Desert Dingo Racing

Category: The Team

  • Photo shoot

    We did the photo shoot today. Like any photo shoot, you need a lot of stuff.

    First, you need a car.

    Second, you need talent. That would be Charlie.

    You need “below the line people” like Skid and Shawn, who showed up fashionably late on Saturday after I already had 2.5 wheels bolted on the car. They did however, cinch 1101 onto Skid’s trailer for the trip to Felton, so that’s cool. Shawn did fix the muffler and Skid did something that made a lot of noise that probably perturbed the neighbors, however.

    Then you need the guy who can pretty much do anything, like “Hey, this tow bar won’t fit. How can we get the car up to the airport?” And he says “My Sawz-All will take care of that.” That would be Richard.

    Then, when you’re on site, there’s everyone who makes it happen. Jeff Luhn, Brooks Institute photographer, Max Davis, who created our brand identity, Roxanne, who handled catering (in the video). Rich and Elvon Hoogner who gave us access to the runway. And Larry, of Larry Electric, who’s the guy you want in your corner who pretty much can do anything when all you need to do is ask. (He’s in the video). Larry provided the boom truck.

    Here’s a video of the morning.

  • We’ve got a new logo!

    Desert Dingo logo

    Max Davis, who’s designed for Nike, Intel, Eli Thomas and the SF 49ers, among others, contacted us to offer his services. His father has Type 2 diabetes and when he heard about us, he dropped me a note. (I’m partial to the World Diabetes Day blue circle logos integrated into the wheels). We’re already investigating t-shirts. Max has also helped me put together a sponsorship proposal and is coming out to the photo shoot this Sunday.

    Everything’s coming together and I should have news on an event in San Francisco on June 8 pretty quickly.

  • Team Profile No. 3 – Scott Anderson

    Scott is a freelance mechanical engineer, prototype machinist and fabricator. Primarily employed in the design of medical devices, motorcycles have been a lifelong hobby. He’s built two bikes of his own design and maintains a stable of about 10 others. He cannot be left unsupervised with anything mechanical, lest he take it apart and put it back together. Forty years of wrenching, 30 years racing dirt bikes and 20 years racing GP road race machines have addled his mind sufficiently for the Baja event to look appealing.

    Scott is a mechanic and driver for the team.

  • Team profile No. 2 – Cary McHugh

    Cary McHugh” Owner, driver, fabricator, self-described “Big Dog”
    Cary’s love of motorized sports was born early. From trikes and boyhood dreams of the races to years as a weekend mechanic with World Speed Motor Sports, a Formula Mazda Pro Series team, Cary’s race career has careened forward at breakneck speed. Now that rent is paid, he’s willing to blow some beer money on this race car and call it “a dream come true.”

    “Joining this team gives me an excuse to buy more tools,” he was recently heard saying.

    Cary, aka Big Dog, is responsible for wielding the largest hammer and pounding on metal to call attention to himself.

  • Over our heads….


    I have heard rumblings that this Dirty Dingo Racing Team might be biting off more than they can chew…or “over our heads” as the saying goes.

    Perhaps…

    My response to that idea is:

    OF COURSE WE ARE!!!!!

    That is the point of this whole thing for me. We are Gearheads. Artists. Slackers. