone.
817
00:38:14,425 --> 00:38:17,195
[Commentator 2]Jeremy gets a
terrible jump out of the gate.
818
00:38:17,228 --> 00:38:18,963
[Commentator 1]Emig, good jump.
819
00:38:18,996 --> 00:38:23,501
I just remember from the first
time I stepped into the stadium,
820
00:38:23,534 --> 00:38:24,669
there was an energy.
821
00:38:24,702 --> 00:38:25,837
[Commentator 1]I'll tell you,
822
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:27,505
the fans are all out
of their seats
823
00:38:27,538 --> 00:38:28,373
with good reason.
824
00:38:28,406 --> 00:38:31,643
Jeremy McGrath right on
the tail of Jeff Emig.
825
00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:34,846
[Narrator]McGrath was racing
for Supercross immortality
826
00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:36,180
and a perfect season.
827
00:38:36,214 --> 00:38:38,483
But for Emig, it was a chance
to prove the win
828
00:38:38,483 --> 00:38:42,520
he got the night the lights
went out was no fluke.
829
00:38:42,553 --> 00:38:44,722
He was out in front.
He got a great start.
830
00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:45,523
He was surviving.
831
00:38:45,556 --> 00:38:46,858
[Announcer]Could this
be the moment
832
00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:50,361
that Jeremy McGrath's
13 in a row is broken?
833
00:38:50,395 --> 00:38:52,964
[Jeremy]This was, like,
the most important race
834
00:38:52,964 --> 00:38:54,799
of my career.
835
00:38:55,233 --> 00:38:58,469
[Announcer]As we see
our leader, Jeff Emig.
836
00:38:58,469 --> 00:38:59,470
[Jeff]You can do this.
837
00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:01,539
Take a deep breath and go
for the triple jump.
838
00:39:01,572 --> 00:39:03,374
You can do this.
Do not give up.
839
00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:04,409
Do not get soft.
840
00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:05,510
[Announcer]Five laps to go.
841
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:08,346
Jeremy McGrath right on
the tail of Jeff Emig.
842
00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:10,148
I'm getting nervous thinking
about it right now.
843
00:39:10,148 --> 00:39:12,917
I'm getting chills.
I knew what was at stake.
844
00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:16,154
[Commentator 1]Emig is one
win in Supercross history.
845
00:39:16,154 --> 00:39:19,991
What's Las Vegas?
McGrath was not in the field.
846
00:39:19,991 --> 00:39:21,726
We're going to
have a great battle here.
847
00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:23,161
[Commentator 2] It's the most
mistakes
848
00:39:23,161 --> 00:39:24,228
I've ever seen McGrath make.
849
00:39:24,262 --> 00:39:29,333
[Commentator 1]Emig leading
Jeremy McGrath in the final lap.
850
00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:30,702
It is Jeff Emig.
851
00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:32,036
[Commentator 2]I don't
believe it, Art.
852
00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:34,071
I don't think Emig
does either.
853
00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:36,441
Holy shit.
I just won the Supercross.
854
00:39:36,474 --> 00:39:39,544
[Commentator 1]His first
legitimate Supercross win,
855
00:39:39,544 --> 00:39:40,445
I think, in his heart.
856
00:39:40,478 --> 00:39:42,280
[Jeff]So many times I had
let the pressure
857
00:39:42,313 --> 00:39:44,916
get to me
and I would make a mistake.
858
00:39:44,949 --> 00:39:47,952
And that night,
I just didn't make a mistake.
859
00:39:47,985 --> 00:39:50,688
You know, I call that the night
that I made him famous.
860
00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:54,258
And I didn't see it as he won.
I saw it as I lost.
861
00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:56,928
[dramatic music]
862
00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:59,430
[Jeff]I stopped his streak.
I won a main event.
863
00:39:59,464 --> 00:40:01,632
I mean, that was just
the best night.
864
00:40:01,666 --> 00:40:03,868
Look, I won the war.
It didn't really matter.
865
00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:07,438
It didn't really matter.
I won the war.
866
00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:10,808
[Narrator]The rivalry ends
with more of a whimper
867
00:40:10,842 --> 00:40:14,078
than a bang when Emig's career
is derailed when he's busted
868
00:40:14,111 --> 00:40:18,149
for pot in an era when this was
a high crime and misdemeanor
869
00:40:18,182 --> 00:40:22,119
to the conservative Japanese
manufacturer.
870
00:40:25,122 --> 00:40:28,292
For McGrath, 2000
brings another championship,
871
00:40:28,326 --> 00:40:29,994
which will be his last,
872
00:40:30,027 --> 00:40:34,298
bringing his unmatched career
total to 72 victories
873
00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:35,500
and seven championships,
874
00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:38,970
earning him the nickname
that follows him to this day:
875
00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:44,475
the King of Supercross.
Beloved, respected, immortal.
876
00:40:44,509 --> 00:40:49,680
[rock music]
877
00:40:49,714 --> 00:40:51,249
[Narrator]Another classic
rivalry,
878
00:40:51,249 --> 00:40:54,285
while in the sport
of motocross and not Supercross,
879
00:40:54,318 --> 00:40:56,754
features one of the few riders
who could be spoken about
880
00:40:56,754 --> 00:41:00,691
in the same breath as McGrath
in terms of overall greatness,
881
00:41:00,725 --> 00:41:04,662
Bob "Hurricane" Hannah and
his teammate Broc Glover,
882
00:41:04,695 --> 00:41:07,999
who created one of the
most memorable rivalry moments
883
00:41:08,032 --> 00:41:10,034
in the history of the sport.
884
00:41:10,067 --> 00:41:14,839
[rock music]
885
00:41:14,872 --> 00:41:18,175
Ah, he was an angry guy.
[laughs]
886
00:41:18,209 --> 00:41:21,212
He would try and fuck you
any way he could.
887
00:41:21,245 --> 00:41:24,448
I mean, he's been a prick
to me my entire life.
888
00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:25,716
-[Producer] We're rolling.
-[Bob] Rolling?
889
00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:27,351
[Producer] Go ahead and take
one. We're like, whoop.
890
00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:29,687
What was your attitude towards
your fellow racers?
891
00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:32,356
I don't like them.
Didn't like them then.
892
00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:33,224
I don't like them now.
893
00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:35,827
If they walked into this room,
I don't like them.
894
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:41,933
[upbeat music]
895
00:41:44,402 --> 00:41:45,670
[Announcer]For the past
several years,
896
00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:49,407
Supercross has been dominated
by Bob "Hurricane" Hannah.
897
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,577
[Eric]Bob was a rider
that everybody took notice of
898
00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:56,581
immediately 'cause
Bob was all in.
899
00:41:57,615 --> 00:42:00,751
To see Bob Hannah with
the all-yellow JT gear
900
00:42:00,785 --> 00:42:04,789
and the thunderbolts on
his helmet, it was awesome.
901
00:42:04,922 --> 00:42:06,591
[Announcer]His style
is unmatched
902
00:42:06,624 --> 00:42:08,993
by any other rider.
903
00:42:09,594 --> 00:42:11,829
[Eric]It was go as fast
as you can,
904
00:42:11,829 --> 00:42:12,763
hang on whatever it takes,
905
00:42:12,797 --> 00:42:15,967
and Bob ended up looking
like an acrobat.
906
00:42:18,703 --> 00:42:21,839
[Bob]Sometimes I do hit
that stuff, fly all over.
907
00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:23,674
It's natural to try to save
the bike.
908
00:42:23,674 --> 00:42:25,610
You can't win if you crash.
909
00:42:25,643 --> 00:42:28,079
[Eric]Feet coming off.
There'd be hands coming off.
910
00:42:28,112 --> 00:42:29,447
It wasn't pretty.
911
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,082
[Bob]I looked like
a damn ragdoll.
912
00:42:31,115 --> 00:42:35,152
If I was good at anything,
I was good at saving it.
913
00:42:35,252 --> 00:42:36,921
If my hands came off
the handlebars,
914
00:42:36,954 --> 00:42:37,889
I was out of control.
915
00:42:37,889 --> 00:42:39,924
But as long as my hands were
attached to handlebars,
916
00:42:39,957 --> 00:42:41,425
who cares where my feet were?
917
00:42:41,459 --> 00:42:43,928
[David] He didn't care.
He just was going to win.
918
00:42:43,961 --> 00:42:46,263
He was a badass.
919
00:42:46,731 --> 00:42:48,399
[Larry]Psychologically,
he was incredible.
920
00:42:48,432 --> 00:42:50,768
I asked Hannah what
the other riders could expect,
921
00:42:50,801 --> 00:42:53,270
and he said,
"Pain and degradation."
922
00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:56,440
Tapping you on your shoulder
when he's going by.
923
00:42:56,474 --> 00:42:58,476
[Davey] And if he won?
He'd say, "Told you so."
924
00:42:58,509 --> 00:43:01,946
And if he lost, he'd say,
"Sorry, I meant next time."
925
00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:05,282
Teammate rivalry is common
in motocross.
926
00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:07,618
Through history,
the riders say the first person
927
00:43:07,652 --> 00:43:10,121
they want to beat
is their teammate.
928
00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:11,422
[Bob]There are teammates
out there
929
00:43:11,455 --> 00:43:13,290
that hate the other guys
on their team.
930
00:43:13,324 --> 00:43:15,493
I thought, wow, cool, I'm going
to be Bob Hannah's teammate.
931
00:43:15,526 --> 00:43:19,630
From the time I walked into
the door, the very first time,
932
00:43:19,664 --> 00:43:21,732
he was a prick to me.
933
00:43:21,732 --> 00:43:24,635
It's personalities.
Personalities.
934
00:43:24,669 --> 00:43:27,004
We just didn't hit it off, okay?
935
00:43:27,038 --> 00:43:28,239
[Eric]Bob and Broc
never got along.
936
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:31,008
Bob was Yamaha's team.
Broc was the young guy,
937
00:43:31,042 --> 00:43:34,412
the 16-year-old
that was coming in.
938
00:43:34,412 --> 00:43:37,748
Broc was a better rider
because he was leading
939
00:43:37,748 --> 00:43:39,850
the championship for Yamaha
at the time.
940
00:43:39,884 --> 00:43:42,286
Who didn't get along from
the onset, from day one,
941
00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:44,789
and it just got gnarlier
as it went.
942
00:43:44,789 --> 00:43:50,194
[tense music]
943
00:43:50,227 --> 00:43:51,529
[Narrator]It was in the
outdoors
944
00:43:51,562 --> 00:43:53,130
that it all came to a head,
945
00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:54,632
in one of the most
memorable moments
946
00:43:54,665 --> 00:43:58,936
in the history of racing
on two wheels with a motor.
947
00:43:58,936 --> 00:44:03,541
Yamaha that day did not think
I could win on that track,
948
00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:06,677
so they didn't say anything
to me.
949
00:44:07,078 --> 00:44:08,345
[Keith]The championship
came down
950
00:44:08,379 --> 00:44:12,049
to the teammates Broc Glover
and Bob Hannah.
951
00:44:12,083 --> 00:44:14,485
Broc Glover has to win
the race
952
00:44:14,518 --> 00:44:17,421
to be able to win
the championship.
953
00:44:18,155 --> 00:44:21,459
[Eric]So Bob gets a hole shot,
which never not.
954
00:44:21,459 --> 00:44:22,693
[Broc]I got a crappy start.
955
00:44:22,727 --> 00:44:25,496
I have to win the last moto,
and Bob has to get
956
00:44:25,529 --> 00:44:27,331
second to break up
the points.
957
00:44:27,364 --> 00:44:32,937
[tense music]
958
00:44:35,806 --> 00:44:38,909
[Eric]Bob gets in the lead,
and Yamaha says,
959
00:44:38,943 --> 00:44:40,144
"Look, for Broc to win
this title,
960
00:44:40,144 --> 00:44:43,914
he's got to get to the front,
he's got to get by Bob."
961
00:44:43,948 --> 00:44:46,250
Somewhere in the pits,
it was whispered,
962
00:44:46,283 --> 00:44:51,088
"Let Hannah know that Broc's
got to go by."
963
00:44:51,822 --> 00:44:54,759
[Keith]I get the team
manager in my ear,
964
00:44:54,792 --> 00:44:56,227
and I'm like, "What?"
965
00:44:56,260 --> 00:44:58,362
[Eric]Keith McCarty got out
a marker
966
00:44:58,395 --> 00:45:01,565
and a pit board and wrote,
"Let Broc buy on it."
