One of the cool things about being a Silicon Valley-based race team is that we’re a lot more open to testing new technologies – many of which haven’t been used previously in off road racing.
As I like to say, “We’re slow, but we’ve got all the cool toys.” We were the very first off road racing team to roll out a mobile app (which now has 55,000 downloads. We were the first to film video with drones (thanks Ziv!):
Desert Dingo Racing from ZM Interactive on Vimeo.
This year we’re one of a handful of teams that will be beta-testing GPS navigation software from the Virginia-based company LeadNav Systems.
Current GPS systems are bulky, hardware-intense and take up a good chunk of real estate in the car. This new system runs on iPads and iPhones and is software-focused. The LeadNav team is fantastic to work with and we can’t wait to put it through its paces.