Desert Dingo Racing

Category: Technology

  • Desert Dingo Racing featured in Gearbox Magazine

    Get a haircut, hippie

    Someone needs a haircut.

    Gearbox Magazine editor Brian Driggs got it in his head that it might be interesting to do a piece on Desert Dingo Racing. We bounced emails back and forth and this is the result. I love my Stig shirt.

    Desert Dingo: A True Story of “Dust to Glory”

    For those who haven’t seen it yet, “Dust to Glory” is an epic movie about what it takes to run the Baja 1000 in Mexico. There probably isn’t a gearhead on the planet who hasn’t watched that flick and thought, “OMG. I wanna do that.” Jim Graham is one such gearhead, and OMG. He actually went out and did that.

    Read the rest of the story…

  • We blow through 20,000 downloads of our iPhone & Android apps


    We peaked around the Baja 1000 but.. .

    Actually, since I waited a day to post this, we’re now over 20,500 downloads. Amazing.

    Also, we’re within one work day of cutting the car apart. Just need to get the electrical system tagged and bagged. Then on to the Sawz-All.

  • Rugged Radios Sponsoring Desert Dingo Racing for 2011 Season


    This is Greg Cottrell of Rugged Radios, saving our bacon on the way down to the Baja 1000 in 2008.

    I met Greg on our way down to the Baja 1000 back in 2008. Richard had an issue with his comm system and we pulled in to Greg’s shop in San Luis Obispo to have it looked at. I recall Greg had it fixed in something like five seconds.

    I got in touch recently to find out whether he could fix our four year old race radio – the face fell off it at our last race of the season. Not good. We got to talking, one thing led to another and Greg has signed on to support our race effort for 2011, outfitting 1107 with a state of the art comm system that I’m confident will allow us to communicate with race teams on other planets.

    Here’s the press release I put together on his sponsorship. I’m really looking forward to working with Greg and his team.

  • TrailGlow Lighting® Sponsoring Desert Dingo Racing 2011 Season



    1107 lit up with TrailGlow illuminated number panels at the Baja 1000.

    November 29, 2010, Felton, Calif. – Desert Dingo Racing announced today that TrailGlow Lighting, a leader in electroluminescent lighting systems for the racing community, is renewing its support for the team in 2011. TrailGlow’s INERGY lighting systems greatly increase visibility during night races. In addition to number panels, the company produces custom illuminated decals, pit signs and illuminated pit crew, media and staff vests.

    Read the entire press release here…

  • Matt Cullen wins Class 11 at the Baja 1000 2010


    Parked at the finish line in La Paz.

    Cullen pulled across the finish line with two hours to spare. Amazing race and I’m sure there are going to be some great stories coming out of it. Only one of five Class 11s entered made it to the finish line.

    Looking forward to racing it next year.

    Only other thing is we had a 10-fold increase in traffic to the Desert Dingo website during the race, probably because I’d put together a pretty comprehensive list of resources for following the race online. We also broke through 16,000 downloads of our Desert Dingo Racing iPhone, iPad and Android mobile apps during the race.