967
00:45:01,599 --> 00:45:03,501
[Bob]I mean, he didn't
even spell Broc's name right,
968
00:45:03,501 --> 00:45:06,871
because he's in a panic,
he wrote, "Bye", B-Y-E.
969
00:45:06,871 --> 00:45:08,272
[Keith]It was pretty emotional,
970
00:45:08,305 --> 00:45:10,541
and it was a big deal for me
at that time,
971
00:45:10,574 --> 00:45:13,477
and certainly a bigger deal
for Bob.
972
00:45:13,944 --> 00:45:16,213
He puts the sign out,
and I'm thinking,
973
00:45:16,213 --> 00:45:18,682
"Shit, really?"
974
00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:22,119
[Eric]Bob's like,
"I'm here to win.
975
00:45:22,153 --> 00:45:23,621
"I don't care about
anybody else.
976
00:45:23,654 --> 00:45:26,090
I'm not here to make friends
with everybody."
977
00:45:26,123 --> 00:45:27,725
[Bob]I'm coming around,
I'm still in the lead.
978
00:45:27,758 --> 00:45:29,593
He goes, "Tell him to pull
the hell over."
979
00:45:29,627 --> 00:45:33,230
So I do. I let him by.
980
00:45:34,431 --> 00:45:36,901
And I wasn't really happy
about it.
981
00:45:37,802 --> 00:45:40,604
[Eric]Broc went by,
and Bob ended up
982
00:45:40,638 --> 00:45:43,274
pulling his bike off
into a forest.
983
00:45:43,307 --> 00:45:45,409
After the finish, I didn't
even go to the trucks.
984
00:45:45,442 --> 00:45:47,278
I didn't even want to see
any of those.
985
00:45:47,311 --> 00:45:52,049
I rode out in the woods.
I was pissed.
986
00:45:52,049 --> 00:45:55,920
[Eric]He cried his eyes out.
That's how much it meant to him,
987
00:45:55,920 --> 00:46:00,291
and how much it broke his heart
to let a rider go by like that.
988
00:46:00,324 --> 00:46:06,463
I mean, it killed him, you know,
just that he did that, you know.
989
00:46:06,497 --> 00:46:11,602
[Eric]Racing's a business,
and they needed that guy to win.
990
00:46:11,635 --> 00:46:15,806
[Broc]Like, he was a total
a-hole to me from that day.
991
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:19,076
I would have positively done
the exact same thing for him.
992
00:46:19,076 --> 00:46:21,445
I get a paycheck
with Yamaha written on it.
993
00:46:21,478 --> 00:46:24,115
He still has that stick
at 64 or whatever.
994
00:46:24,115 --> 00:46:26,750
It's like, dude, give it up,
man, like, move on.
995
00:46:26,750 --> 00:46:31,655
Broc, he's an a-hole.
Pure and simple.
996
00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:34,692
[Narrator]Hannah would go on
to win 70 races
997
00:46:34,725 --> 00:46:36,961
and three Supercross
championships.
998
00:46:36,961 --> 00:46:39,964
But his career would be cut
short when in 1979,
999
00:46:39,964 --> 00:46:45,236
while out water skiing, he hit
a rock and shattered his leg.
1000
00:46:45,603 --> 00:46:50,074
While he continued to race,
he would never be the same.
1001
00:46:50,507 --> 00:46:52,343
Today, he flies
and sells airplanes,
1002
00:46:52,376 --> 00:46:54,979
while Broc Glover
remains deep in the sport,
1003
00:46:54,979 --> 00:46:58,048
running Dunlop tires for
the industry.
1004
00:47:00,885 --> 00:47:05,289
The theater for this sport is
an ever-evolving stage.
1005
00:47:05,289 --> 00:47:12,062
[dramatic music]
1006
00:47:12,096 --> 00:47:13,297
[Dave]How is Supercross
racing
1007
00:47:13,297 --> 00:47:16,167
different than any other form
of racing?
1008
00:47:16,167 --> 00:47:17,701
It's the dirt.
1009
00:47:17,735 --> 00:47:23,274
[rock music]
1010
00:47:27,745 --> 00:47:28,646
[Eric]In a race car,
1011
00:47:28,646 --> 00:47:31,749
you're trying to do
the same exact thing every lap.
1012
00:47:31,782 --> 00:47:35,753
With a motocross bike,
there's nothing static.
1013
00:47:35,786 --> 00:47:39,390
[rock music]
1014
00:47:39,423 --> 00:47:42,726
Because we're on dirt,
every single lap changes.
1015
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:44,428
[Dave]A motorcycle tire
goes through it
1016
00:47:44,461 --> 00:47:45,262
and creates a rut.
1017
00:47:45,296 --> 00:47:49,099
And you've got 22 guys doing
that lap after lap after lap.
1018
00:47:49,133 --> 00:47:52,703
Nothing's ever the same.
It's dirt. It moves.
1019
00:47:52,736 --> 00:47:55,372
You may start off a race
feeling really good,
1020
00:47:55,372 --> 00:47:58,275
and then by the end of it,
it gets rough and ruddy.
1021
00:47:58,309 --> 00:48:00,778
[Dave]And you can't see
where you're going to land.
1022
00:48:00,811 --> 00:48:02,579
You literally get to
the triple face,
1023
00:48:02,613 --> 00:48:03,881
and you can't see anything.
1024
00:48:03,914 --> 00:48:08,185
So these guys have
to just be committed.
1025
00:48:08,185 --> 00:48:09,086
[Ryan]It's incredible.
1026
00:48:09,119 --> 00:48:13,824
These guys can read dirt like
you've never seen before.
1027
00:48:14,959 --> 00:48:18,128
The dirt, the regions,
and the states that we go to,
1028
00:48:18,162 --> 00:48:21,098
it's different
every single race.
1029
00:48:21,131 --> 00:48:23,400
You got the hard pack tracks
on the West Coast.
1030
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,103
You've got the soft tracks on
the East Coast.
1031
00:48:26,136 --> 00:48:28,939
And most of the tracks
back east tend to get really,
1032
00:48:28,973 --> 00:48:29,707
really ruddy.
1033
00:48:29,707 --> 00:48:32,409
Ruts where your foot pegs drag
off each jump.
1034
00:48:32,409 --> 00:48:34,411
[Ricky]The Midwest,
it's just right.
1035
00:48:34,411 --> 00:48:36,280
It's good and tacky.
1036
00:48:36,313 --> 00:48:37,281
It affects riders differently.
1037
00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:39,383
And some riders are experts
on hard pack.
1038
00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:41,986
And other riders,
they excel when it's softer.
1039
00:48:42,019 --> 00:48:45,956
And they can adapt to
the changes quicker.
1040
00:48:46,657 --> 00:48:47,624
Building a track is a challenge
1041
00:48:47,658 --> 00:48:52,096
because the talent level
in Supercross is so diverse.
1042
00:48:52,096 --> 00:48:55,632
Try to make it as challenging
as you can while
1043
00:48:55,666 --> 00:48:58,902
still keeping it
as safe as possible.
1044
00:48:58,902 --> 00:48:59,670
When we roll in,
1045
00:48:59,703 --> 00:49:02,339
it looks a lot like
a rock and roll show as well.
1046
00:49:02,373 --> 00:49:03,807
We have 18 tractor trailers,
1047
00:49:03,841 --> 00:49:06,844
just like the Stones rolling
into a stadium.
1048
00:49:06,877 --> 00:49:10,314
We just have a lot more dirt.
1049
00:49:10,347 --> 00:49:12,816
The stadiums, they all
have different surfaces,
1050
00:49:12,850 --> 00:49:15,753
whether it's natural grass
or artificial turf.
1051
00:49:15,753 --> 00:49:18,522
We protect the floor.
We protect the grass.
1052
00:49:18,555 --> 00:49:20,357
And then we start to import
the dirt.
1053
00:49:20,391 --> 00:49:24,828
We usually bring in about 6000
to 6500 yards.
1054
00:49:24,862 --> 00:49:27,698
When you're talking about
500 truckloads of dirt
1055
00:49:27,731 --> 00:49:30,534
coming into a building,
this is amazing.
1056
00:49:30,567 --> 00:49:32,169
[Ricky]These track builders
are experts.
1057
00:49:32,202 --> 00:49:34,471
They're like surgeons
with scalpels.
1058
00:49:34,471 --> 00:49:36,707
When we first get here,
we push a six-inch base
1059
00:49:36,740 --> 00:49:41,645
over the entire floor, and then
work from the outside in.
1060
00:49:41,678 --> 00:49:42,713
[Dave]They rough
in the jumps,
1061
00:49:42,746 --> 00:49:45,449
and then they'll fine-tune
it to within an inch
1062
00:49:45,449 --> 00:49:47,885
of what they believe
that it should be.
1063
00:49:47,918 --> 00:49:50,487
It's really beautiful
to watch these guys
1064
00:49:50,487 --> 00:49:53,023
shape and mold the dirt.
1065
00:49:53,057 --> 00:49:55,526
[Man]When you actually
walk on the racetrack itself
1066
00:49:55,559 --> 00:49:57,694
and you look at it,
it looks far different
1067
00:49:57,728 --> 00:49:59,830
than what you see in the seats
or on television.
1068
00:49:59,863 --> 00:50:02,399
[Dave]You can't appreciate
a Supercross track
1069
00:50:02,433 --> 00:50:05,235
until you're actually standing
on it.
1070
00:50:05,269 --> 00:50:08,405
It's an art form,
truly is an art form.
1071
00:50:12,042 --> 00:50:14,178
[Narrator]At unimaginably
young ages,
1072
00:50:14,178 --> 00:50:16,246
the path to Supercross
stardom
1073
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:19,450
begins in an unexpected
locale.
1074
00:50:22,252 --> 00:50:25,889
For all racers, it all begins
in the same place,
1075
00:50:25,923 --> 00:50:27,424
Hurricane Mills, Tennessee,
1076
00:50:27,458 --> 00:50:30,861
at the annual National
Amateur Championships.
1077
00:50:30,894 --> 00:50:33,397
But there's nothing amateur
about it.
1078
00:50:33,430 --> 00:50:34,398
[Man]In the amateur world,
1079
00:50:34,431 --> 00:50:37,768
Loretta's would be like
the Super Bowl for NFL.
1080
00:50:37,801 --> 00:50:39,103
[Reporter] Welcome
to Loretta Lynn.
1081
00:50:39,136 --> 00:50:41,171
This is the Little
League World Series
1082
00:50:41,171 --> 00:50:43,173
for amateur motocross racing.
1083
00:50:43,173 --> 00:50:45,909
[Narrator]A veritable city
of 12,000 racers, parents,
1084
00:50:45,943 --> 00:50:49,580
and siblings descend on a
sprawling property once owned
1085
00:50:49,613 --> 00:50:53,951
by the famed country singer
Loretta Lynn.
1086
00:50:54,451 --> 00:50:59,356
It's gnarly, it's dangerous,
and that's what makes it fun.
1087
00:50:59,356 --> 00:51:01,625
[Man]To win Loretta's,
that's the top.
1088
00:51:01,658 --> 00:51:03,427
I mean, really,
no other amateur race matters.
1089
00:51:03,460 --> 00:51:07,030
This is pretty much the one
that predicts your future.
1090
00:51:07,631 --> 00:51:13,137
My Loretta's, I came in third
last year, and it was 42 riders.
1091
00:51:13,170 --> 00:51:15,439
That's the biggest race in
the whole country.
1092
00:51:15,472 --> 00:51:16,907
I started when I was
four years old.
1093
00:51:16,940 --> 00:51:18,242
I've been racing
for four years.
1094
00:51:18,242 --> 00:51:20,244
We want to get the next
up-and-coming star
1095
00:51:20,244 --> 00:51:22,779
that we see and get him
into our program early.
1096
00:51:22,813 --> 00:51:25,782
You either got it or you don't.
1097
00:51:25,816 --> 00:51:28,619
They all come in early.
Everyone has hope.
1098
00:51:28,652 --> 00:51:29,453
First year we're here.
1099
00:51:29,486 --> 00:51:31,088
Every kid here, if you were
to ask them, you know,
1100
00:51:31,121 --> 00:51:34,591
what's your goal, It would be
the baddest dude at the ranch.
1101
00:51:34,591 --> 00:51:37,561
[Carrie]They're amped up.
They fought hard to get here.
1102
00:51:37,561 --> 00:51:38,929
There's a lot of pressure
on them.
