"Thrills..." "Tonight o n "Jay Le nAhh!" "Garage..."" "Spills." "Ho!" "Competition." "That means I won." "Notice it's called "Jay's Garage."" "Is there anything bette r than revving up your engine and leaving the other go y in the dust?" "I don't think so." "That's how we roll." "On this episode, we're gonna explore the psychology of competitor s with the drive to finish first and the determinatio n to take the trophy." "If you go to a kid's soccer game, are you, , are you screaming at the coach?" "What does it take to b e the best of the best?" "We're not ready but I guess we can suit up." "You're talking t o the wrong guy." "I'm just thrilled that I actually fit in it." "Is it practice?" "You'd have to spend literally hundreds of hours to learn a track." "Is it pedigree?" "Or is it just plain grit?" "They're gonna bump m e and I'm gonna bump them back." "I actually took my boyfriend out." "I'll find out fro m the fastest Kiwi in IndyCar." "The biggest thing from being physically fit is being able to think clearly." "And from offroad race s going full bore in the Vegas desert." "And I'll go on a joyride with the most inspirationa I driver I've ever met." "If you can dream it, it can be done." "And is it possible to wi n your firstever dirt bike race with a dislocated shoulder?" "We'll find ou t on "Victory Lane."" "Hey, my mirror's gone." "The motorcycle I'm riding right now is a 1983 Ducati Hailwood Replica." "I bought this bike brandnew." "900cc bike." "Vtwin engine with desmodromic drive." "It's about 85 horsepower, which doesn't seem a lot now, but it's more than enough to get the job done." "Just beautiful." "I like to think of this as a HarleyDavidson that went to college in Europe, you know?" "It's called a Hailwood Replica 'cause it's named after Mike Hailwood." "Mike Hailwood was one of the most brillian t motorcyclists of all time." "He became legendar y in the 1960s when he was the first perso n to win three races in one wee k at the Isle of Man." "Hailwood retired, and then in 1978, when he was 38 years ol d he did something that was unheard of." "He came back t o the Isle of Man to ride a Ducati." "So many people said," ""Don't do it, Mike." "You're too old." "You're just gonn a embarrass yourself."" "Well, he not only finishe d the race, he won it." "Mike's career was emblematic of the spirit of competition, and that's what this episode different forms of competition and the people who excelled at it." "I'm on my way now to try a type of motorcycling I've never done." "It's called flattracking, and that is a uniquely American sport." "I'm gonna try it for the first time with my good friend Alonzo Bodden." "Now, I dislocated my shoulder." "You know, we were testing a car at Willow Springs, and it was a car that had no door." "You had to clim b in through the windshield." "And the guys were pullin g me out, and they pulled a little too har d and dislocated my shoulder." "So, I went to the hospital and they reset it but!" "It still hurts." "But I'm not gonna let that stop us from flattracking." "Come on." "Let's give it a shot." "Hey, Alonzo." "How you doing, Jay?" "This is my old friend, Alonzo Bodden." "Fellow comedian." "He plays clubs and dates all across the country." "More importantly, a true car and motorcycle guy." "And probably more a motorcycle guy?" " Yes." "More of a motorcycle guy." " Yeah." "And I can afford bikes." "They cost a little less." "Right." "They do cost less." "And today, we're gonna both experience a type of motorcycle that neither of us have ever done." "And you've had a lot of experience with bikes, right?" "I've done all kind of riding, but I'm not a dirt guy, and I'm surely not a flat track guy." "Yeah." "Now, flat track is a uniquely American sport." "Flat track racing reall y came out of the old board trac k competitions of the 1920s." "Guys would rac e on these banked tracks made of wooden 2x4s with a wideopen throttl e that you couldn't shut off and no brakes, going over 100 miles an hour." "I mean, it was the most dangerous, craziest, but coolest kind of motorcycling around." "It was cool, but thank you for not asking me to board track race." "No." "We're not gonna board track today." "We're gonna flat track." "Come on, let's go." " Yeah, let's do it." " See what happens." "Thankfully for us, tracks ar e not made of wood anymore." "Now they're flat dirt oval s made for racing motorcycles, and they even have, well, one brake." "They don't have on e in the front." "But they're still crazy fast." "Good thing Alonzo and I are dumb