Bob jacks up 1104 in preparation for removing the engine.
1104 moved from my place over to Desert Dingo Racing HQ (aka “Richard’s place”) to begin winter tear down. Powerwashed, engine pulled, transmission pulled, light bar removed, CV joints pulled. We’ve got three months to prep the car for the first race of the 2010 season. A lot of ideas to improve it. Gallery of today’s photos here.
Also, this is the greatest off road video I’ve seen in ages. Props to Trophylite.
Our sponsor, TrailGlow, is featured in the November 2009 issue of Dirt Sports magazine.
When I first saw a truck sporting a set of TrailGlow’s illuminated number panels at the SNORE KC Hilites Midnight Special race, I turned to my wife and said “As God is my witness, I will own a set of those.”
We’re now outfitted with a full set of TrailGlow custom built HID driving lights, multiple sets of illuminated number panels, and pit crew safety vests, courtesy of founder Paul Lukey and his son, Paul III.
As great as it is to have the support of a new sponsor, it’s been even more rewarding to meet Paul and his son, who love off road racing as much as we do. And I absolutely agree with Dirt Sport’s review:
“…the Dirt Sports Crew just discovered one of the neatest and most useful racing innovations to come along in quite some time – illuminated number panesl and decals…. TrailGlow founders Paul Lukey, and son Paul III, have perfected an entirely new way for 0ff-road racers and chase teams to add rugged, vibration-resistant illuminated numbers and custom sponsor logos to their overall graphics presentation.”
TrailGlow’s panel’s make us easier to see at night, they’re going to speed us through checkpoints during night races, and the cool factor alone makes them worth it. If you’re looking to make your car stand out, I strongly recommend checking them out.
You can check out a full size version of the Dirt Sports product review here.
Here I was all set to get some great video of 1107 rounding the corner at Checkpoint One of the SNORE 250 in Primm, and this 16 car comes in and ruins everything!
Photos tomorrow. We’re all bushed.
Rounding the curve at Checkpoint 1…
One flat, but otherwise things went well. Unofficially fifth. Likely still third in class with one more race to go (two if you count the Baja 1000). More photos tomorrow, this place is charging us $11.99 a day for the internets.
We made it to Primm, Nevada with minutes to spare for the mandatory SNORE 250 driver’s meeting last night (3 hour layover at the Barstow Community Hospital). Got registered, picked up the radio, safety vests and tracking sheets where we’ll be doing Checkpoint 1, and got 1107 through tech.
Engine was still running rough and our guys, 14-time Baja winner Eric Solorzano and another team were working on it at 10 p.m. Appeared to be fouled spark plugs.
Roxanne and I are up now, getting ready to head out to set up at Checkpoint 1, where we’ll be for 12 hours. I’ll be tweeting updates from @desertdingo.