1103
00:51:38,962 --> 00:51:42,299
Yeah, they may be banging bars
out on the racetrack,
1104
00:51:42,332 --> 00:51:45,469
but when that race is over,
they have fun.
1105
00:51:45,502 --> 00:51:46,437
[Brian]Every kid here,
1106
00:51:46,437 --> 00:51:48,138
their goal is to become
a factory rider.
1107
00:51:48,172 --> 00:51:51,308
0.001 kids will actually
get that chance.
1108
00:51:51,341 --> 00:51:54,077
It's a tough sport, man.
It's definitely cutthroat.
1109
00:51:54,077 --> 00:51:57,748
You got to perform.
You got to bring results.
1110
00:51:57,748 --> 00:52:01,051
[shouting]
1111
00:52:01,885 --> 00:52:05,022
All right, if the track's rough,
what are we doing?
1112
00:52:05,189 --> 00:52:07,491
Work the edges.
There you go, buddy.
1113
00:52:07,524 --> 00:52:10,527
[Davey]If you don't
have family behind you,
1114
00:52:10,561 --> 00:52:13,497
you don't really even get
a chance to start.
1115
00:52:13,530 --> 00:52:15,532
You know, someone's got
to be the mechanic.
1116
00:52:15,566 --> 00:52:17,834
Someone's got
to drive you there.
1117
00:52:17,868 --> 00:52:20,037
Someone's got to push you.
1118
00:52:20,070 --> 00:52:22,773
Good job, buddy! Good job!
1119
00:52:22,773 --> 00:52:24,508
[crowd cheering]
1120
00:52:24,541 --> 00:52:27,511
[Ryan]Most of these
great racers
1121
00:52:27,544 --> 00:52:30,214
have had parents that
have pushed
1122
00:52:30,247 --> 00:52:35,452
and made huge sacrifices
to get their kid to be great.
1123
00:52:35,452 --> 00:52:37,321
You have to have huge support
from your family.
1124
00:52:37,321 --> 00:52:40,557
My dad, he had to do dialysis
in between races.
1125
00:52:40,591 --> 00:52:42,359
And if I fell,
my dad chewed my ass.
1126
00:52:42,392 --> 00:52:44,962
Parents get sick with it, too.
Like, they want to, they think
1127
00:52:44,962 --> 00:52:48,031
their kid's the next champ
or next factory guy.
1128
00:52:48,065 --> 00:52:49,700
Come on, baby! Let's go!
1129
00:52:49,733 --> 00:52:51,835
[Ash]Parents will do
anything to win.
1130
00:52:51,868 --> 00:52:52,970
Like, the amateur motocross
1131
00:52:52,970 --> 00:52:56,006
is just as important to
the parents as the kids.
1132
00:52:56,039 --> 00:52:59,843
And the parents, at their end,
they will do anything to win.
1133
00:52:59,876 --> 00:53:01,678
It's crazy.
1134
00:53:01,678 --> 00:53:04,081
Wooh!
1135
00:53:04,114 --> 00:53:06,583
If they don't do good,
it puts a lot of pressure
1136
00:53:06,617 --> 00:53:09,386
on the dad and the mom,
which they then roll
1137
00:53:09,419 --> 00:53:11,722
that pressure down
to their child.
1138
00:53:11,755 --> 00:53:15,158
-Come on, dog!
-Where are you going? Go!
1139
00:53:15,158 --> 00:53:17,928
[Woman]Emotionally,
physically, financially,
1140
00:53:17,961 --> 00:53:19,196
it's draining.
1141
00:53:19,229 --> 00:53:19,930
At this level,
1142
00:53:19,963 --> 00:53:22,766
if they're not into it,
you're just asking for trouble.
1143
00:53:22,799 --> 00:53:24,268
Come on, you've got to push!
1144
00:53:24,301 --> 00:53:25,736
The stress is so high to win it
1145
00:53:25,769 --> 00:53:28,071
that it's difficult on
the family.
1146
00:53:28,105 --> 00:53:30,574
[Carrie]You really have
to be in good shape.
1147
00:53:30,607 --> 00:53:33,243
For a lot of them,
this is their first girlfriend,
1148
00:53:33,277 --> 00:53:36,413
their first kiss,
their first everything.
1149
00:53:36,446 --> 00:53:39,816
And it all happens
at Loretta's.
1150
00:53:41,118 --> 00:53:42,919
[Narrator]While some dreams
are shattered,
1151
00:53:42,953 --> 00:53:44,121
and coming up through
the sport
1152
00:53:44,154 --> 00:53:46,957
is never without challenges
and sacrifice,
1153
00:53:46,990 --> 00:53:49,092
dreams do indeed come true.
1154
00:53:49,126 --> 00:53:52,696
And in one case, it was the love
and dedication of a mother
1155
00:53:52,696 --> 00:53:56,433
who was pivotal in the career
of perhaps the greatest racer
1156
00:53:56,466 --> 00:53:59,670
of all time: Ricky Carmichael.
1157
00:53:59,936 --> 00:54:05,242
[Ricky] Here we go.
[sighs]
1158
00:54:05,275 --> 00:54:07,744
Eleven, twelve, thirteen,
and fourteen years old
1159
00:54:07,744 --> 00:54:12,282
were probably the most
miserable years of my life.
1160
00:54:12,316 --> 00:54:14,151
[Producer] Alright,
this is Ricky.
1161
00:54:14,184 --> 00:54:15,118
Take one. Mark.
1162
00:54:15,152 --> 00:54:19,222
I saw all my friends having
a good time at school
1163
00:54:19,222 --> 00:54:22,125
and doing normal kid stuff.
1164
00:54:22,159 --> 00:54:25,329
And I never got to do that.
1165
00:54:25,529 --> 00:54:28,131
[Announcer]Number 167
is Ricky Carmichael,
1166
00:54:28,165 --> 00:54:29,299
the early leader.
1167
00:54:29,333 --> 00:54:31,768
[Man]Right
in front of everyone,
1168
00:54:31,768 --> 00:54:32,469
on his own,
1169
00:54:32,502 --> 00:54:35,405
is this kid in Ricky Carmichael
from Florida.
1170
00:54:35,405 --> 00:54:38,775
[Announcer]And the checkered
flag for Ricky Carmichael!
1171
00:54:38,775 --> 00:54:40,277
Feels pretty good, you know?
1172
00:54:40,310 --> 00:54:44,748
[engine whirring]
1173
00:54:44,748 --> 00:54:46,116
[Announcer]But it is
Ricky Carmichael.
1174
00:54:46,149 --> 00:54:48,418
[Man]What do you do to try
and get more attention
1175
00:54:48,418 --> 00:54:50,187
focused on Ricky Carmichael?
1176
00:54:50,220 --> 00:54:51,154
[Ricky]Go out and practice,
1177
00:54:51,188 --> 00:54:53,824
try to find good lines,
watch races.
1178
00:54:53,857 --> 00:54:55,192
The way he came onto
the scene was,
1179
00:54:55,225 --> 00:54:58,629
it was like a man possessed,
kind of, for how young he was.
1180
00:54:58,629 --> 00:55:00,297
And so driven.
1181
00:55:00,330 --> 00:55:04,167
[Announcer]Ricky Carmichael
has won every race this season.
1182
00:55:04,201 --> 00:55:05,802
His biggest challenge...
1183
00:55:05,802 --> 00:55:07,537
[Announcer 2]
And Ricky Carmichael,
1184
00:55:07,571 --> 00:55:08,839
one of the best
in the business.
1185
00:55:08,872 --> 00:55:12,275
[Ricky]I would say 90% of
the work ethic that I got
1186
00:55:12,275 --> 00:55:14,211
was from my mom.
1187
00:55:14,878 --> 00:55:17,814
My mom is basically
my riding coach.
1188
00:55:17,814 --> 00:55:22,285
Jeannie Carmichael was a huge
factor in Ricky's career.
1189
00:55:22,285 --> 00:55:24,688
[Dave]She wasn't gonna
let Ricky
1190
00:55:24,721 --> 00:55:25,822
not be the very best.
1191
00:55:25,822 --> 00:55:27,858
She knew that
he was good at it,
1192
00:55:27,891 --> 00:55:32,229
and Ricky had to stay
in line.
1193
00:55:32,462 --> 00:55:34,531
[Producer] So let's talk about
your nickname.
1194
00:55:34,564 --> 00:55:38,502
Are you not wanting to call
me out on Meanie Jeannie?
1195
00:55:38,502 --> 00:55:40,704
[Producer]
No, I'm scared to.
1196
00:55:40,737 --> 00:55:41,304
[laughs]
1197
00:55:41,304 --> 00:55:43,907
[Ricky]Meanie Jeannie is
a wonderful woman.
1198
00:55:43,940 --> 00:55:45,542
She's a bear, too.
1199
00:55:45,575 --> 00:55:47,811
[Bruce]I mean, his mom
was tough on him.
1200
00:55:47,811 --> 00:55:50,580
As tough as
you could ever imagine.
1201
00:55:50,614 --> 00:55:53,550
If you're gonna do something,
do it right.
1202
00:55:53,583 --> 00:55:55,252
[Ricky]My mom would tell me
as a young kid,
1203
00:55:55,285 --> 00:55:58,054
it's like, you know,
"If you fall down from trying,
1204
00:55:58,088 --> 00:56:02,459
you do it once, that's on you,
do it twice, shame on you."
1205
00:56:03,093 --> 00:56:07,063
[Bruce]And so she was the one
that really put him through
1206
00:56:07,097 --> 00:56:09,399
the paces at the track.
1207
00:56:09,433 --> 00:56:12,602
He would have to do 20 laps
in Supercross,
1208
00:56:12,636 --> 00:56:16,339
and each lap had to be faster
than the last one.
1209
00:56:16,339 --> 00:56:18,675
I'm just like, okay,
well, your lap time was,
1210
00:56:18,675 --> 00:56:23,747
you know, 1:45,
so we're not gonna go to 1:52.
1211
00:56:23,780 --> 00:56:24,514
Figure it out.
1212
00:56:24,514 --> 00:56:27,751
I mean, it's like, that's like,
I wanted to quit all the time.
1213
00:56:27,784 --> 00:56:30,587
Like, this sucks.
1214
00:56:30,620 --> 00:56:32,422
[Jeanie]We need to stay
here until
1215
00:56:32,456 --> 00:56:33,356
the lights come on,
1216
00:56:33,356 --> 00:56:34,858
and we need to put
the headlights on,
1217
00:56:34,858 --> 00:56:35,926
that's what we're gonna do.
1218
00:56:35,959 --> 00:56:37,594
But if you were 1:45
when we got here,
1219
00:56:37,627 --> 00:56:39,763
we're not leaving at 1:52.
1220
00:56:39,796 --> 00:56:42,432
"Mom, you have to understand,
like,
1221
00:56:42,466 --> 00:56:44,100
"the track conditions are worse.
1222
00:56:44,134 --> 00:56:47,571
"I can't turn the same lap time
as if the track was perfect,
1223
00:56:47,571 --> 00:56:48,872
like it was a day ago."
1224
00:56:48,872 --> 00:56:50,941
"Well, you turned this
yesterday."
1225
00:56:50,974 --> 00:56:51,942
I'm like, "Yeah, well,
1226
00:56:51,975 --> 00:56:56,313
the track had 50 less laps
of me riding it."
1227
00:56:56,980 --> 00:56:57,614
Damn. [laughs]
1228
00:56:57,647 --> 00:57:01,384
I don't know how he put up
with me with all of that,
1229
00:57:01,384 --> 00:57:05,222
but it seemed to be working.
1230
00:57:05,222 --> 00:57:08,792
[Ricky]She had all kinds
of tactics that she would do.
1231
00:57:08,825 --> 00:57:11,428
In fairness to her, it was just
to make me better.
1232
00:57:11,461 --> 00:57:13,463
[Meanie]We're gonna do it.
We're gonna do it right.
1233
00:57:13,497 --> 00:57:14,765
You don't want to do it,
that's fine.
1234
00:57:14,765 --> 00:57:17,300
Then you can tell me,
but I'm not leaving,
1235
00:57:17,334 --> 00:57:19,636
and you're not leaving
until it's right.
1236
00:57:19,669 --> 00:57:24,574
[applause]
1237
00:57:24,574 --> 00:57:25,509
[Meanie]I always said
1238
00:57:25,542 --> 00:57:27,644
I was never gonna
walk away from him.