enough to try just about anything." "This is Michael Lock." "Michael, Alonzo Bodden." " Hey." " How you doing, Mike?" " It's so nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you." "Now, Michael is, I guess, what?" "The CEO of American Flat Track?" "That's right." "That's correct." "I must say, I'm impressed with this facility." "This is really the way the sport's evolving." "We're bringing pro flat track into the cities now." "Very cool." "We got a couple of pro flat track celebrities here." "Cool." "Including one of our top competitors, Shayna Texter." " Shayna, how are you?" " Good, Jay." " Nice to see you." " Hi, Jay." " This is Danny Walker." " Hi, Danny." "These two represent the next generatio n of flat track racing." "Danny runs American Supercamp, a dirt bike schoo I for aspiring racers." "And 26yearold Shayna Texte r is a fivefoot tall, 95pound supersta r going toetotoe with the best the spor t has to offer." "Men and women compete equally, right?" "It's all equal grounds, you know?" "And it's nice that way." "I enjoy the guys treating me equal." "I mean, they're gonna bump me and I'm gonna bump them back." "And my brother, my boyfriend, Briar, and myself, we were racing Springfield Mile." "It went down to the last lap, last corner, and I actually took my boyfriend out." " Wow." " Yeah." "That sounds like every woman I've ever known." "Wow." "So, I'm gonna hand you over to the capable hands of Danny here." "Don't break them, please." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "I'm gonna be sitting on the sidelines." "Just like every CEO." "All right, great." "Thanks, thanks." "All right, gentlemen." "It was nice knowing you." "Nice to meet you." "Nice knowing us?" "That's encouraging." "But before Alonzo and I kick off amateur hour," "Shayna's gonna show u s how a real pro does it." "She hasn't ridden on a short track like this in a little while, so." "I haven't ridden on one in 66 years." "60..." "Okay." "So, she's already going faster than we're gonna go all day." "Well, yeah, pretty much." "Pretty much, yeah." "The key to being th e fastest racer on flat track Is getting just the right amoun t of slide into each turn, braking just enough to b e on the edge of traction without wiping out." "Squeezing that brake coming in." "And see how she's got her foot on that rear brake?" "Just squeeze it." "You don't want to be aggressive with any of the controls." "The lighter you hold onto the handlebars, the more control you have." " Famous last words." " Yep." "Yep." "Yeah." "Whoo!" "Yeah, it's slick out there." "It's definitely slick out there." "That looked like it might have gotten exciting there for just a second." " It's a little slippery." " A little slippery out there." "And I notice your whole suit is still clean." "'Cause somehow at the end" "I don't think mine's gonna still be clean." "Nonono." "And probably not on the inside." "All right." "When you guys are ready and you're suited up, we'll head out there." "We're not ready but I guess we can suit up." "He's in pain." "I just wish it would go away." "Now, should I be tryin g flat track racing for the first time wit h just one working shoulder?" "No." "Probably not." "But this is CNBC and the y don't cut you any slack." "Plus, I can't let Alonzo win." "Go!" "Whoa." "Jay's up the inside." "Looking a little sketchy." "Alonzo getting pushed into the bales." "Whoa, nice." "Good heavens." "We got one more." "One more lap." "There you go." "There you go." "Good thing those things are durable." "Coming in to the flag." "Alonzo coming to the flag." "And boom!" "28.3. 30.1." "28.3 and a 30.1." "All right, Alonzo got m e on that first run." "But it's a lot harde r than it looks." " Hey, that..." " That was good." "Can we do some... whoa." "Where's that rear brake?" "Where's that rear brake, Jay?" " Good job, Alonzo." " Nice." "Nice." "Well, you didn't fall down yet." "Three black guys passed me." "You know, I ride the old English bikes." " The brake's on this side." " Yep." "And there's that little tiny pedal." " Yep." " Plus, I'm not very good." "So that... combine all of those." "Keep that foot on that brake." "Use that outside hip, all right?" " Okay." " Relax." "Take a deep breath." "Look where you want to go." "Cue that training montage!" "There you go." "No clutch, Jay." "No clutch." "Leave that clutch alone, Jay." "There you go." "Open the hips up a little bit." "Put that foot down." "Look up for me." "Look up." "That's it." "Look all the way down the straightaway." "All the way down the straightaway." "Don't