Heather helps us out.
We weren’t quite ready for the first race of the season, so struck a deal with Jessica and Nathan to have them run our 1107 number at Prairie City. They’d just picked up the car previously known as Skittles from Jason Mace in Las Vegas.
Here’s some photos from the weekend’s race. And video from Sunday’s first moto with Heather at the wheel.
Dingo team member Paul Hartl looking awesome shortly before stuffing it into a snowbank.
Paul is lamenting that there’s the equivalent of a heat wave in Eastern Canada turning his ice racing season to mush. Out here in California, it’s been raining for a week, putting us behind schedule.
Pray for sun. At least for California. Snow for Paul.
Sure we’ll be ready for Prairie City.
The body finally came off today. Not without drama. But it’s off. And this is what a Class 11 looks like stripped bare. Photos here.
Stoked for the 2011 race season.
VORRA’s released their schedule for the 2011 race season and it’s going to be great.
But before I get into its awesomeness, let’s recap 2010. First place at the Xtreme Outlaws 250. First place at the Yerington 300. Three second place finishes. Two third places. One DNF I don’t want to talk about. Second in class for the 2010 season. Not shabby, considering we were third in class in 2009 racing the SNORE series and didn’t even get a trophy.
So 2011. First off, VORRA’s the only off road series that has an almost even mix of short course and desert racing. Short course is great. We only rolled in two of the four races at Prairie City. Four short course races this year. Three at Prairie City outside Folsom, one at a new short course track under construction outside Reno.
Then there are the desert races. The inaugural USA 500 in partnership with the Nugget. Depending on how long BITD’s Vegas to Reno race is, this one could be the longest desert race in the U.S. The USA 500 in mid-July will include a Friday night tech and contingency program sort of like what we did at the Mint 400 a couple years back in Vegas. Here’s Carrie Molho signing autographs for a couple of big fans.
The real interesting race, IMHO, will be a 24 hour endurance race, which writer Judy Smith tells me hasn’t been done since the 1970s. The race will be down in Fallon and will run in two 12-hour legs over two days. We’re accustomed to running long races, so this should be interesting. Here’s the full series:
March 12-13 — Short Course — Prairie City OHV Park, Folsom, CA
April 16-17 — Short Course — Prairie City OHV Park, Folsom, CA
May 27-30 — 300 Mile Desert Race — Yerington, NV
July 15-17 — USA 500 Desert Race — Reno, NV
September 2-5 — 24 Hour Endurance Race — Fallon, NV
October 1-2 — Short Course — Reno, NV
October 29-30 — Short Course — Prairie City OHV Park, Folsom, CA
Is there anyone who hasn’t seen this VW commercial yet?
A lot of people have been asking me “Jim, how was last weekend’s racing?” and I told both of them “Stop IMing me long enough and I’ll get a video edited.” And here it is.
This week we start tear down of 1107. Engine out. Shocks out. We start making dashed lines where we’re going to cut the body away.
A lot in store.