1239
00:57:27,677 --> 00:57:29,946
Saw that happen
with another parent.
1240
00:57:29,946 --> 00:57:34,317
I'm just like, how bad does he
feel that his dad just turned
1241
00:57:34,351 --> 00:57:35,485
around and walked away on him?
1242
00:57:35,519 --> 00:57:37,287
And I'm, you know,
I'm not gonna do that.
1243
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:38,922
I'm gonna stand there
and argue with you,
1244
00:57:38,922 --> 00:57:43,794
and I'll just dig my heels in,
and we're gonna do it.
1245
00:57:43,794 --> 00:57:45,028
[Ricky]The way she
was like that,
1246
00:57:45,061 --> 00:57:47,831
looking back on it,
I didn't really realize it.
1247
00:57:47,864 --> 00:57:51,701
Like, holy crap,
this worked out to my benefit.
1248
00:57:51,735 --> 00:57:54,638
I think that's just the mom
in you.
1249
00:57:54,638 --> 00:57:57,007
[Ricky]My parents
had sacrificed everything.
1250
00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:00,043
Dad had left an electrical
company
1251
00:58:00,076 --> 00:58:01,511
that he'd worked for
for 20 years,
1252
00:58:01,545 --> 00:58:05,448
making good money to
help me fulfill my dreams.
1253
00:58:05,448 --> 00:58:09,719
We didn't have enough money
to get plane tickets for me,
1254
00:58:09,753 --> 00:58:10,654
my mom, and my dad
1255
00:58:10,654 --> 00:58:12,856
to fly out there
to race this amateur national.
1256
00:58:12,889 --> 00:58:17,694
He sold his Fat Boy Harley
to buy our plane tickets,
1257
00:58:17,727 --> 00:58:20,363
to get our hotel rooms.
1258
00:58:20,397 --> 00:58:24,467
1997, that was my first year
as a pro.
1259
00:58:24,467 --> 00:58:26,903
As soon as
my contract kicked in,
1260
00:58:26,937 --> 00:58:30,707
the first thing I purchased
was a Harley Fat Boy.
1261
00:58:30,740 --> 00:58:33,476
I just showed up to the house.
I said, "Dad, here you go.
1262
00:58:33,476 --> 00:58:37,047
I told you I was gonna do this
for you if I ever turned pro."
1263
00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:40,550
-[Announcer]Here comes Ricky.
-[Announcer 2][laughs]
1264
00:58:40,584 --> 00:58:42,385
[Ricky]That means more
to me sometimes
1265
00:58:42,419 --> 00:58:45,088
than anything that I ever
accomplished in racing,
1266
00:58:45,121 --> 00:58:46,389
giving back to my parents.
1267
00:58:46,423 --> 00:58:49,359
[Announcer]And the checkered
flag for Ricky Carmichael.
1268
00:58:49,392 --> 00:58:51,795
[Announcer 2]Ricky Carmichael.
1269
00:58:53,597 --> 00:58:56,700
[Narrator]Ricky would star
in the golden age of racing
1270
00:58:56,700 --> 00:58:57,534
in the 2000s,
1271
00:58:57,567 --> 00:59:00,537
battling two arch rivals...
James "Bubba" Stewart,
1272
00:59:00,570 --> 00:59:03,673
who some said was the fastest
ever to ride a dirt bike,
1273
00:59:03,673 --> 00:59:08,778
and the working man's hero,
Australian Chad Reed.
1274
00:59:09,512 --> 00:59:11,548
Ricky Carmichael went on to
have one of the most
1275
00:59:11,581 --> 00:59:14,784
illustrious careers in the
history of the sport.
1276
00:59:14,818 --> 00:59:17,954
[Announcer]And Ricky Carmichael
can feel it.
1277
00:59:17,988 --> 00:59:18,889
He can see it.
1278
00:59:18,889 --> 00:59:20,590
[Narrator]He earned five
Supercross titles
1279
00:59:20,624 --> 00:59:23,393
and ten outdoor national
championships.
1280
00:59:23,426 --> 00:59:25,362
[Announcer]Time to the wind
with Carmichael...
1281
00:59:25,362 --> 00:59:28,198
[Narrator]As well as
two perfect motocross seasons,
1282
00:59:28,198 --> 00:59:30,400
winning all 24 races,
1283
00:59:30,433 --> 00:59:33,136
an accomplishment never
to be matched.
1284
00:59:33,169 --> 00:59:38,608
[rock music]
1285
00:59:42,846 --> 00:59:45,882
[Narrator]He did it by
consistently racing on the edge,
1286
00:59:45,882 --> 00:59:48,752
pushing the limits,
and refusing to lose.
1287
00:59:48,752 --> 00:59:52,956
Today, he remains a big part
of the sport as a TV analyst,
1288
00:59:52,989 --> 00:59:57,060
much of it thanks to his mom,
Meanie Jeannie.
1289
01:00:01,231 --> 01:00:03,500
[Narrator]
Amid the big-ticket glamour,
1290
01:00:03,533 --> 01:00:05,802
some are fueled by passion.
1291
01:00:05,835 --> 01:00:10,740
[country music]
1292
01:00:18,048 --> 01:00:21,384
[Todd]I'm going to be on
a factory team one day.
1293
01:00:21,751 --> 01:00:25,522
It just sounds like
a crazy person talking.
1294
01:00:25,555 --> 01:00:30,493
But at the end of the day,
I just want to compete.
1295
01:00:31,261 --> 01:00:33,163
[Narrator]In the world
of Supercross,
1296
01:00:33,196 --> 01:00:35,265
there is a group of riders
who live between
1297
01:00:35,265 --> 01:00:39,269
pure professionalism
and chasing a dream:
1298
01:00:39,269 --> 01:00:41,137
the Privateer.
1299
01:00:46,876 --> 01:00:49,279
Well, privateer is somebody
that's trying to make it
1300
01:00:49,279 --> 01:00:50,480
to the big leagues.
1301
01:00:50,513 --> 01:00:52,716
The privateer is doing it for
the passion of the sport.
1302
01:00:52,749 --> 01:00:54,184
They love riding dirt bikes.
1303
01:00:54,217 --> 01:00:55,518
[Troy]They're spending
their own money
1304
01:00:55,552 --> 01:00:57,353
and their girlfriend making
them sandwiches.
1305
01:00:57,387 --> 01:01:00,790
[Ash]These guys aren't only
paying for all their parts,
1306
01:01:00,790 --> 01:01:03,026
they're working
on their bikes themselves.
1307
01:01:03,059 --> 01:01:06,062
They don't have funding.
They don't have a team ride.
1308
01:01:06,096 --> 01:01:08,832
[Ash]They're driving
their own rigs to the races.
1309
01:01:08,832 --> 01:01:11,868
[Brian]Usually sleeping
in their vans.
1310
01:01:11,901 --> 01:01:13,069
They have such a passion for
the sport
1311
01:01:13,103 --> 01:01:16,006
and such a love for it,
they know nothing else.
1312
01:01:16,006 --> 01:01:19,209
And they're spending so much
time and effort into it.
1313
01:01:19,242 --> 01:01:23,246
I don't know why in the hell
they would do what they do.
1314
01:01:23,279 --> 01:01:26,216
They're almost unsung heroes.
1315
01:01:26,249 --> 01:01:28,551
You know, it's their dream
to be inside that stadium
1316
01:01:28,585 --> 01:01:30,653
for the main event.
1317
01:01:30,653 --> 01:01:35,391
[crowd cheering]
1318
01:01:35,425 --> 01:01:36,693
[Announcer][indistinct]
Monster Energy
1319
01:01:36,726 --> 01:01:41,765
Supercross Champion
is about to begin.
1320
01:01:44,434 --> 01:01:45,769
[Man]In a Supercross event,
1321
01:01:45,802 --> 01:01:47,737
the front of the pit's
all the factory semis.
1322
01:01:47,771 --> 01:01:50,573
You go to the back of the pit,
you see all the privateers
1323
01:01:50,607 --> 01:01:51,374
in their vans.
1324
01:01:51,407 --> 01:01:52,909
That's where some of
the best stories are,
1325
01:01:52,942 --> 01:01:54,277
'cause those are the dudes
who are, like,
1326
01:01:54,310 --> 01:01:56,946
really doing it
for the love of the sport,
1327
01:01:56,980 --> 01:01:58,081
the passion.
1328
01:01:58,114 --> 01:02:03,586
[tranquil music]
1329
01:02:03,620 --> 01:02:04,921
[Todd]We're kind of
the nobodies,
1330
01:02:04,954 --> 01:02:08,391
but we have nothing
to offer the big companies
1331
01:02:08,424 --> 01:02:11,694
until we prove
that we can do something.
1332
01:02:12,328 --> 01:02:15,965
It's literally kind
of us against the world.
1333
01:02:15,999 --> 01:02:19,769
People don't realize
how hard it is.
1334
01:02:19,969 --> 01:02:21,204
I want to be a factory rider.
1335
01:02:21,204 --> 01:02:24,507
Growing up, that's the only
thing you think about.
1336
01:02:31,214 --> 01:02:33,783
[Dave]The factory teams
are supported
1337
01:02:33,817 --> 01:02:35,785
with millions of dollars
in cash.
1338
01:02:35,819 --> 01:02:37,587
[Brian]You get Yamaha,
Kawasaki, Honda,
1339
01:02:37,620 --> 01:02:40,757
Suzuki from Japan makes
the motorcycle.
1340
01:02:40,790 --> 01:02:42,559
They put together a team.
1341
01:02:42,559 --> 01:02:44,094
And it's usually one or
two riders
1342
01:02:44,094 --> 01:02:45,295
that are the best
of the best.
1343
01:02:45,328 --> 01:02:48,598
There's this fight
between these manufacturers
1344
01:02:48,631 --> 01:02:50,266
to win the most championships.
1345
01:02:50,266 --> 01:02:51,568
And they give them
the best parts,
1346
01:02:51,568 --> 01:02:53,970
the best service,
the best technicians.
1347
01:02:54,003 --> 01:02:56,106
[Dave]They have
the next generation
1348
01:02:56,106 --> 01:02:57,440
cylinders and valves.
1349
01:02:57,473 --> 01:02:59,809
The best chassis and
the best suspension,
1350
01:02:59,843 --> 01:03:00,810
and the best
everything else.
1351
01:03:00,844 --> 01:03:02,078
[Ash]I mean,
these factory guys,
1352
01:03:02,078 --> 01:03:04,547
they're getting flights
with them, their mechanics,
1353
01:03:04,547 --> 01:03:05,849
their chicks, their wives.
1354
01:03:05,882 --> 01:03:09,052
I mean, everything's
silver platter.
1355
01:03:10,753 --> 01:03:13,189
[birds chirping]
1356
01:03:15,725 --> 01:03:16,759
[Todd]I'm my own mechanic.
1357
01:03:16,759 --> 01:03:18,328
I do all the bike work
and stuff like that.
1358
01:03:18,361 --> 01:03:21,030
Some rigs, I can rebuild it
for half the price.
1359
01:03:21,064 --> 01:03:22,966
I'm basically just cutting
corners
1360
01:03:22,966 --> 01:03:25,668
to make sure I can get
to there every weekend.
1361
01:03:25,702 --> 01:03:27,270
It's kind of unfortunate,
but you know,
1362
01:03:27,270 --> 01:03:29,839
you got to deal with kind of
hand your dealt at some point.
1363
01:03:29,873 --> 01:03:31,174
You know, you just got
to keep going.
1364
01:03:31,207 --> 01:03:33,109
Even if I don't have
the best equipment,
1365
01:03:33,109 --> 01:03:35,478
when you beat those guys on
your stuff,
1366
01:03:35,511 --> 01:03:38,248
it's so much better feeling.
1367
01:03:38,748 --> 01:03:40,984
[Brian]You have so many
guys trying to qualify, right?
1368
01:03:40,984 --> 01:03:42,318
Everyone wants to be in
the night show.
1369
01:03:42,318 --> 01:03:45,521
The night show is when you
make it to the 7 p.m. show.
1370
01:03:45,555 --> 01:03:47,891
The fireworks go off
and you get to line up
1371
01:03:47,924 --> 01:03:51,527
on that gate with all
the people.
1372
01:03:51,561 --> 01:03:54,164
[Todd]It's hopefully
my first qualifying practice.
1373
01:03:54,164 --> 01:03:57,500
I feel really good
and I'm really excited about it.