look at him, Jay." "Don't look at him!" "Don't start leaning in." "Look where you want to go." "You got to look where you want to go." "All the way down the straightaway." "There you go." "Push it down." "Nice, Alonzo." "Nice." "It takes peopl e years of training to become expert s at flat track." "We're talking ten s of thousands of hours." "You're letting off the gas a little early, you sissy!" "But I'm sure Alonzo and I can do it in about 20 minutes." "You got it." "You got it." "Now, believe it or not, the one thing that makes this easier is actually staying on the gas a little bit longer so you have to use a brake." "I mean, your instincts are completely different." " Right." " It really is." "I'm gonna go home, get on my bike, and crash." "Yes." "All right, all right, enough of these old guys making excuses." "Time to find ou t once and for all who's really faste r on the dirt." "Let's see if we've made any improvement at all and I'll get the old stopwatch out again." "Ready and go." "Whoa!" "Coming up, will I tast e sweet, sweet victory?" "Go, go, go." "And later..." "It's so far beyond what a road car can do." "I get behind the whee I of an IndyCar." "Looking good out there, Jay." "In this episode," "I'm trying to understan d the competitive spirit..." "I'm on my way to try a type of motorcycling I've never done." "What it takes to driv e down victory lane." "We're not ready but I guess we can suit up." "And after doing a trial ru n around the flat track, one thing's for sure..." "You're looking a little sketchy." "Alonzo and I are really embarrassing ourselve s out here." "Yep." "But hey!" "That's what we do for a living." "We're used to it." "Nice." "Well, you didn't fall down yet." "But if Alonzo lose s to an old white guy?" "That's gonna sting for a while." "Let's see if we've made any improvement at all and I'll get the old stopwatch out again." "Go!" "Whoa!" "Jay gets a wheelie off the start there." "Alonzo goes in and panics." "Jay's got the shift down." "Look at this." "Man." "We got a race going on." "One to go." "One to go." "Go, go, go." "Go." "Pushed him wide." "And it..." "You beat him by two seconds." "I like how Alonzo ran up the inside there and pushed you wide." "That's a standard dirt track move right there." "Alonzo, you actually went almost two seconds faster." "Jay, you did go a full second faster than you did earlier." " Well, there you go." " That's awesome." "Now, with the age handicap of 10 seconds..." "That means I won." "You're in, for sure." "I always play that card." "Notice it's called "Jay's Garage."" "That was fun." "Alonzo, track's yours if you want to ride around some more." "One victory lap." "I think Alonzo found a new hobby." "Whoohoo!" " That was good." " That was actually pretty good." "Can we bring out the 50cc bikes?" "I knew the 125s were too big." "Yeah, I'm gonna stick with comedy, Jay." "Now, you kno w that was a stunt crash." "They told me to do that." "That was not anything..." "Too big a bike." "That's the trouble." "The car I'm driving right now is a 1913 Mercer Raceabout." "It's called the Mercer Raceabout because this was a race car for the street." "You literally drove this to the race track." "You unbolted the headlights and the fenders, and you went racing." "In fact, a car just like this came in second in the Indianapolis 500." "A guy took it off the showroom floor, went to the race track, and came in second in the race." "It doesn't get much better than that." "It was buil t by Washington Roebling II in Trenton, New Jersey." "Now, you may kno w the name Roebling." "Washington's uncle, John Roebling, designed and buil t the Brooklyn Bridge." "Washington's ca r was a huge success, and to celebrate, he took a cruise." "Unfortunately, the shi p he chose:" "The "Titanic."" "I wouldn't say the compan y went down with the ship, but I think the y lost direction." "They struggle d for about another, 10 years or so, and that was it." "Now for a loo k at the racing cars and competitors of today," "I've come to Phoeni x International Raceway." "This is where the Phoeni x Grand Prix happens every year, which is part o f the Verizon IndyCar Series." "Now, if you've see n any IndyCar at all, you know how intensel y exhilarating the sport can be." "It's really I n a class of its own." "Cars are opento p going 230 miles an hour." "So, there's reall y no room for error." "It takes a kind o f skill and finesse that only the best o f the best drivers can pull off." "And, boy, is it loud!" "I'm gonna talk with Scott Dixon." "I