Desert Dingo Racing

Category: Sponsors

  • 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.

  • Baja 1000 pit sign wired

    My iPhone cannot do justice to the coolness of our TrailGlow pit sign.

    Our pit sign from TrailGlow is dialed. A ton of work on the car today. We start buttoning up tomorrow. Loads of photos.

  • Thanks to Diabetes1.org for supporting our 12seconds.tv project

    The ad running on Diabetes1.org.

    I wanted to take a moment to thank the team at Diabetes1.org for helping us spread the word on our project with 12seconds.tv. They’re running an ad on their home page promoting our project where people can record 12 second long videos describing how diabetes has affected them. We’ll be sporting the Diabetes1 logo on the car at the Baja 1000 and throughout the 2010 race season.

    You can read more about the project and upload your own video here.

    Thanks to everyone at the Diabetes1.org. We appreciate your support.

  • TrailGlow featured in Dirt Sports Magazine

    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.

  • Our new TrailGlow HID driving lights

    Our new TrailGlow HID driving lights. These things are so big that you can’t see the telephone used to prop the light up. You just might be able to see the Desert Dingo Racing logo engraved in the lens glass.

    One of the problems we’ve had at previous night races is that our lights drew so much electricity we believe it was causing electrical problems that may have fried our electrical system. Paul Lukey with TrailGlow, who is sponsoring us, shipped us a set of three new driving lights that will put out twice the light using half the electricity.

    Waiting for an update from Momentum Transport on where 1107 is now (I’m hoping at least Ohio). Once it returns we’ll wire up the lights and TrailGlow lighted number panels and also install our secret weapon from EMS Sky Connect. We’ll also be rebadging the car as 1104 for the Baja 1000.

    More to come.