1374
01:03:57,533 --> 01:04:02,572
[rock music]
1375
01:04:09,646 --> 01:04:12,048
[Todd]I had a few mistakes
where I hit neutral.
1376
01:04:12,081 --> 01:04:13,850
I knocked the wind out
of myself,
1377
01:04:13,883 --> 01:04:14,717
but I got one more left.
1378
01:04:14,751 --> 01:04:17,353
So this is where I have to
really put a lot on good times
1379
01:04:17,353 --> 01:04:19,722
and stuff like that to make
sure I'm good and solid
1380
01:04:19,756 --> 01:04:21,925
in the qualifier.
1381
01:04:21,958 --> 01:04:23,893
It's very rare that you're
going to see a privateer
1382
01:04:23,927 --> 01:04:26,562
come out these days
and beat all the factory guys.
1383
01:04:26,596 --> 01:04:27,397
Like, very rare.
1384
01:04:27,430 --> 01:04:31,134
I don't know, because
I was one of them. [laughs]
1385
01:04:34,437 --> 01:04:35,872
[engine whirring]
1386
01:04:35,905 --> 01:04:38,675
[Brian]In '97,
LA Coliseum happens.
1387
01:04:38,675 --> 01:04:40,410
I go out in the main event,
take off.
1388
01:04:40,443 --> 01:04:41,844
All the heavy hitters are there,
you know.
1389
01:04:41,844 --> 01:04:45,682
It's like Windham, Ramsey,
Carmichael, all the good guys.
1390
01:04:45,682 --> 01:04:48,685
[Announcer]Raynard has got
a battle on his hands
1391
01:04:48,685 --> 01:04:51,721
from an unexpected rider,
Brian Deegan.
1392
01:04:51,754 --> 01:04:54,090
[Brian]I finally was in
the lead at a Supercross
1393
01:04:54,123 --> 01:04:56,059
and I just remember I was
so nervous.
1394
01:04:56,059 --> 01:04:58,361
It's everything I had worked
for at that moment.
1395
01:04:58,361 --> 01:05:02,799
And I wasn't getting tired
because I did train my ass off.
1396
01:05:03,032 --> 01:05:04,667
I just remember thinking,
what are you going to do?
1397
01:05:04,667 --> 01:05:07,136
"What are you going to do?"
I'm like, "Don't mess it up."
1398
01:05:07,170 --> 01:05:09,405
[Announcer]...goes down.
1399
01:05:09,405 --> 01:05:11,607
Brian Deegan
lets his bike fly...
1400
01:05:11,641 --> 01:05:13,209
[Brian]I'm going over
the finish line
1401
01:05:13,209 --> 01:05:14,811
and just ghost riding
the bike.
1402
01:05:14,844 --> 01:05:19,115
[Announcer]Just launched
his bike off the finish line.
1403
01:05:19,148 --> 01:05:20,950
Jumped up by Kenny West.
1404
01:05:20,984 --> 01:05:23,253
[Brian]Second and third are,
like, racing over my head.
1405
01:05:23,253 --> 01:05:26,789
I'm thinking, like, "How many
things could have went wrong?"
1406
01:05:26,823 --> 01:05:27,790
But I didn't care, dude.
1407
01:05:27,824 --> 01:05:29,559
Thanks for coming out,
him and my brother.
1408
01:05:29,559 --> 01:05:33,162
Glad they're here to see
me kick everyone's ass.
1409
01:05:33,196 --> 01:05:34,397
[Ricky]That was crazy,
right?
1410
01:05:34,397 --> 01:05:36,833
I mean, I was like,
what is happening here?
1411
01:05:36,866 --> 01:05:37,734
What did this guy do?
1412
01:05:37,734 --> 01:05:41,137
We just did the biggest
feat in racing.
1413
01:05:41,170 --> 01:05:42,105
We're a privateer team.
1414
01:05:42,105 --> 01:05:44,607
We just won the biggest race
of the year.
1415
01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:47,443
[Ash]To see a guy on
a privateer team
1416
01:05:47,443 --> 01:05:49,979
win a race against
his factory guys,
1417
01:05:50,013 --> 01:05:55,685
that was a huge part of
Supercross history for sure.
1418
01:05:55,818 --> 01:05:59,155
[Brian]My whole career,
I was always a top 10 guy.
1419
01:05:59,188 --> 01:06:01,691
But I never got the factory
ride
1420
01:06:01,724 --> 01:06:05,695
because I had this chip on
my shoulder.
1421
01:06:05,728 --> 01:06:08,264
[Narrator]Together with
several other key figures,
1422
01:06:08,264 --> 01:06:10,833
including the likes
of Travis Pastrana,
1423
01:06:10,867 --> 01:06:13,036
Carey Hart and Mike Metzger,
1424
01:06:13,069 --> 01:06:16,306
Deegan helped pioneer
freestyle motocross
1425
01:06:16,306 --> 01:06:17,673
and take it from a cult movement
1426
01:06:17,707 --> 01:06:21,944
to one of the most popular
action sports today.
1427
01:06:23,479 --> 01:06:27,016
[engines whirring]
1428
01:06:28,384 --> 01:06:30,486
[Eric]The match-out qualifier
is sometimes
1429
01:06:30,486 --> 01:06:32,288
the most exciting
race of the night.
1430
01:06:32,288 --> 01:06:35,291
And that race is when they put
everything on the line.
1431
01:06:35,291 --> 01:06:37,560
That's when they make
the main event,
1432
01:06:37,593 --> 01:06:39,962
the night show.
1433
01:06:40,396 --> 01:06:42,031
[Todd]I would love to win.
I'd love to do anything.
1434
01:06:42,065 --> 01:06:45,201
You know, I'd love to just have
them see me as the rider
1435
01:06:45,234 --> 01:06:47,036
I know I can be.
1436
01:06:47,070 --> 01:06:52,041
[rock music]
1437
01:06:55,178 --> 01:06:56,879
[Todd]Not only for people
to see that,
1438
01:06:56,913 --> 01:06:59,315
but for myself
to know I can do it.
1439
01:06:59,315 --> 01:07:01,717
I want it really, really,
really bad.
1440
01:07:01,751 --> 01:07:07,090
[rock music]
1441
01:07:12,161 --> 01:07:13,429
[Narrator]With a slower
lap time,
1442
01:07:13,463 --> 01:07:16,399
Todd will not be moving
on to the night show,
1443
01:07:16,432 --> 01:07:20,837
another tough result for
the privateer.
1444
01:07:23,272 --> 01:07:24,774
[Todd]This is what
I want to do.
1445
01:07:24,807 --> 01:07:25,775
And I want to do it
1446
01:07:25,808 --> 01:07:28,945
as long as I possibly can
while I'm still young.
1447
01:07:30,179 --> 01:07:32,748
And then when time comes
for me not to do it no more,
1448
01:07:32,782 --> 01:07:35,251
I feel like I'll know
and I'll move on with my life.
1449
01:07:35,284 --> 01:07:38,187
But until then, I don't think
I can just give it up.
1450
01:07:38,187 --> 01:07:42,458
[dramatic music]
1451
01:07:48,631 --> 01:07:49,632
[Narrator]For an '80s icon,
1452
01:07:49,665 --> 01:07:52,235
greatness was found
on the dirt,
1453
01:07:52,235 --> 01:07:53,603
redemption off.
1454
01:07:53,636 --> 01:07:55,405
[Producer] How's that full
series doing there?
1455
01:07:55,405 --> 01:07:56,939
I don't hear anything
about it.
1456
01:07:56,973 --> 01:07:59,175
Johnson, take one, mark.
1457
01:07:59,976 --> 01:08:01,077
[Ricky J]There's some pain.
1458
01:08:01,110 --> 01:08:03,079
There's some pain and
some regret.
1459
01:08:03,112 --> 01:08:06,215
But, and I say this
wholeheartedly,
1460
01:08:06,215 --> 01:08:07,116
what happened to me was
1461
01:08:07,150 --> 01:08:09,585
because the way it was
supposed to happen.
1462
01:08:10,153 --> 01:08:11,787
[Announcer]Putting
the pressure on the crowd,
1463
01:08:11,821 --> 01:08:12,788
starting to go crazy.
1464
01:08:12,822 --> 01:08:14,257
Johnson putting the pressure
on Ward.
1465
01:08:14,257 --> 01:08:15,925
He goes to the inside.
Look at that.
1466
01:08:15,958 --> 01:08:16,926
Locks up the rear wheel.
1467
01:08:16,959 --> 01:08:19,295
The crowd is going
absolutely insane.
1468
01:08:19,328 --> 01:08:20,563
[Dave]He hates to lose.
1469
01:08:20,563 --> 01:08:22,131
Anybody's in front
of Ricky Johnson,
1470
01:08:22,165 --> 01:08:25,935
he's going to track him down.
He's a dog on a piece of meat.
1471
01:08:25,968 --> 01:08:27,837
[Announcer]There's Johnson
on the inside line.
1472
01:08:27,870 --> 01:08:29,005
He's got guts.
Look at this.
1473
01:08:29,038 --> 01:08:30,973
[David]Ricky Johnson,
he was a bruiser.
1474
01:08:31,007 --> 01:08:33,776
Came in and punched
the competition in the teeth.
1475
01:08:33,809 --> 01:08:36,245
[Announcer]Ricky Johnson
has got the lead and...
1476
01:08:36,245 --> 01:08:38,114
[shouting]
into our cameraman!
1477
01:08:38,147 --> 01:08:39,782
[David]He didn't take
shit from anybody.
1478
01:08:39,815 --> 01:08:41,317
[Announcer]The checkered
flag is out
1479
01:08:41,350 --> 01:08:42,151
and Ricky does it.
1480
01:08:42,185 --> 01:08:43,686
He would say, "I can ride
a motorcycle
1481
01:08:43,719 --> 01:08:45,354
better than I can walk,
you know."
1482
01:08:45,388 --> 01:08:47,490
[Announcer]
And Ricky Johnson wins
1483
01:08:47,523 --> 01:08:48,791
the Super Bowl of Motocross!
1484
01:08:48,824 --> 01:08:49,492
Holy Toledo!
1485
01:08:49,525 --> 01:08:52,295
When I said I was going to come
out here and race to win,
1486
01:08:52,295 --> 01:08:53,129
I'm here to race to win.
1487
01:08:53,162 --> 01:08:55,831
Who's a man and who's chicken
is the way I look at it.
1488
01:08:55,865 --> 01:08:57,800
RJ was the bad boy.
1489
01:08:57,833 --> 01:09:00,670
He was onOakley.
He was onBad Boy Club.
1490
01:09:00,703 --> 01:09:03,873
[Davey]The 1980s was
the zenith of all things cool
1491
01:09:03,906 --> 01:09:07,543
about Supercross,
and then there's Rick Johnson.
1492
01:09:07,577 --> 01:09:10,513
He's got charisma.
He's got the ambition.
1493
01:09:10,546 --> 01:09:13,449
[Announcer]Ricky Johnson
taking his hand off the bar.
1494
01:09:13,449 --> 01:09:14,517
He does it again.
1495
01:09:14,550 --> 01:09:17,386
[Davey]And he knows how
to give the fans
1496
01:09:17,420 --> 01:09:20,623
and the Supercross
promoters what they want.
1497
01:09:20,623 --> 01:09:22,291
As soon as I got out in
the open,
1498
01:09:22,291 --> 01:09:23,159
I was a little bit bored.
1499
01:09:23,192 --> 01:09:24,860
I thought I'd put on a show
for the people.
1500
01:09:24,894 --> 01:09:26,028
I liked him
because he was flashy.
1501
01:09:26,062 --> 01:09:28,231
He was cocky.
He was stylish.
1502
01:09:28,264 --> 01:09:32,335
Hi, I'm Rick Johnson,
the style king of Supercross.
1503
01:09:32,335 --> 01:09:33,536
Some say it's my hair.
1504
01:09:33,569 --> 01:09:36,138
[Jeremy]You know, he had
cool hair and cool gear,
1505
01:09:36,138 --> 01:09:36,806
cool bikes.
1506
01:09:36,806 --> 01:09:39,809
So as a kid, you're like,
man, I just want to be that guy.
1507
01:09:39,809 --> 01:09:41,911
Don't attempt
this stuff at home.
1508
01:09:41,944 --> 01:09:44,914
When I was a kid, I would open
up myMinicycle Action,
1509
01:09:44,947 --> 01:09:48,718
and here was Jeff Ward, Brian
Myerscop, and Flying Mike Brown.
