Desert Dingo Racing

Category: Media Coverage

  • Another brief glimpse of us at the San Felipe 250

    Crusty and 1101 rolling toward tech at the San Felipe 250

    The production on this piece Race Dezert is actually pretty good compared to a lot of work out there. Don’t blink or you’ll miss us.

    Click here or on the image to watch the video.

  • DDR plug on great diabetes blog – Diabetes Mine

    Amy Tenderich writes one of the most informative blog in diabetes-related issues – Diabetes Mine. I wanted to thank her for mentioning our June 8 event at The Cannery on Fisherman’s Wharf…

    Desert Dingo Racing — Jim Graham and his diabetic Desert Dingo Racing team will make a Sunday appearance at San Francisco’s famous Fisherman’s Wharf. They’ll be autographing “hero cards” featuring photos of their 1969 VW Beetle decorated with warning signs of diabetes on the back. The IDF will be handing out boxes of crayons that also have the warning signs printed on them, and a couple of companies will be offering free diabetes screening.

  • Another racer joins the World Diabetes Day fold


    Update:     I had an email exchange with Youcef. He finished 10th overall and second in the 8th leg, despite the fact that he broke his sternum. On the eighth stage of the 3,000 km rally, doing 100 km/hour, he went straight over his handle bars. “I woke up with a helicopter next to me. The medics decided I would be okay to carry on. I only noticed (my sternum) was broken a couple of days later.” I think he’s Baja material.

    Youcef CummingsAustralian rider Youcef Cummings is piloting the official World Diabetes Day motorcycle and will be competing in World Cross Country Rally and other regional events throughout Africa and the Middle East this year.

    His first race, which began April 23 and ran for nine days from Marseilles, France through the deserts of Tunisia and Libya, ended today after covering 3000 kilometers.

    World Diabetes Day motorcycleYoucef rides a KTM 690 Factory Rally bike. It has a 72 hp engine with a top speed of over 175 km/hour on sand. The motorcycle is a limited edition factory produced bike designed specifically for desert racing. It has a range of over 350 kilometers and is fitted with navigation and survival equipment, including GPS, proximity warning devices, directional repeaters, two odometers and speed warning devices. The motorcycle sports the official World Diabetes Day logo in English and Arabic, as well as the distinctive blue circle on the tanks.

    We wish Youcef the best of luck.

    I figured I’d do a walkaround of 1101 for those who haven’t seen it up close. 1117 is stripped for painting before I start on the interior.

  • Nice note from the folks at dLife

    The dLife TV team was kind enough to send us copies of the segment they did on Desert Dingo Racing and included a nice note:

    Thank you for being part of dLife TV. We enjoyed working with you – and learning about all that is involved in the Baja Desert Dingo race. Your story is sure to inspire the millions of people living with diabetes. Enclosed is a copy of the episode with your story. Hope you enjoy it with family and friends!

  • Glimpse of 1146 in VW TV commercial

    1146 appears for a split second at the start of a VW commercial promoting their new motorsports program, which includes something like $100k in contingency prizes in 2008. You can see the commercial here.