Mitch Guthrie Sr. was raised a cowboy and became a Champion UTV Racer. He shares life in the fast lane with us on this episode of Conversations of Big Rich. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
3:27 – We were always riding horses, I was constantly getting pulled out of school.
8:34 – I heard about Azusa Canyon, back then, it was a wide-open four-wheel drive place
16:23 – It was a passion. It was all I thought about.
28:50 – Back then it was a little tougher without GPS, I remember going the wrong way around the wrong side of the mountain
42:44 – my favorite is the week of KOH when Mitchie is going to race, we drive the sh*t out of those trails
45:40 – Any advice? Yes, pay attention to those who are winning, listen and be humble
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
TRANSCRIPT
[00:01:39.650] – Big Rich Klein
On today’s episode of Conversations with Big Rich, I’ll be talking with an old friend, somebody I haven’t talked to for quite a while, but take care of that right now. He’s an O. G. Rock Crawler turned UTV racer, none other than Mitch Guthrie Senior. Mitch, how have you been?
[00:01:56.730] – Mitch Guthrie, Sr.
I’ve been great. Just Working and watching Junior Race pretty much nowadays.
[00:02:04.090] – Big Rich Klein
Right on. You did well training him. We’ll get into that. Let’s start off with the easy question. Where were you born and raised?
[00:02:11.640] – Mitch Guthrie, Sr.
I was born in Glendora, California. I was actually raised, though, on Palomar Mountain by the observatory.
[00:02:21.320] – Big Rich Klein
Oh, wow.
[00:02:21.990] – Mitch Guthrie, Sr.
You know where that is? Yeah. I was born and raised up, or I was born in Glendora, I was raised up there. We had a big ranch, and cattle and 5,000, almost 5,000 acres. And I grew up a cowboy.
[00:02:37.470] – Big Rich Klein
Nice. I didn’t realize that that was that land up in that area.
[00:02:44.220] – Mitch Guthrie, Sr.
Yeah, it was my stepdad. He had a bunch of land up there and raised cattle, fatten them up, and then sent them away in the winter and brought them back in the spring. And I went to school up there, kindergarten through eighth grade was only 28 kids. And once I did that, I went to Falbrook High, an hour and a half bus ride every day for four years.
[00:03:10.500] – Big Rich Klein
Nice hour and a half.
[00:03:12.410] – Mitch Guthrie, Sr.
Hour and a half each way. That was a Long day.
[00:03:16.570] – Big Rich Klein
So growing up as a cowboy, during those times when the cattle were on the local acreage, you had cowboy duties?
[00:03:27.420] – Mitch Guthrie, Sr.
Yeah, we gathered cattle. We were always riding horses. We all had our own horses. And it was a constant get pulled out of school. My stepdad would say, Go saddle the horses. Today, we’re going to gather cattle and ship some out, or we’re going to move some from one meadow to the other. So it was nice. And also, he had a heavy equipment company, so got to do that forever when I was a kid, riding on dozers and all that stuff. It was fun. READ MORE