1510
01:09:48,751 --> 01:09:51,821
And even though they were
basically kids like me,
1511
01:09:51,821 --> 01:09:52,722
they were successful kids.
1512
01:09:52,755 --> 01:09:55,391
They had their picture in
a magazine.
1513
01:09:55,424 --> 01:09:56,826
And that's what I wanted to be.
1514
01:09:56,826 --> 01:10:01,664
[Announcer]Johnson takes
it sideways. Woo!
1515
01:10:01,664 --> 01:10:05,268
[crowd cheering]
1516
01:10:08,638 --> 01:10:11,274
Well, the relationship with
my father was tumultuous,
1517
01:10:11,307 --> 01:10:13,209
to say the least.
1518
01:10:13,242 --> 01:10:17,113
I couldn't have been loved any
more than my father loved me.
1519
01:10:17,146 --> 01:10:20,216
But that did come at a price.
1520
01:10:20,249 --> 01:10:21,350
[Stephanie]
Rick's dad was tough.
1521
01:10:21,350 --> 01:10:25,521
I mean, that was a tough house
to grow up in, for sure.
1522
01:10:25,521 --> 01:10:28,291
His parents were alcoholics.
They were abusive.
1523
01:10:28,324 --> 01:10:30,426
He came from a
very abusive home.
1524
01:10:30,459 --> 01:10:32,094
I just used to get so
pissed at my dad.
1525
01:10:32,128 --> 01:10:34,096
You know, he would say things
to me and just,
1526
01:10:34,130 --> 01:10:37,300
you know, he was a hard guy.
1527
01:10:37,533 --> 01:10:38,968
I wanted to, you know,
1528
01:10:39,001 --> 01:10:42,438
pack up my little backpack
and run away, you know.
1529
01:10:42,471 --> 01:10:47,743
He was one of the meanest people
I've ever met in my life.
1530
01:10:47,743 --> 01:10:49,612
I mean, he was rough.
1531
01:10:49,645 --> 01:10:53,883
[tense music]
1532
01:10:56,018 --> 01:10:57,119
[Stephanie]Rick was
the goose
1533
01:10:57,153 --> 01:11:00,289
that laid the golden egg
for that family.
1534
01:11:00,323 --> 01:11:01,123
And that's the truth.
1535
01:11:01,157 --> 01:11:02,958
[Announcer]Rick, he goes
ahead and does it.
1536
01:11:02,992 --> 01:11:05,628
We've got a crowd cheering
on Johnson.
1537
01:11:05,661 --> 01:11:06,762
[Ricky]It got a little tense
1538
01:11:06,762 --> 01:11:08,664
when the money started
getting higher.
1539
01:11:08,698 --> 01:11:11,400
-Come on, open the gate, man.
-[Man]Oh, yes, sir.
1540
01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:14,103
[Ricky]It's not a good thing
when a child
1541
01:11:14,136 --> 01:11:15,638
is making more money
than the adult
1542
01:11:15,671 --> 01:11:17,640
has ever made
in their life.
1543
01:11:17,673 --> 01:11:20,810
When he got into the money,
it started to get scary.
1544
01:11:20,843 --> 01:11:21,644
When you go for money,
1545
01:11:21,677 --> 01:11:25,081
people start cutting each
other's throat.
1546
01:11:25,081 --> 01:11:26,649
[Announcer]And here we go.
The gate is down.
1547
01:11:26,682 --> 01:11:28,618
Looks like Ricky Johnson
and David Bailey
1548
01:11:28,618 --> 01:11:30,152
getting off to a good run.
1549
01:11:30,186 --> 01:11:31,187
[Ricky J]So in 1986,
1550
01:11:31,220 --> 01:11:32,755
I had the great race
with David Bailey.
1551
01:11:32,755 --> 01:11:34,957
[Announcer]Holy smoke,
Bailey's right next to him.
1552
01:11:34,990 --> 01:11:36,926
So look at this.
Side by side into the corner.
1553
01:11:36,926 --> 01:11:40,496
That's the fourth time in a lap
nthat we've had the lead change.
1554
01:11:40,529 --> 01:11:42,865
It's an all-out battle
for first place.
1555
01:11:42,898 --> 01:11:46,001
[Ricky J]He beat me fair
nand square and handed it to me.
1556
01:11:46,035 --> 01:11:47,937
[Announcer]And David
"The Bandit" Bailey
1557
01:11:47,937 --> 01:11:50,473
takes a surprise
come-from-behind win here.
1558
01:11:50,473 --> 01:11:52,375
[Ricky J]I call my dad.
"What happened?
1559
01:11:52,408 --> 01:11:53,175
"I got second."
1560
01:11:53,209 --> 01:11:54,977
"What happened? Did you crash?"
"No."
1561
01:11:55,010 --> 01:11:55,978
"I couldn't beat him."
"Why?
1562
01:11:56,011 --> 01:11:57,647
Was something wrong with
your bike?"
1563
01:11:57,647 --> 01:11:58,347
I'm like, "No.
1564
01:11:58,381 --> 01:12:00,816
"David is one of the best riders
in the world right now,
1565
01:12:00,816 --> 01:12:01,884
and I got second to him."
1566
01:12:01,917 --> 01:12:03,185
"Do you realize how much money
you lost?
1567
01:12:03,219 --> 01:12:05,388
"You lost this much from Bell.
You lost this much from Fox.
1568
01:12:05,421 --> 01:12:06,689
"You lost this much
from Alpine Star.
1569
01:12:06,722 --> 01:12:08,190
You lost this much from Honda."
1570
01:12:08,224 --> 01:12:10,192
At some point, I'm like,
"We're done."
1571
01:12:10,226 --> 01:12:11,694
I said, "I can't do this
anymore."
1572
01:12:11,727 --> 01:12:13,663
I just go, I gotta do
my own thing.
1573
01:12:13,663 --> 01:12:16,232
I was 21 years old.
1574
01:12:17,800 --> 01:12:20,736
[engine whirring]
1575
01:12:20,770 --> 01:12:22,371
[Ricky J]So it's 1989.
1576
01:12:22,405 --> 01:12:25,040
We go to Gainesville for
the opening round
1577
01:12:25,074 --> 01:12:27,042
and had a short practice day.
1578
01:12:27,076 --> 01:12:31,213
[engines whirring]
1579
01:12:32,448 --> 01:12:33,883
[Ricky J]Danny Storbeck
was a friend of mine
1580
01:12:33,916 --> 01:12:38,354
and a racer for Yamaha,
very fast, very capable.
1581
01:12:38,387 --> 01:12:42,725
And I come around,
and I'm trying to pass him,
1582
01:12:42,758 --> 01:12:45,227
and I can't get around him.
1583
01:12:45,261 --> 01:12:46,228
I pass him on the outside,
1584
01:12:46,262 --> 01:12:49,198
and it's like a jump
and a step up the hill.
1585
01:12:49,231 --> 01:12:50,766
I scrub it a little bit.
1586
01:12:50,800 --> 01:12:54,737
As I come down,
we came together.
1587
01:12:54,770 --> 01:12:58,340
His front wheel hit the back
of my arm,
1588
01:12:58,340 --> 01:12:59,542
shoved my hand,
1589
01:12:59,542 --> 01:13:01,711
just, it, like,
blew me off the bike.
1590
01:13:01,711 --> 01:13:03,379
[Announcer]Oh, and he gets
wild! What happened?
1591
01:13:03,412 --> 01:13:05,214
[Announcer 2]A very,
very treacherous accident.
1592
01:13:05,247 --> 01:13:09,885
A nightmare for Ricky Johnson.
Johnson gone down.
1593
01:13:10,186 --> 01:13:12,588
I pull my goggles off
and I hit Danny in the face.
1594
01:13:12,621 --> 01:13:14,023
I'm like, "What the fuck?"
You know, "Da-da-da."
1595
01:13:14,023 --> 01:13:18,928
So he rides off and I'm just,
the adrenaline's going crazy.
1596
01:13:18,961 --> 01:13:21,230
And I look down and
my glove's ripped off
1597
01:13:21,263 --> 01:13:23,299
and my hand is over off
to the side.
1598
01:13:23,332 --> 01:13:27,169
And I just knew, I'm like,
this is not good.
1599
01:13:28,971 --> 01:13:33,275
[sirens]
1600
01:13:33,309 --> 01:13:35,311
[Ricky]As they're driving me
to the hospital,
1601
01:13:35,344 --> 01:13:36,412
I'm starting to do the math.
1602
01:13:36,445 --> 01:13:38,948
Okay, throw the 250
Nationals out.
1603
01:13:38,981 --> 01:13:41,584
I'll take so many weeks
to get ready
1604
01:13:41,584 --> 01:13:42,785
and I gotta win
the 500 championship
1605
01:13:42,818 --> 01:13:45,421
because I'm not gonna win
the Supercross championship
1606
01:13:45,454 --> 01:13:47,289
and I'm not gonna win
the 250 Outdoor.
1607
01:13:47,323 --> 01:13:49,658
I gotta win the 500.
1608
01:13:50,559 --> 01:13:52,628
How many more successes
could he have had?
1609
01:13:52,661 --> 01:13:54,296
You know, Rick was just,
like, devastated,
1610
01:13:54,330 --> 01:13:56,732
and I had never seen him
like that.
1611
01:13:56,732 --> 01:14:00,135
It was like a chink in
his armor.
1612
01:14:01,670 --> 01:14:04,139
[Davey]He loved being
the champion.
1613
01:14:04,173 --> 01:14:09,612
He was never better
than he was in '89.
1614
01:14:10,613 --> 01:14:12,281
[Ricky]That was a turning
point in my life.
1615
01:14:12,314 --> 01:14:15,785
I mean, it changed a lot
of shit for me.
1616
01:14:16,318 --> 01:14:17,186
[Stephanie]I mean,
1617
01:14:17,219 --> 01:14:18,621
if you ride a motorcycle,
you're gonna get hurt.
1618
01:14:18,621 --> 01:14:23,659
It's not if, it's when.
So I didn't know what to expect.
1619
01:14:23,692 --> 01:14:25,494
You know, it's emotionally
draining too.
1620
01:14:25,528 --> 01:14:28,664
After I got hurt...
and then I tried to come back.
1621
01:14:28,697 --> 01:14:31,333
[Announcer]Ricky Johnson,
he's riding with an injury
1622
01:14:31,367 --> 01:14:32,535
that he suffered last year.
1623
01:14:32,568 --> 01:14:34,670
[Man]After the injury
that kept you out of Daytona
1624
01:14:34,703 --> 01:14:36,338
last year,
are you 100% now?
1625
01:14:36,372 --> 01:14:38,841
I'm getting not quite 100% yet,
but getting there.
1626
01:14:38,874 --> 01:14:41,176
[Announcer]Ricky Johnson
trying to reel in Jeff Ward.
1627
01:14:41,210 --> 01:14:42,344
[Ricky J]Then it got
to a point
1628
01:14:42,378 --> 01:14:44,113
where I was having some
weird actions.
1629
01:14:44,113 --> 01:14:46,148
[Announcer]Oh, wait a minute,
Johnson goes down!
1630
01:14:46,181 --> 01:14:47,850
He is lying in the track,
not moving!
1631
01:14:47,883 --> 01:14:52,822
Once I hurt myself, the last
two years was just miserable.
1632
01:14:52,822 --> 01:14:54,456
And then I broke my hand again.
1633
01:14:54,456 --> 01:14:56,358
[Announcer]And Johnson
goes down, he goes down!
1634
01:14:56,392 --> 01:14:58,127
Johnson gets up again!
The crowd goes crazy!
1635
01:14:58,127 --> 01:15:00,863
He fought for two years through
those wrist injuries
1636
01:15:00,896 --> 01:15:05,835
trying to get it sorted,
and it was devastating.
1637
01:15:05,835 --> 01:15:09,305
He just, he could not race at
the caliber that he was used to.
1638
01:15:09,305 --> 01:15:11,407
At San Diego,
all of a sudden I'm wide open.
1639
01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:13,809
I hit the whoops and go over
the bars and land.
1640
01:15:13,809 --> 01:15:15,044
And I said,
"My throttle's stuck."
1641
01:15:15,077 --> 01:15:16,846
They're like,
the throttle wasn't stuck.
1642
01:15:16,846 --> 01:15:20,082
I'm like, it's my hand.
It's doing it.
1643
01:15:20,115 --> 01:15:22,551
[Stephanie]He just,
he couldn't hang on.