want to get a little bi t of psychology of racing." "Find out what is in their head." "Hey, man." "How are you?" "Hey, Jay, how are you?" "Good to see you." "Thanks." "Thanks for doing this." "Very good to see you." "Scott Dixon is a fourtime IndyCar champion." "He wo n the 2008 Indianapolis 500, and he really I s one of the most wellrespected driver s in the sport." "But it hasn't bee n all champagne and roses." "In May of 2017, Dixon walked away from a spectacular acciden t at the Indy 500 that completel y destroyed his car." ""Victory Lane" is the name of this episode." "We just want to find out the psychology behind racing." "Everybody is within a second or a 10th of a second of each other." "How do you lose that 10th of a second and how do you get it back?" "You have memories... bad memories." "The way you've maybe spun out or hit the wall or maybe you had a big crash." "Right." "And those still, you know, linger in the back of your mind." "So, with a lot of the greatest drivers throughout, you know, their careers, they're able to segment that stuff" " and block it out..." " Right." "And think about, you know, just positive things and going out there." "And it is a trick, I think, of the trade and some people do it a little bit better than others." "Are you competitive in other things in life?" "I mean, if you're out..." "If you go to kid's soccer game, are you, , are you screaming at the coach?" "Are you that way?" " I'm pretty laidback." " Yeah." "You know, I think if I was any, you know, more laidback I would probably just fall over." "How much training is involved?" "I mean, there are no outofshape drivers anymore, are there?" "It's a real grueling physical exercise." "It's definitely evolved, 'cause the cars have become so demanding." "But, for me, the biggest thing from being physically fit is being able to think clearly." "If you're not, you know, your arm's sore or your legs are tired, you know, you're thinking about how bad your body is and you can't make these decisions quick enough." "So, for me, that's been a big part of that." "Well, let's take a look at your car." "Let's check it out." "Yeah, this is actually my teammate's car, the ♪83, which is Charlie Kimball's car." " Okay." " So, the steering wheel here." "It's all carbon." "I mean, it almost looks like a video game." " It does." "Yeah." " Yeah." "Very, very similar." " And here's your shifting here." " Yep." " All right." " And that's your clutch." "So, at 200 miles an hour, what do we got here?" "This here would be your drink." "So, you have a tube going to the helmet and..." "So a little vodka or whatever?" "You can make your own mixup." "Mine's typical water, but." "Yeah." "So, this is radio for my soft rock when you're going, yeah." "Yeah." "You can scroll through the channels, right?" " Yeah." " It's a skip button." "A little Steely Dan maybe on the straightaway." "Now, tell me about the overtake button here." "That's a good one." "It just turns up the boost of the engine." "You typically get about 10 of those for about 20 seconds." " Yeah." " But, you know, it creates some good opportunity for, you know, passing and, you know, it's strategy, too." "Right." "You're doing all this at 200 miles an hour?" "You are, and a lot of it just becomes muscle memory." "Now, I'm gonna get a chance to drive one of these, right?" "I'm excited." "Let's do it, man." "Let's do it." "Let's go." "I think to really understan d what's going on In the mind o f a competitive driver you got to ge t behind the wheel yourself." "One of the perk s to having this car show is I get to d o all this cool stuff." "So, it's time to strap in." "This is my first time driving an IndyCar." "So, I'm just thrilled that I actually fit in it." "You know, normally these cars are not built for the buttockallychallenged." "I love these fullservice gas stations." "You know, it's fantastic." "If I was at the selfserve pump I'd be doing all this myself." "Scott's gonna help m e get up to speed." "Yeah." "Just follow the lines out there." "Obviously, at apex, you get closest to the bottom and on the exits, you know, sort of let the car just flow out to the outside." "If I see people coming at me, I'm going the wrong direction." "That's... yes." "Yeah." "You want to keep turning left." "Sounds good." "Let's do it." "He's looking good." "Looking good." "Well, it's amazing how restrictive it is." "I literally can't move even an inch." "The steering is incredible." "I mean, I've driven cars that are faster than this, but not with this kind of handling." "You