Desert Dingo Racing

Category: Baja 1000

  • 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.

  • Photos from the World Diabetes Congress

    Richard gives an interview to Diabetes al Dia.

    And we’re back from the World Diabetes Congress. Highlights from the show: Richard is a schmooze machine. We watched “Dust to Glory” 19 times over the course of five days staffing the Desert Dingo booth. People love 1107. A subset of those people really love being strapped into the five point harnesses “(Oh yeah, but imagine being strapped in for four hours in a non-stop car crash.”)

    1107 will be back back on a truck today (hopefully by now) and back in Felton in 10 days. Now we shift to Baja 1000 planning. TrailGlow is shipping new night driving lights and safety vests. EMS Sky Connect is shipping our secret weapon. Bilstein is re-tuning our shocks.

    Team meeting sometime next week.

    Random photos for the World Diabetes Congress.

  • World Diabetes Congress starts today

    Pre-decals.

    1107 arrived right on time exactly one day late Saturday at 7 a.m. We had a great security escort and Richard drove it through the front doors of the Palais des congrès de Montréal and, at my encouragement, revved the engine and rattled every window within 50 yards.

    I also encouraged him to do some donuts and race up and down the conference center block-long foyer a few times, but he didn’t take me up on that.

    I spent the morning applying all our sponsor and contingency decals and we played “Dust to Glory” on the laptop while Richard talked to early arrivals, some of whom recognized us as the official World Diabetes Day race car.

    Ran errands in the afternoon and worked on Baja 1000 planning.

    Here’s the car all blinged out. If you’re at the conference, drop by and say hi to Richard and me (he’s the good looking one). We’re conveniently located right next to the coffee shop across from main registration.

    It’s a great “10 foot” car.