Desert Dingo Racing

Category: Diabetes

  • Countdown to departure for the Baja 1000

    We (ok, Richard), needed to modify our light bar to accommodate the bigger TrailGlow HID lights we’ll be running for the first time at the Baja 1000.

    Among other things we accomplished yesterday: Modified the light bar to accommodate the larger TrailGlow HIDs, fabbed two rear view mirror nerf bars, installed a smaller fisheye rear view mirror in the car, chased down a short circuit in the electrical system, tweaked the rear skid plate to make it go in easier, hammered out and painted a new passenger front fender, organized the tool bags and spare parts bins, futzed with the GPS unit and eventually loaded the low-res SCORE GPS data in it, ate Roxanne’s pound cake, wired the pit signs, welded up the spare front end.

    Today, more of the same. Tomorrow we head out.

    A handful of photos from Saturday’s work.

  • Looking for something to do for World Diabetes Day?

    Yep, that’s us on the World Diabetes Day official campaign news page.

    If you’re looking for something to do to mark World Diabetes Day, might I suggest helping us out with some of our projects, that we’re doing in conjunction with the International Diabetes Federation and World Diabetes Day:

    And, before you do any of that, you must watch this video “All the Diabetics” by Suga Sheen:

  • 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.

    Read more…

  • 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.

  • Getting 1107 into the convention center

    No, I hadn’t been drinking when I filmed this.

    The World Diabetes Congress is overr and we’re headed over to the convention center in Montreal this morning to make sure the car shipping is dialed. I shot this video using the HD Flip Roxanne  got me for my birthday. It definitely takes longer to process HD video.