1644
01:15:22,585 --> 01:15:23,419
[crowd cheering]
1645
01:15:23,452 --> 01:15:26,689
[Ricky]That's when I realized
that I can't do it anymore.
1646
01:15:26,689 --> 01:15:28,190
No matter what I did,
I couldn't come back.
1647
01:15:28,223 --> 01:15:32,027
And I just literally broke down,
like, just bawling like a baby.
1648
01:15:32,027 --> 01:15:35,397
[Announcer]They're bringing
out a stretcher for Johnson.
1649
01:15:35,431 --> 01:15:37,399
[Stephanie]There were
some dark times.
1650
01:15:37,433 --> 01:15:39,568
I mean, he was depressed.
1651
01:15:39,602 --> 01:15:43,005
And he was like, "OK,
what are we going to do?"
1652
01:15:44,773 --> 01:15:46,575
[Announcer]Ladies
and gentlemen of San Diego,
1653
01:15:46,609 --> 01:15:51,246
I present to you
Ricky "No Fear" Johnson.
1654
01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:54,617
[crowd cheering]
1655
01:15:54,650 --> 01:15:57,419
That wrist injury,
it just kept compounding itself,
1656
01:15:57,453 --> 01:16:01,090
compounding itself.
In the end, he had to retire.
1657
01:16:01,123 --> 01:16:04,693
On behalf of SRO Pace
Promotions, Super Sports,
1658
01:16:04,693 --> 01:16:06,795
and the Mickey Thompson
Entertainment Group,
1659
01:16:06,829 --> 01:16:08,364
the promoters of Supercross,
1660
01:16:08,364 --> 01:16:09,798
I'd like to present you
an award,
1661
01:16:09,832 --> 01:16:13,235
which says, "Thanks for your
contribution to the growth
1662
01:16:13,268 --> 01:16:14,937
"and success of Supercross.
1663
01:16:14,970 --> 01:16:16,705
We couldn't have done it
without you."
1664
01:16:16,705 --> 01:16:20,609
-Thank you, Ricky.
-Thank you very much, Bill.
1665
01:16:20,643 --> 01:16:21,577
[Davey]To this day,
1666
01:16:21,610 --> 01:16:24,780
I think there is
a bitterness in RJ
1667
01:16:24,813 --> 01:16:25,781
of how things ended.
1668
01:16:25,814 --> 01:16:29,551
He could have been one of those
guys that becomes the GOAT,
1669
01:16:29,551 --> 01:16:33,122
the greatest of all time,
the king of Supercross forever.
1670
01:16:33,155 --> 01:16:35,157
He held it against
Danny Storbeck.
1671
01:16:35,190 --> 01:16:37,092
They were friends.
They used to hang out together.
1672
01:16:37,092 --> 01:16:39,428
Danny would come
to California State with him.
1673
01:16:39,461 --> 01:16:43,232
RJ really directed his
ire at Danny.
1674
01:16:43,232 --> 01:16:47,236
He knew what he was capable of.
And it was more championships.
1675
01:16:47,236 --> 01:16:48,971
So he had every right
to be bitter.
1676
01:16:49,004 --> 01:16:51,974
But it was never intentional.
1677
01:16:52,007 --> 01:16:55,811
And that was the end of,
you know, his reign.
1678
01:16:55,844 --> 01:16:57,413
[Announcer]Momentarily,
we're waiting for RJ,
1679
01:16:57,413 --> 01:16:59,415
the magic man of motocross.
1680
01:16:59,415 --> 01:17:03,018
The man is pumped, RJ.
1681
01:17:03,052 --> 01:17:05,487
[crowd cheering]
[air horns blaring]
1682
01:17:05,521 --> 01:17:06,822
My father
passed away a few years back.
1683
01:17:06,855 --> 01:17:10,526
But I had his ashes at my feet.
He was at my bar for two years.
1684
01:17:10,559 --> 01:17:12,795
He was the biker guy.
I wasn't a biker guy.
1685
01:17:12,795 --> 01:17:13,595
He loved it.
1686
01:17:13,595 --> 01:17:16,131
He had made the ride
from Arizona to Daytona twice
1687
01:17:16,131 --> 01:17:18,968
to go see his best friend
in Florida.
1688
01:17:18,968 --> 01:17:20,002
And he always busted my balls.
1689
01:17:20,035 --> 01:17:21,170
He said, "Oh, yeah,
you're not a man.
1690
01:17:21,203 --> 01:17:24,339
You haven't ridden across
the country on a bike."
1691
01:17:24,373 --> 01:17:28,343
So I'm going, "OK,
this is what I'm going to do."
1692
01:17:28,377 --> 01:17:29,845
I'm going to get
an adventure bike.
1693
01:17:29,878 --> 01:17:31,981
And I'm going to ride solo
across the country.
1694
01:17:31,981 --> 01:17:34,850
I'm going to put my dad's
ashes at Daytona,
1695
01:17:34,883 --> 01:17:36,885
because he loved that place.
1696
01:17:36,919 --> 01:17:40,022
At the end of it,
that's just what I needed.
1697
01:17:40,055 --> 01:17:43,559
[rock music]
1698
01:17:43,592 --> 01:17:47,963
I knew he wanted a little
soul-searching trip.
1699
01:17:47,963 --> 01:17:52,167
And when he was like, "Oh, I'm
going to take him to Daytona."
1700
01:17:53,302 --> 01:17:56,371
[Ricky]Day one,
I did 12 hours to El Paso.
1701
01:17:56,405 --> 01:17:59,875
Day two, rain,
going to Houston, 14 hours.
1702
01:17:59,908 --> 01:18:01,410
And then I'm talking to
my friend.
1703
01:18:01,443 --> 01:18:02,411
And he calls me.
And I said,
1704
01:18:02,444 --> 01:18:03,879
"Yeah, I'm getting ready
to roll through San Antonio."
1705
01:18:03,912 --> 01:18:06,015
He's like, "Why don't you
stop and blah, blah, blah
1706
01:18:06,015 --> 01:18:06,882
with Danny Storbeck?"
1707
01:18:06,915 --> 01:18:07,850
And I'm like, "Just shut up.
1708
01:18:07,850 --> 01:18:09,384
You don't even need
to say that."
1709
01:18:09,418 --> 01:18:14,556
So I got Danny's number.
And I called him up.
1710
01:18:14,590 --> 01:18:17,226
So typical Danny.
I said,
1711
01:18:17,259 --> 01:18:18,894
"Hey, Danny, it's RJ."
"What's up?"
1712
01:18:18,927 --> 01:18:21,563
I said, "Oh, man, I'm just
calling to let you know
1713
01:18:21,597 --> 01:18:22,765
that I don't harbor any hard
feelings."
1714
01:18:22,798 --> 01:18:25,400
He goes, "Well, I don't harbor
any hard feelings either."
1715
01:18:25,434 --> 01:18:26,235
And I'm like, "For what?
1716
01:18:26,268 --> 01:18:29,438
Slowing you down two tenths of
a second when you landed on me?"
1717
01:18:29,471 --> 01:18:32,274
I mean, you know, but so we
had a long talk.
1718
01:18:32,307 --> 01:18:38,047
I think making peace with him
and for himself, for Danny,
1719
01:18:38,047 --> 01:18:40,582
whether he thinks about it
or not,
1720
01:18:40,616 --> 01:18:42,918
it was something Rick
needed to do.
1721
01:18:42,951 --> 01:18:49,058
[soft music]
1722
01:18:53,796 --> 01:18:56,265
[Ricky J]So I got to take
my dad for a lap,
1723
01:18:56,298 --> 01:18:58,100
actually two laps.
1724
01:18:58,133 --> 01:19:00,936
But I made it to Daytona,
so...
1725
01:19:00,969 --> 01:19:02,137
[Stephanie]
He takes his dad out,
1726
01:19:02,171 --> 01:19:04,940
sits him on the table,
orders two beers.
1727
01:19:04,973 --> 01:19:06,441
And he's like, "Here we are."
1728
01:19:06,475 --> 01:19:08,310
You know, and he got
a little teary eyed and stuff.
1729
01:19:08,343 --> 01:19:10,412
He called me, and he
took him to the beach.
1730
01:19:10,445 --> 01:19:13,415
And, you know, he was getting
emotional because he knew
1731
01:19:13,448 --> 01:19:14,783
that was the rest of it.
1732
01:19:14,817 --> 01:19:17,419
Photographer shooting
an engagement photo
1733
01:19:17,452 --> 01:19:18,120
for this couple.
1734
01:19:18,153 --> 01:19:21,056
Here they come walking in
the water and the wave comes up
1735
01:19:21,056 --> 01:19:24,459
and here comes Rick's dad.
[laughs]
1736
01:19:28,263 --> 01:19:30,933
[Ricky J]
Talked to Danny again.
1737
01:19:30,933 --> 01:19:34,136
Six months after Daytona,
I get a text.
1738
01:19:34,169 --> 01:19:35,771
"My dad died last night."
1739
01:19:35,804 --> 01:19:42,477
So, it's pretty touching, but
the fact that he called me...
1740
01:19:43,679 --> 01:19:46,815
meant a lot because
all those years,
1741
01:19:46,849 --> 01:19:47,649
all the animosity,
1742
01:19:47,683 --> 01:19:50,018
all the all the shit
that went on,
1743
01:19:50,052 --> 01:19:54,456
and we shared both
our dads loved us to death
1744
01:19:54,489 --> 01:19:55,424
and we loved our dads.
1745
01:19:55,424 --> 01:19:57,092
They're both sons of bitches
in their own right.
1746
01:19:57,092 --> 01:19:59,795
But they, but they were,
they were, they're great to us
1747
01:19:59,828 --> 01:20:01,930
and they made us the men
that we are,
1748
01:20:01,930 --> 01:20:02,998
and for him to reach out
to me.
1749
01:20:03,031 --> 01:20:08,670
And so it wasn't just me
closing the book with my dad.
1750
01:20:08,704 --> 01:20:11,773
I was able to do that
with Danny because I truly,
1751
01:20:11,773 --> 01:20:15,444
truly, truly believe
and accept what happened to me
1752
01:20:15,444 --> 01:20:17,779
was because the way
it was supposed to happen.
1753
01:20:17,779 --> 01:20:21,884
If Danny Storbeck was
this far to the right,
1754
01:20:21,917 --> 01:20:23,185
it would have never happened.
1755
01:20:23,218 --> 01:20:25,454
If Danny Storbeck was
this far to the left,
1756
01:20:25,454 --> 01:20:27,856
it would've either killed me
or paralyzed me.
1757
01:20:27,890 --> 01:20:31,260
So really, was the broken
wrist that bad?
1758
01:20:32,327 --> 01:20:33,862
I mean, look what I've gone
to do.
1759
01:20:33,896 --> 01:20:35,030
The most important thing is
1760
01:20:35,063 --> 01:20:37,499
that I was able to fall in love
with a woman.
1761
01:20:37,532 --> 01:20:39,902
I've been married to her
for 30 years,
1762
01:20:39,935 --> 01:20:41,036
and we have three beautiful kids
1763
01:20:41,069 --> 01:20:45,340
that are out in the world
being responsible adults.
1764
01:20:45,340 --> 01:20:48,377
So if I would have not had
that injury,
1765
01:20:48,410 --> 01:20:49,912
would I have been vulnerable
enough
1766
01:20:49,945 --> 01:20:53,548
to fall in love with a woman
the way I did and accept her?
1767
01:20:53,582 --> 01:20:56,318
And she accepted me exactly
who I am?
1768
01:20:56,318 --> 01:20:58,053
Probably not.
1769
01:20:58,086 --> 01:21:03,592
[soft music]
1770
01:21:09,498 --> 01:21:11,767
[Narrator]The synchronicity
of a brand and a new promoter
1771
01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:16,972
coming together have laid
a foundation for the future.
1772
01:21:18,774 --> 01:21:21,410
Becoming the title sponsor
in 2008,
1773
01:21:21,443 --> 01:21:23,045
the Monster Energy brand DNA
1774
01:21:23,045 --> 01:21:27,149
fused organically with
the sport itself.
1775
01:21:27,616 --> 01:21:31,620
[crowd cheering]
1776
01:21:32,654 --> 01:21:33,522
Out of all the sports,
1777
01:21:33,522 --> 01:21:37,926
this is what I regard
as our absolute core.
1778
01:21:37,960 --> 01:21:39,528
It's what we built our brand on.
