Desert Dingo Racing

Category: Baja 1000

Matt Cullen wins Class 11 at the Baja 1000 2010

Parked at the finish line in La Paz.

Cullen pulled across the finish line with two hours to spare. Amazing race and I’m sure there are going to be some great stories coming out of it. Only one of five Class 11s entered made it to the finish line.

Looking forward to racing it next year.

Only other thing is we had a 10-fold increase in traffic to the Desert Dingo website during the race, probably because I’d put together a pretty comprehensive list of resources for following the race online. We also broke through 16,000 downloads of our Desert Dingo Racing iPhone, iPad and Android mobile apps during the race.

November 21, 2010
Live tracking the 2010 Baja 1000 online

Update Two: IRC standard tracking is taking a dirt nap. Try their eviewer to follow cars on the course.

Update One: Weatherman is live courtesy of Race Dezert. Live video from the start line (via Aura360). Live video from the Red Bull jump in the Ensenada wash (courtesy kadujr65.)

Two years ago the only ones live-tweeting the Baja 1000 were Robby Gordon and us. Now everyone’s doing it. Since we’re taking this year off, I’ll be stuck in front of multiple computers tracking everything online. If you know anything I’ve missed, email me at jim@desertdingo.com. Also added ATV_Rider_Mag to the Twitter list

Weatherman live – Live now
Race-Dezert streams the Weatherman live. I’ll post the link when they take it live. Don’t forget to play the Weatherman drinking game – take a shot every time he calls someone a “Richard Cranium.”

IRC live vehicle tracking – Live now – North Peninsula / South Peninsula
International Racing Consultants handles live tracking of all race vehicles, though not motorcycles). Looks like they’ve got an improved interface over previous years.

Twitter
Loads of people are live tweeting the race. I’ve collected everyone I know of on this public list. Should be interesting to see what happens when they get into the desert without cell service. People are already reporting on how pre-running is going.

Here’s what they look like in newspaper format. And here’s who’s on the list:

ATV_Rider_Mag Baja1000Race, bajasurracing, BFGintheDirt, chadragland, CHUCKDEMPSEY, DIRTFORGE, JacopianOnBoard, joebacal, Lunar_Tide, manitou MattLanning, MonsterEnergyTJ, n2itracing, planetrobby, pure_offroad, robbygordon, rodhallracing1, ryanarciero, SPEED_ENERGY, TBDesignworks, TMR_LaFortune, Trophy_Truck, usgazelles, yoloracing, vtr_racing.

Websites posting regular updates
Race Dezert
DirtNewz
Baja Racing News

People doing interesting things
Robby Gordon’s live tracking website.
Arciero Race – Reporting in with a Spot tracker
Race photographer Charlene Bower – Reporting in with a Spot tracker
Baldwin Chase #3 on Spot
Baja 1000 on Facebook

November 18, 2010
Who I’m tracking live at the 2010 Baja 1000

Nine time Baja 1000 winner Eric Solorzano saving our bacon, yet again.

Roger Norman – TT No. 8
Very good guy. Community oriented. Does the occasional VORRA race. Has never nerfed us. Also runs TrailGlow (our sponsor) illuminated number panels. First off the line and iron-manning the whole race. Pre-ran something like 5,000 miles.

Robby Gordon – TT No. 1
I’m pretty sure it’s in the U.S. Constitution that you have to follow Robby Gordon.

Josh Hall – TT No. 61
A new TT by Baja Legend Rod Hall. Should be interesting to see how it does.

Torchmate Racing – No. 601
Torchmate created the super heavy trophy we got for winning the inaugural Xtreme Outlaws 250 Reno race that’s sitting on my desk. They race VORRA.

Emily Sturgess Miller – Stock Full H1 Alpha No. 861
Racing an H1 Alpha Hummer. Does Gazelles.

Rod Hall
He’s doing seat time in the new trophy truck (#61) and and the H1 Alpha (#861). He’s in Wikipedia under “badass.”

Dennis Webb & Yolo Racing – 5/1600 Baja Bug No. 554
We’ve hung out at a previous 1000. They’re Canadian. Cool guys.

