Desert Dingo Racing

Category: IDF

  • 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.

  • The Blue Circle coloring pages

    Hi, Im the Blue Circle!
    "Hi, I'm the Blue Circle!"
    Santa Cruz artist Eric Stettmeier AKA Bubba Shelby created the first super hero with diabetes. He’s also provided b/w coloring pages which you can download and print. The Blue Circle invites you to post a message for World Diabetes Day.
     
    You’ll notice our super hero is a youth, in recognition of the many children and teens with Type 1 diabetes. Every year in the United States alone, 13,000 children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and more than 1 million American kids and adults deal with the disease every day.
     
    The Blue Circle will be making regular appearances to highlight the accomplishments of young people who are managing the challenges of diabetes. Please email diabetes@desertdingo.com to introduce someone the Blue Circle should know.
  • Pre-car at the World Diabetes Congress

    There’s a Volkswagen-shaped hole in this booth.

    The booth is right at the main doors to the Palais des congrès de Montréal and I’m expecting a lot of foot traffic. Right now I’ll settle for a cup of coffee. The car, which we’d planned to have arrive between 7 and 8 a.m., will now show up “sometime around noon.”

    Updates as they occur. Most of the action will happen on Twitter at @desertdingo.

  • Find us at the World Diabetes Congress

    Look for us right at the front doors of the Montreal Convention Center.

    I’m not sure where the car is right now, but Richard and I will be meeting it out in front of the Montreal Convention Center between 7 and 8 a.m. on Friday morning. We’ll drive it through the front doors and powerslide it into place in our booth space just inside the front doors close to the World Diabetes Congress registration area.

    Hero cards are printed. Picking them up later today.

  • Shots from the SNORE 250

    You don’t know fear until an 850 horsepower Class 1 plows to a stop 20 feet from you so the driver can adjust his helmet.

    Playing catchup. Photos from last weekend’s SNORE South Point 250. We’re still third in class and 24th overall (out of 316). Not bad for our first full season of racing.

    Dan, who is transporting 1107 to Kenmore, NY, where it will be picked up by another driver for final transport to the Montreal Convention Center, called and said he’s in Salt Lake City and bound for Wyoming. Richard and I will meet 1107 in front of the convention center some time between 7 and 8 a.m. on October 16 and drive it through the front doors. Then we’ll have a day to prep it for the World Diabetes Congress.

    Photos from the 250 here.

    And for the hard core offroad geeks out there, here is a 360 degree view of Checkpoint 1 at sunrise.