Desert Dingo Racing

Category: Caliente 250

  • Less than a week to SNORE’s Caliente 250

    Hi, I’m Bob and I’ll be your driver today…

    We’re starting to button up 1107 for SNORE’s Caliente 250 next Saturday. The front and rear bumpers, now with reinforcement so that they don’t crumple like tinfoil when you try to use them as a jack point, are installed. Richard returned from Bradford Racing Products in Prunedale with our rebuilt transmission and Bob and Scott got it reinstalled.

    Shawn hammered out the one usable fender salvaged from where we were sideswiped by a Trophy Truck No. 91 at the Mint 400 (thanks for that, multimillionaire racer and Aria casino president Bill McBeath) and we’ve got four good ones for the race.

    Once we’re back from the Caliente, Steve Bradford will build us a second transmission and give a “Transmission 101” class for all of us who want to see what goes into putting one together.

    Today, the engine goes in and more buttoning up. In the rain.

    Photos from Saturday’s work day here.

    P.S. Oh yes, the driver line up for the Caliente. Bob will reprise his role as driver from the Mint 400, with Creech as co-dog for the first 100 mile leg. Crusty will make his triumphant return to the car (not having been in it since the 2007 Baja 1000) with Cary as co-driver.

  • More prep for the Caliente 250

    Creech dials in our new pit bike.

    A tremendous amount of work accomplished on 1107 this weekend. Crusty continued with his Passion of the Race Car theme and painted the inside of the car and de-rusted the roll cage. He, Scott, Bob and Richard worked on reinforcing the front and rear bumpers. Shawn hammered out a new front driver’s side fender to replace the one I threw off a cliff in a fit at the Mint 400.

    New for the Caliente 250 is that we can use a quick release steering wheel, which makes it quicker to get out of the car. We’ll also have a reinfored bumper to deal with trophy trucks like Bill McBeath’s that trashed us pretty good.

    Some photos from today’s work.

  • Prepping for SNORE’s Caliente 250

    That'll buff right out.

    This is why I don’t want to drive the car. I have a hard enough time with the xBox.

    The team met to map out what needs to happen to get 1107 ready for SNORE’s Caliente 250 on May 9 outside Las Vegas. Crusty got a head start and worked like a man possessed on Friday and by Saturday the transmission was out and ready to be taken to Bradford Racing for a rebuild. It’s likely we’ll have him build a second one for us so that we have a spare (our downfall at the 2008 Baja 1000).

    Richard signed us up with BF Goodrich and we’ll be switching to a new set of rear tires that have better sidewall protection (our downfall at the 2008 San Felipe 250). The shocks didn’t blow, as we previously believed, and they’re good to go for this race. And Shawn will likely paint a new driver’s side front fender to replace the one I threw off a cliff in a fit of pique at the Mint 400.

    This commercial has given me an idea for a new food delivery system. More on that later.