1779
01:21:39,528 --> 01:21:43,632
When you go to a Supercross,
it's a Monstercross.
1780
01:21:43,765 --> 01:21:45,534
[Mark]Our brand has
always been about a lifestyle,
1781
01:21:45,534 --> 01:21:48,470
and I think the lifestyle
of Supercross and two wheels
1782
01:21:48,503 --> 01:21:50,205
is just a natural fit for us.
1783
01:21:50,205 --> 01:21:52,374
I think Supercross is bigger now
and better now
1784
01:21:52,374 --> 01:21:56,878
because of our involvement
in this sport.
1785
01:21:58,213 --> 01:21:59,114
[Sam]It's unpredictable.
1786
01:21:59,147 --> 01:22:01,383
It's dangerous.
It's balls to the wall.
1787
01:22:01,383 --> 01:22:02,584
It's really a counterculture.
1788
01:22:02,617 --> 01:22:07,055
And that was the perfect brand
personality for Monster Energy.
1789
01:22:07,055 --> 01:22:08,790
[Narrator]The same year,
2008,
1790
01:22:08,824 --> 01:22:11,727
was when Feld Entertainment,
led by Kenneth Feld
1791
01:22:11,727 --> 01:22:14,730
of Ringling Brothers
and Barnum & Bailey Circus fame,
1792
01:22:14,730 --> 01:22:17,966
saw a property
with unrealized potential.
1793
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,335
[Kenneth]I thought it was
like the greatest sport
1794
01:22:20,369 --> 01:22:22,971
that nobody ever heard of in
the mainstream.
1795
01:22:23,005 --> 01:22:26,742
I'm somebody that always looks
into the future
1796
01:22:26,742 --> 01:22:28,443
and I never live in the past.
1797
01:22:28,443 --> 01:22:31,513
And that's what we've done
with this sport
1798
01:22:31,546 --> 01:22:32,948
and we'll continue to do it.
1799
01:22:32,981 --> 01:22:34,950
And I think over
the next several years,
1800
01:22:34,983 --> 01:22:37,085
you're going to see
dramatic changes
1801
01:22:37,085 --> 01:22:42,024
that are going to grow
and elevate this sport globally.
1802
01:22:44,092 --> 01:22:46,461
[Narrator]Historically,
the sport of dirt bike racing
1803
01:22:46,461 --> 01:22:49,698
was divided into two distinct
and clashing worlds.
1804
01:22:49,731 --> 01:22:53,835
Supercross, called the indoors
with racing inside stadiums,
1805
01:22:53,869 --> 01:22:58,673
and the outdoor nationals,
taking place in natural terrain.
1806
01:22:58,707 --> 01:22:59,474
The two leagues,
1807
01:22:59,474 --> 01:23:02,010
even though they shared
athletes and race teams,
1808
01:23:02,044 --> 01:23:03,111
were highly competitive,
1809
01:23:03,111 --> 01:23:07,182
creating rifts and challenges
while also limiting growth.
1810
01:23:07,215 --> 01:23:12,521
[upbeat music]
1811
01:23:12,554 --> 01:23:15,190
[Narrator]2023 saw
a seismic shift,
1812
01:23:15,223 --> 01:23:17,359
one that took Mike Goodwin's
original dream
1813
01:23:17,392 --> 01:23:19,528
to a level he couldn't
even imagine.
1814
01:23:19,561 --> 01:23:22,397
And it would come together
in the LA Coliseum
1815
01:23:22,431 --> 01:23:24,032
where it all began.
1816
01:23:24,066 --> 01:23:27,369
[upbeat music]
1817
01:23:27,402 --> 01:23:29,404
[Mike]I wanted to make
motorcycle racing
1818
01:23:29,438 --> 01:23:31,373
into big time entertainment.
1819
01:23:31,406 --> 01:23:35,210
It is far and exceeded
my wild expectations
1820
01:23:35,243 --> 01:23:38,146
with what Feld, Monster,
etc., have done.
1821
01:23:38,146 --> 01:23:39,247
It's magnificent.
1822
01:23:39,281 --> 01:23:42,017
I'm recognized regularly
in here for it.
1823
01:23:42,050 --> 01:23:44,086
[Narrator]Brokering a deal
between Kenneth Feld,
1824
01:23:44,119 --> 01:23:46,888
who had purchased the sport
of Supercross,
1825
01:23:46,922 --> 01:23:47,823
and Kerry Coombs,
1826
01:23:47,823 --> 01:23:50,659
whose family had overseen
the outdoor nationals
1827
01:23:50,659 --> 01:23:51,393
for decades,
1828
01:23:51,426 --> 01:23:55,864
something new, bigger, brighter,
and better was created.
1829
01:23:55,897 --> 01:23:58,533
The Super Motocross World
Championships,
1830
01:23:58,533 --> 01:24:02,204
bringing together
the entire dirt bike community.
1831
01:24:02,204 --> 01:24:05,707
[upbeat music]
1832
01:24:05,807 --> 01:24:07,909
[Narrator]One of the riders
who would be vying
1833
01:24:07,943 --> 01:24:08,910
for a world championship
1834
01:24:08,944 --> 01:24:11,413
at the inaugural event
would be a charismatic
1835
01:24:11,446 --> 01:24:16,485
17-year-old
Haiden "Danger Boy" Deegan.
1836
01:24:17,619 --> 01:24:20,922
Here we are, decades later,
back at the Coliseum.
1837
01:24:20,956 --> 01:24:24,793
They've been racing Supercross
here since it started in '72.
1838
01:24:24,826 --> 01:24:26,962
And Brian Deegan,
who nobody liked,
1839
01:24:26,995 --> 01:24:27,929
who ghosted his bike,
1840
01:24:27,963 --> 01:24:29,197
who couldn't
even get any support,
1841
01:24:29,197 --> 01:24:32,134
his son can be
the world champion tonight.
1842
01:24:32,167 --> 01:24:35,036
It's just,
it's complete juxtaposition.
1843
01:24:35,036 --> 01:24:36,605
[applause]
1844
01:24:36,638 --> 01:24:42,310
[soft music]
1845
01:24:43,979 --> 01:24:44,946
[Brian] Good to get back.
1846
01:24:44,980 --> 01:24:47,315
Good to get back
to what he grew up on.
1847
01:24:47,349 --> 01:24:50,785
And there's a lot
of memories here at this arena.
1848
01:24:50,819 --> 01:24:51,953
So it's cool to come back
1849
01:24:51,987 --> 01:24:54,789
and race here again,
and be a part of it.
1850
01:24:54,823 --> 01:24:57,259
Hopefully, Haiden can go kick
some ass tonight.
1851
01:24:57,259 --> 01:25:01,496
[Male Singer]
♪ Home of the brave... ♪
1852
01:25:01,530 --> 01:25:02,797
[cheers and applause]
1853
01:25:02,831 --> 01:25:05,267
[fireworks]
1854
01:25:05,267 --> 01:25:11,239
[rock music]
1855
01:25:12,974 --> 01:25:16,678
[engines whirring]
1856
01:25:17,812 --> 01:25:18,813
[Announcer]Listen to the crowd!
1857
01:25:18,847 --> 01:25:21,616
They know some history's
on the line!
1858
01:25:22,184 --> 01:25:25,987
[rock music]
1859
01:25:26,021 --> 01:25:29,458
[Announcer]Haiden Deegan
on his way!
1860
01:25:29,458 --> 01:25:32,394
[crowd cheering]
1861
01:25:36,765 --> 01:25:41,169
[Announcer]Danger Money
for Danger Boy!
1862
01:25:41,203 --> 01:25:43,104
He's a world champion!
1863
01:25:43,104 --> 01:25:45,173
[Announcer 2]What an
incredible moment
1864
01:25:45,207 --> 01:25:46,174
for this young rookie.
1865
01:25:46,208 --> 01:25:51,346
This guy is something special.
Wait till he hugs his dad.
1866
01:25:51,379 --> 01:25:53,048
Then it's really going
to get to him.
1867
01:25:53,081 --> 01:25:55,350
-So awesome.
-[Announcer] Oh, yeah.
1868
01:25:55,383 --> 01:25:58,687
[cheering]
1869
01:25:58,720 --> 01:26:00,855
Good job, Haiden!
1870
01:26:02,891 --> 01:26:05,293
He did get a factory ride,
which, you know,
1871
01:26:05,293 --> 01:26:08,029
basically for me,
okay, we did it.
1872
01:26:08,063 --> 01:26:10,999
[laughs] You know,
even though he did it.
1873
01:26:11,032 --> 01:26:15,070
Yeah! Yeah!
1874
01:26:17,239 --> 01:26:18,607
[screams]
1875
01:26:18,740 --> 01:26:20,742
You know, he's put
the Deegan name already
1876
01:26:20,775 --> 01:26:23,245
in places that I tried
and couldn't, you know.
1877
01:26:23,278 --> 01:26:26,348
And I feel like that was
the coolest,
1878
01:26:26,348 --> 01:26:27,549
coolest moment of my life.
1879
01:26:27,582 --> 01:26:31,353
I'm like, "Bro,
you just freaking won."
1880
01:26:32,587 --> 01:26:37,192
[Man] Winning the 2023
250 SMX World Champion.
1881
01:26:37,225 --> 01:26:39,427
[crowd cheering]
1882
01:26:39,461 --> 01:26:41,997
[Brian]It's already
Supercross, and end up winning,
1883
01:26:41,997 --> 01:26:45,166
you know, the best guys in
the world.
1884
01:26:45,166 --> 01:26:46,735
The next generation
of kids coming in
1885
01:26:46,768 --> 01:26:49,704
the next few years are
going to take the level up
1886
01:26:49,704 --> 01:26:52,440
because they started
on Supercross as kids.
1887
01:26:52,474 --> 01:26:56,177
And I saw, you're going to see
the game even change again
1888
01:26:56,177 --> 01:26:57,746
in the next few years,
I predict.
1889
01:26:57,779 --> 01:27:00,615
I think it's going
to be interesting to watch.
1890
01:27:00,649 --> 01:27:04,619
[cheers and applause]
1891
01:27:06,388 --> 01:27:08,256
[engines whirring]
1892
01:27:08,290 --> 01:27:13,862
[fireworks]
1893
01:27:14,496 --> 01:27:16,765
[Narrator]A rider throws
his leg over a bike
1894
01:27:16,798 --> 01:27:18,867
and enters the unknown,
1895
01:27:18,867 --> 01:27:21,269
prepared to grab a fistful
of throttle
1896
01:27:21,303 --> 01:27:23,605
and see where their
destiny lies.
1897
01:27:23,638 --> 01:27:30,412
[dramatic music]
1898
01:27:33,715 --> 01:27:35,050
[Narrator]There are
the greats
1899
01:27:35,050 --> 01:27:36,284
who have not been
mentioned here,
1900
01:27:36,318 --> 01:27:37,952
but are indelible characters
from the past
1901
01:27:37,986 --> 01:27:40,622
upon which the present
and future is built.
1902
01:27:40,655 --> 01:27:46,394
[dramatic music]
1903
01:27:55,370 --> 01:27:56,304
[fireworks]
1904
01:27:56,338 --> 01:27:57,806
[Narrator]The past
is prelude.
1905
01:27:57,839 --> 01:28:01,176
The dirt enduring.
The faces changing.
1906
01:28:01,209 --> 01:28:05,280
We are in a new age of bigger,
faster, better.
1907
01:28:05,313 --> 01:28:07,415
Led by the likes
of Danger Boy Deegan
1908
01:28:07,415 --> 01:28:10,819
and notably
the Aussie phenom Jet Lawrence,
1909
01:28:10,852 --> 01:28:16,224
who some say will be etching
his name among the legends.
1910
01:28:16,324 --> 01:28:21,196
We watch because honesty reveals
itself with the gate drop.
1911
01:28:21,229 --> 01:28:24,132
Heart, soul, desire, passion,
1912
01:28:24,165 --> 01:28:28,336
grit and determination are
nakedly revealed on the dirt.
1913
01:28:28,370 --> 01:28:33,007
We watch enthralled, as when
all else is said and done,
1914
01:28:33,041 --> 01:28:35,877
it is the ageless story of
who wants it more
1915
01:28:35,910 --> 01:28:40,482
and who is the fastest
on any given Saturday night.
1916
01:28:40,482 --> 01:28:44,119
[crowd cheering]
[air horn blaring]
1917
01:28:45,887 --> 01:28:52,894
[instrumental music]