just sort of think your way around corners." "Looking good out there, Jay." "Just keep working u p the speed, man, and try and stick t o those lines out there." "Follow that black line." "Got it." "I know people always say, it's like a video game." "This is so much better than a video game." "Hey, Scott." "I'm probably going a third of the speed you go on this thing." "So, I can't imagine how incredibly fast that must be." "But I can see ho w you'd have to spend literally hundreds of hours to learn a track, even a track as simple as this." "Definitely picking up the pace." "This is looking good." "A little more gas this time." "I can understand how racing g at these speeds for hours on end coul d be physically exhausting." "I get exhauste d watching the race, sitting in fron t of the TV with a doughnut." "What?" "I..." "I can't hear you." "Coming up, a driver wh o defied all the odds..." "The doctor that night told my wife," ""Just find him a nursing home." Wow." "To get back behind the wheel." "The car I'm driving no w is a 2016 Z06 Corvette." "Sevenspeed manua I transmission, 650 footpounds of torque, and 650 horsepower." "Just an amazing automobile." "Probably the performanc e bargain of the century." "I'm on my way to Sprin g Mountain Motorsports park about 50 mile s outside of Las Vegas." "This is like a country clu b for car guys." "They've got condos." "They've got garages." "And people come fro m all over the world," "Australia, Japan, Europe." "It's all about cars." "It's all about racing." "It's all about victory." "So what better plac e to explore the competitive spiri t than right here?" "You know, competitive people are unbelievable." "They will overcom e any odds to try and win." "And you're gonna meet someone who has done just that, who has overcome probably the most insurmountable odds" "I have ever seen." "How did he do it?" "Well, with technology, with guts, and a lot of courage." "This is... this is an amazing story." "Wait 'till you see this." " Looking good." " How are ya?" "Pull in." "We'll talk a little bit." "Sounds good." "Sam Schmid t is a living embodiment of the competitive spirit." "He put aside his caree r as a businessman to focus on racing stock car s professionally when he was 31 years old." "A late start by mos t racing standards, but he quickly ros e through the ranks driving in thre e consecutive Indy 500s and winning the Las Vega s Motor Speedway in 1999." "But in 2000, after crashing his car at 210 miles per hour..." "Sam became a quadriplegic." "Despite being paralyze d from the neck down," "Sam was determined to d o what he loved to do most and get back on the racetrack." "Away we go." "Well, you had an amazing career before the accident, and an even more amazing one afterwards." "I mean, this is certainly an inspiration to people." "It's just incredible that you have this competitive spirit to keep going." "Yeah." "I started motocross at five." " Raced 'till I was 15." " Right." "My hero growing up was Rick Mears." "I mean, four Indy 500 wins." " From Bakersfield." " Sure." "My dream was just always Indy 500 and whatever it took to get there." "Okay." "Then, of course, you had this accident." "Tell us about that." "Top of the world." "We're practicing for the 2000 season and backed into the wall at Disney World." "How fast were you going when you hit the wall?" "About 210." "The doctor that night told my wife," ""If he makes it a week, he'll be on a ventilator." "Just find him a nursing home." Wow." "So, you're laid up for how long now before you could..." " Six months." " Wow." " Yeah." " Okay." "So many race car drivers, after they have that accident, something changes and they just walk away." "But that never happened to you, did it?" "No." "So, you're either really stupid..." "Or the bravest guy..." "Or the bravest guy in the world." "I absolutely, positively, if given the opportunity, wanted to get back in a car." "And he did just tha t 17 years after his accident." "Engineers at Arrow Electronics designed a car for Sam that could be safely drive n on a race track or even up summit s like Pikes Peak." "It's reall y unbelievable technology." "What is worth two and a half hours getting up every morning?" "Yeah." "Is that what it takes?" "Yeah." "What drives you?" "What motivates you?" "And for me that was motorsports." "Well, and plus you have..." "I think you're the only person that has an actual driver's license to drive on the street now, correct?" "Yes, sir." "State of Nevada went allout and..." "Wow, that's amazing." "Created