With a variety of vehicles and driver backgrounds, the folks at Red Bull created Driving Dirty: The Road to the Baja 1000, a five-part documentary following five teams in their adventures surrounding last year’s event. Preparing for the Baja 1000 isn’t easy, as it takes months of building, preparing and scouting in the hopes of bringing home a small cash prize and an enormous amount of glory. It’s a grueling marathon competition that tests not only a driver’s stamina but also their mental frame – and winning is an arduous feat. Starting in 1967, the almost 1,000-mile trek in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula features some of the world’s toughest terrain, proving to be a challenge for participants, who range from the most inexperienced amateurs to the most well-known professionals. But that’s what makes it the world’s most beloved race, every mile is equally important in the hopes of achieving victory.Īnd, like most sports, the prospect of the following year brings about new hope and redemption. The 29-year-old driver has spent several years of his career chasing an elusive victory in the event, leading during each appearance, only to suffer catastrophic mechanical blows with several hundred – sometimes even just several dozen – miles to go, leaving a reoccurring taste of disappointment in Menzies’ mouth.
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