Sarabia Aja – Class 5/1600 Baja Bug No. 1645
Sarabia races with Felipe (see below). He and I yammer like little old ladies via Instant Messenger. He’s co-dogging the first 385 miles or thereabouts. Drivers are Hector Sarabia, Eliseo Garcia and Federico Montes.

Felipe Neri Sanchez & Turtle Speed Racing – No. 1214
We’ve raced against Felipe in SNORE. He and his team are great people. They beat us.

All the Class 11s, natch
Eric Solorzano, mentor and arch rival – No. 1100
Scott Wisdom – No. 1103
Matt Cullen – No. 1102
Alfonso Lacerra – No. 1101

November 17, 2010
Follow the 2010 Baja 1000 live online

Hey all, if you’re looking to follow the 2011 Baja 1000 online, click here.

Sadly sitting out the 1000 this year. We’ll be back with a vengeance in 2011.

Update Six: IRC tracking goes live for North peninsula and South peninsula.

Update Five: Live streaming from Ensenada on Justin.tv courtesy of kadujr65 (H/T to Puro Offroad)

Update Four: Added the Baja Unlimited live tracking (I’m interviewed in their Baja 1000 Special Edition DVD set. Buy it!)

Update Three: Added vtr_racing, SPEED_ENERGY and manitou to the Twitter list. Added Robby Gordon’s new live tracking website (still not as sophisticated as what we run). Added Baldwin Chase #3 on Spot.

Update Two: Added JacopianonBoard to the Twitter list.

Update One: Added BFGintheDirt and mattlanning to the Twitter list.

Two years ago the only ones live-tweeting the Baja 1000 were Robby Gordon and us. Now everyone’s doing it. Since we’re taking this year off, I’ll be stuck in front of multiple computers tracking everything online. If you know anything I’ve missed, email me at jim@desertdingo.com.

Weatherman live – Not live yet
Race-Dezert streams the Weatherman live. I’ll post the link when they take it live. Don’t forget to play the Weatherman drinking game – take a shot every time he calls someone a “Richard Cranium.”

IRC live vehicle tracking – Live now – North Peninsula / South Peninsula
International Racing Consultants handles live tracking of all race vehicles, though not motorcycles). Looks like they’ve got an improved interface over previous years.

Twitter
Loads of people are live tweeting the race. I’ve collected everyone I know of on this public list. Should be interesting to see what happens when they get into the desert without cell service. People are already reporting on how pre-running is going.

Here’s what they look like in newspaper format. And here’s who’s on the list:

Baja1000Race, bajasurracing, BFGintheDirt, chadragland, CHUCKDEMPSEY, DIRTFORGE, JacopianOnBoard, joebacal, Lunar_Tide, manitou MattLanning, MonsterEnergyTJ, n2itracing, planetrobby, pure_offroad, robbygordon, rodhallracing1, ryanarciero, SPEED_ENERGY, TBDesignworks, TMR_LaFortune, Trophy_Truck, usgazelles, yoloracing, vtr_racing.

Websites posting regular updates
Race Dezert
DirtNewz
Baja Racing News

People doing interesting things
Robby Gordon’s live tracking website.
Arciero Race – Reporting in with a Spot tracker
Race photographer Charlene Bower – Reporting in with a Spot tracker
Baldwin Chase #3 on Spot
Baja 1000 on Facebook

November 13, 2010
GoPro® Sponsors Desert Dingo Racing 2011 season with HD Motorsports Hero® Video Cameras

We’re going fully HD for 2011, courtesy of GoPro.

November 11, 2010, Felton, Calif. – Desert Dingo Racing announced today that GoPro, maker of the world’s bestselling and highest performance wearable HD video cameras, is renewing its support for the team in 2011.

Desert Dingo Racing competes in off road desert racing in California and Nevada and is the official World Diabetes Day race car in the Baja 1000. The team raises money to support diabetes awareness and education programs sponsored by the International Diabetes Federation.

Read the entire press release here…

November 11, 2010