a semiautonomou s driver's license." "Are you the first on e to have it?" " First in the country, yeah." " Wow." "It truly is the epitome of if you can dream it, find the right people, get the resources..." " Right." " And it can be done." "That's an inspiration to people." "It's cool stuff." "Now, the car I drove here I s the exact same Corvette." "Sam has, except his has a bunch of electronics, cameras, and sensors that help Sa m drive and steer the car." "Now, explain the headgear." "You've got this tube." "Yeah." "It's a tube which I will put in my mouth in a second and basically it's got a sensor running through the tube." " Right." " And so, it's progressive, just like your right foot is." "If I blow lightly, it just creeps." "I give her gas, she will go." "And same with sucking the other way." "If I suck, it's gonna put you..." "You're gonna need your seat belts." "And if you suck, you lose the race." "It's about the only place you can say," ""Blow to go and suck to stop," without get slapped." "You know, there's a joke there." "And I'm not even gonna touch it, but." "So, your actual steering wheel are these cameras here?" "Five infrared cameras." "The cameras are looking at my sunglasses and reading the wa y my sunglasses are to steer the car." "Okay." "Let's see how this works." "Now, you don't want to sneeze or we hit the wall?" "Something like that." "Or you hit them." "So you're controlling every aspect of the car." "People watching this no w might think this is an autonomous vehicle, but it's not at all." "You're controlling g every function of it." " Absolutely." " Yeah, yeah." "Very cool." "In this car with this headgear, do you find yourself running out of breath?" "Short of breath because you're breathing in, breathing out, breathing in..." "You know what I'm saying?" "In all the time I've been doing it, the only time that happened was Pikes Peak." "Yeah. 'Cause the air's thinner?" "Air's thinner and we-- 156 turns." "On the gas, off the gas, on the gas, off the gas." "And it was 15 minutes nonstop." "Yeah." "Can we go ou t on the street now?" "Absolutely." "Okay." "Out on a public road." "Look at that." "I anticipated the anxiety and the nervousness of getting in a car again." "Yeah." "But I think the bigges t thing I did not realize" "Like an idiot... is the amazing, overwhelming sense of normalcy." " Yeah." " If you can imagine that." "I mean..." "I can and I know exactly what you mean." "For 17 years, there's been very littl e in my life that I had 100% control over." "Yeah." "But being in this ca r and driving is 100% under my control." "Now..." "You're stil I a pretty young guy." "Do you foresee when you see what these engineers can do with a car, that maybe someday they can get you back on your feet again?" "You think that can happen?" "Absolutely." "The CEO of Arrow made a proclamation that when my daughter's ready to get married, he will make sure I walk down the aisle." "Wow." "That's pretty good." " Now, she's 19." " Yeah." "The good news is she's pretty stubborn and determined." "Yeah." "So, I think it might take her a while to find somebody." "So, what is your top spee d in this car?" "It's actually about I think in the 185 range." "185, okay." "I think the goal for 2017 is to go over 200 miles an hour." "Now, no offense, Sam, but, you know, we've been kind of pussyfooting around the track." "Can we see what this thing can do?" "You really think you can handle it?" " Yeah." "Let's see what you..." " How hard can I blow?" "Go blow your..." "Getting some heat in the tires now." "I mean, it's amazing how it handles." "For folks like Sam, victory lane isn't about crossing g the finish line first." "It's also about havin g the patience, optimism, and determination to ge t back behind the wheel." "Nobody can stop me from doing anything." "Coming up..." "I take on an epic offroa d race in the Las Vegas desert." "What could go wrong there?" "Whoawhoa..." "Stop, stop, stop, stop." "Nope." "We're stuck." "In the racing world, having a competitive edge is what it take s to drive down victory lane." "It's so far beyond what a road car do." "And in this episode, I'm on a quest to understand how exactly you ge t that competitive edge." "You're doing all this at 200 miles an hour?" "You are." "Which brings m e to Las Vegas, Nevada, where I'll be driving in a n offroad race unlike any other." "I'm here in Las Vegas to do the Mint 400." "That's the craziest race in the world." "It's in Vegas, which is crazy right there." "So, you know the rule s pretty much go