Desert Dingo Racing

Category: 2009 Baja 1000

  • El Jeffo has our back

    We get by with a little help from our friends.

    Jef Holmes, who has a house in Pete’s Camp just outside San Felipe, comes through for us again this year, offering The Scout for chase support on the southern stretch of the Baja 1000. His report:

    The Scout is good to go.  It just got a new radiator and lots of love last time I was there, and seems in good shape.  I will have to be the driver since it has some secret buttons and levers.  But I’m in.  I plan on doing the bottom half of the course on my bike or the scout in the next couple of weeks. We have wifi and dsl at the house now, as well as BBQ and lots of tequila.  Yee Ha!

    By the time we hit San Felipe, I’ll be ready for that tequila.

  • Our new TrailGlow HID driving lights

    Our new TrailGlow HID driving lights. These things are so big that you can’t see the telephone used to prop the light up. You just might be able to see the Desert Dingo Racing logo engraved in the lens glass.

    One of the problems we’ve had at previous night races is that our lights drew so much electricity we believe it was causing electrical problems that may have fried our electrical system. Paul Lukey with TrailGlow, who is sponsoring us, shipped us a set of three new driving lights that will put out twice the light using half the electricity.

    Waiting for an update from Momentum Transport on where 1107 is now (I’m hoping at least Ohio). Once it returns we’ll wire up the lights and TrailGlow lighted number panels and also install our secret weapon from EMS Sky Connect. We’ll also be rebadging the car as 1104 for the Baja 1000.

    More to come.

  • Future home of Desert Dingo Racing

    Heavy metal parking garage.

    Richard, Scott, Crusty and Skid met earlier today to erect the frame of a workshop in Richard’s back yard that will soon be the new home of Desert Dingo Racing. The frame is up, as is the primary structure for the overhead crane (Did we mention we’ll have an overhead crane? Yes, we will.)

    The rush is to get the workshop enclosed by Thanksgiving because apparently Richard is having dinner for 30 in it. After that, it’s all ours. (I’m contributing a very cool Bilstein racing calendar).

    Photos from today’s barn raising are here.

  • 20 days to go to World Diabetes Day!

    World Diabetes Day, October 26, 2009 – Desert Dingo Racing is the World Diabetes Day entry in the Baja 1000. This will be the third year the team enter the Baja 1000 as a drive-a-thon to raise money for the International Diabetes Federation.

    This year, the team are sponsoring a video campaign in cooperation with IDF and 12seconds.tv. People whose lives have been touched by diabetes are invited to sign up for a 12seconds account and post their video message on the World Diabetes Day page at http://12seconds.tv/rooms/WorldDiabetesDay.

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  • 1107 has left the building

    This video includes some gratuitous engine revving.

    Not much new to report. Going through the new paperwork received from SCORE for the Baja 1000. Looks like we’ll be meeting Tuesday at Richard’s to erect the beams for what will eventually be the official Desert Dingo Racing race shop (and Richard’s metal shop).

    This video is of 1107 driving out of Palais des congres du Montreal, down the street, around the corner and into the loading dock.