Best. Documentary. Ever

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Pat L

November 15, 2005

Shannon and I are finishing up watching the Best. Documentary. Ever. It’s called “From Dust to Glory”, a behind the scenes look at the Baja 1000, the longest overland automotive race in the world. The movie interviews racers, crew and locals, getting a good sense of the passion of the sport. It has on board cameras in several classes – the unmodified VW Bugs, the super-modified trucks, the motorcycles.

As we’re watching it, Shannon is saying, “No WAY would I ever want to do that! It’s insane!”, and meanwhile I’m thinking, “Ooooooooh baby, that would be so much fun to do!” But both of us loved the movie.

As documentaries go, it’s probably the best I’ve ever seen. Kicks the little stubby tails out of the Penguin documentary, which was nice and romantic. This one, though, is a total thriller and engages you way more than you think possible.

2 responses to “Best. Documentary. Ever”

erickeck

December 1, 2005

not sure if you know it or not but ed piorek (mission viejo vineyard and one of the original big vineyard 7) son brandon races in the baja for many years now…

last year this buggy hit so hard brandon shattered his L4, l3,L2 vertabreas and now has a titanium one that should hold up better.

but cameron steele(who brandon’s son is named after)and local MV vineyard stud has one it a couple of times

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erickeck

December 1, 2005

for some reason that pic i tried to post didn’t work but here it is

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