out the window." "The Mint 400 OffRoad Rall y started back in 1968 as a PR stun t for the Mint Hotel." "But it didn't take long for It to become one of the mos t infamous races around." "In fact, it's the Min t that Hunter S. Thompson went to cove r in the classic book." ""Fear and Loathin g in Las Vegas."" "The course is an unforgiving g 115 mile loop in the scorching hea t of the Mojave Desert." "It's a grueling, dusty, bumpy ride." "A lot of peopl e don't even finish the course." "So, the way it work s is there are 370 teams competing in 2 9 different classes." "There's a class for Jeeps." "One for UTVs." "Trick trucks." "You name it, they got it." "I'll be competing her e in the stock minitruck class, and here to help m e in my pursuit of victory lane, my codriver Ryan Mille n and mechanic Mike Jarboe." " Yeah." "It's not bad." " Not bad?" "That's good." "Between the two of them, they've got 40 plus years of offroad racing experience." "Include me in the mix, and they've got 40 plus year s of offroad racing experience." " Hey, Jay." " How are you?" " Be safe out there." " Thanks." "Three." "Two." "One." "Go." "In the stock mini class, teams do two kidneypunishing lap s around the 115 mile course." "I'm taking the first lap." " Pretty tight through here?" " Yeah." "Behind." "You got a truck behind you." "So, pull to your right." "Two of them." "My instinct kicked in." "I saw the blue light." "I go, "The cops!"" "Just watch out for these rocks." "Yeah." "The rock on the right here, so cheat your car to the right." " Right." " To the right." "You can hit it, but." "There you go." "Hey, that's that guy that passed us." "You see?" "You can't win the race in the first mile but you can lose it." " That's right." " Yeah, man." "That other guy lost it." "The best drivers kno w that to win the Mint, you got to play it coo I at the start." "Otherwise your truc k pays the price and you're left strande d in the desert." "And I mean stranded." "There's about half a dozen already." "Yeah." "Well, we'll see more and more, I'm sure." "What's their mistake?" "They going too fast?" " Mechanical, probably, I think." " Yeah." " There's a buggy behind us." " Yeah." " Let's look for a spot." " Now, is that the rule?" "Do you have to let the guy pass?" "Or..." "Yeah." "Otherwise he can hit you." "Yeah." "I mean, you're not allowed to hit us, but." " Yeah." " I'd hit you." "Got this whole tortoise and the hare thing going." "Yeah." "You bet ya." "I'm not used to bein g the tortoise." " This is a perfect speed, Jay." " Okay." " This is perfect." " Got you." "I'm only going about 3 0 to 35 miles an hour." "It's time to kick it up a notch." "Back it down, back it down." "You got to back it down." "I'm sure the highway's around here somewhere." "Let's see where there's a place." "Watch, watch... rollover." " Go to the right." " Go around them." " Slow right, yep." " Go around them." "Slow right." "You're gonna slide." "You're gonna slide." "Go, go, go." "Gas, gas, gas, gas." " I got it." " Nope." "We're stuck." "We're stuck." "Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop." "Stop, stop, stop." "Reverse." "We're deep, we're deep, we're deep." "Hang on." "Hang on, Jay." "Got you." "We had a wreck back there." "Somebody flipped over." "Lucky we didn't run into them." "And there was so much dirt we got stuck." "Okay, this little misha p is gonna cost us." " So, Jay?" " Yeah?" "Got you." "See?" "What other race can you just stop to help the other guy?" "Keep going." "Keep going." "That's good." "Stop." " Thank you." " You're okay?" "Didn't get hurt?" "Okay." "Hey, you guys." "I'm out of here." "All right, time to get serious." " Go, go, go." " We got to go this way?" "Yes." "Hard power." "Go." "Full throttle." "That's how we roll." "What's that?" "Hey, my mirror's gone." "After nearly thre e and a half hours behind the wheel, we've just 10 miles to go." "Well, we made it bac k in one piece." "Now it's tim e to turn the truck over for the second half of the race to a driver who actually know s what the heck he's doing." "Great fun." " Awesome." " Yeah, yeah." "I'm just glad I didn't screw it up." "Good luck, guys." "Getting stuck back ther e couldn't really put us behind, but, well, we'll find out." "Finally, about two hours later..." "That's right." "We won!" "Sure, we're the only one s in our class, but that's not the point." "Winning is winning." "When it comes to this race, at least the competitive edge means having the right tea m behind you." "Here's a quic k bit of trivia for you." "You