No, I hadn’t been drinking when I filmed this.
The World Diabetes Congress is overr and we’re headed over to the convention center in Montreal this morning to make sure the car shipping is dialed. I shot this video using the HD Flip Roxanne got me for my birthday. It definitely takes longer to process HD video.
Pre-decals.
1107 arrived right on time exactly one day late Saturday at 7 a.m. We had a great security escort and Richard drove it through the front doors of the Palais des congrès de Montréal and, at my encouragement, revved the engine and rattled every window within 50 yards.
I also encouraged him to do some donuts and race up and down the conference center block-long foyer a few times, but he didn’t take me up on that.
I spent the morning applying all our sponsor and contingency decals and we played “Dust to Glory” on the laptop while Richard talked to early arrivals, some of whom recognized us as the official World Diabetes Day race car.
Ran errands in the afternoon and worked on Baja 1000 planning.
Here’s the car all blinged out. If you’re at the conference, drop by and say hi to Richard and me (he’s the good looking one). We’re conveniently located right next to the coffee shop across from main registration.
It’s a great “10 foot” car.
There’s a Volkswagen-shaped hole in this booth.
The booth is right at the main doors to the Palais des congrès de Montréal and I’m expecting a lot of foot traffic. Right now I’ll settle for a cup of coffee. The car, which we’d planned to have arrive between 7 and 8 a.m., will now show up “sometime around noon.”
Updates as they occur. Most of the action will happen on Twitter at @desertdingo.
Missed it by that much.
Or, as A.J. just schooled me: “Measure twice, load once.”
Dan with Jax Trucking pulled into Felton on Tuesday to pick up 1107 for the trip to Kenmore, NY where the car will be dropped off and then picked up by a Canadian transport company for the final leg to the Montreal Convention Center, where Richard and I will meet it sometime between 7 and 8 a.m. on October 16.
The hauler already had a custom Charger, a Bentley, a Porsche and a spotless 70’s era Trans Am, so we were in good company.
I’ll be putting on the rest of the sponsor decals when we’re in Montreal and it will be all spiffy for the World Diabetes Congress.
Photos tonight.
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.