ever wonde r how spraying Champagne became the wa y to celebrate a victory?" "Well, it all goe s back to racing." "Back in 1967, after winning g the 24 Hours Le Mans," "Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt went u p to the winner's podium with a bottle of Champagn e in their hand." "And when they looked down an d saw team owner Carroll Shelby and Ford CE O Henry Ford II, they thought," ""Hey, let's spray the m with Champagne."" "And just like that, a new tradition was born." "Male announcer:" "Buckle up, folks." "It's time to Assess  Caress with Donald Osborne." "If you love classic cars." "Then Donald loves you." "We're back once again with our appraiser, Donald Osborne." "Now, through your emails and the comments and whatnot, people want to know how do you actually assess a car?" "And that's what you're gonna do for us today with this particular model, isn't that correct?" " Exactly, Jay." " Take us through the process." " Okay." "Let's meet the owner." " Yeah." "This is Steve Hoffman." "Steve, come on in." "Hi, buddy." "How you doing?" " Good." "Good to see you." " I've known Steve for years." "Tell us about the history of this car?" "The car was a oneowner car purchased new in Pasadena and was sitting out in the desert." "What was the car, $3,000, I think it was?" "Yeah." "What attracted you to the Tiger?" "The legend." "Growing up, I had heard about this amazing British car with a Ford V8 in it and it kind of stuck with me." "This is the V8 versio n of the British Alpine sports car which first cam e to the market back in 1953." "And, of course, to sell cars, manufacturers also needed a competitive edge." "The best way to do that wa s to have your car win a race, hence the expressio n win on Sunday, sell on Monday." "So, in 1963, they got Carroll Shelby to drop a Ford V 8 into their Alpine." "Just like he di d with the AC Cobra." "Thus, the Sunbeam Tige r was born." "It was a movie star in James Bond movies before the DB5." "And also Princess Grace." "In 1955, a Mark I starred in "To Catch a Thief."" "Right." "One of the things that I do after I inspect the car" "I take lots of pictures and I have a checklist that I do on site and I rate it on a scale of excellent to poor." "I look at the panel and the panel fit on this is good." "The interior is really nicely done." "The seats are done in the correct vinyl." "The instruments are superb." "I love seeing the original steering wheel." "This is a very minor point that the carpet on the tunnel is actually different than the carpet that's on the mats." "I thought we had it all." "I really did." "The engine compartment is very wellfinished and dry." "One of the things that I do look for is evidence of leaks and surface corrosion, things like that." "It's riding on more modern tires than you would typically see with this car." "My preference is for a car this age to have a more round shoulder tire because it really does change the handling characteristics of the car a bit." "But for a car that's driven, it's fine." "Indeed." "The last three things are really interesting, and they can make a big difference in terms of the evaluation." "Historical interest, preservation, and provenance." "Historical interest, this gets a very good because it's the last Mark IA built before they went to the Mark II with a 289 engine." " Right." " Now, the first Mark II would be a bigger bump in value than the last Mark IA, but nonetheless it's interesting." "And in terms of preservation, it's been restored." "It's a very good, correct restoration to a very highdriver level, and provenance is excellent." "We're looking at the second owner of the car." " Right." " So, we know where the car's been all of its life and that really helps a lot." "And this is a restoration done by a guy with three kids." "It shows you what you can do with a little determination and not a ton of cash." "'Cause we show a lot of cars on this show that are million dollar cars, but I like cars that average guys can work on in their garage and that's what this is." "What do you think the car is worth?" "That's been a matter of some debate in the household." "I always figured it was somewhere in the optimistically $70,000 to $80,000 range." "$70,000 to $80,000 range." "I don't know how far off the mark I am." "All right." "Let's go now to our professional appraiser." "Donald?" "This and more afte r a brief message from our sponsors." "The new Camaro Z/28, official pace ca r of the Indy 500." "What else would you expec t from the country that invented rock and roll?"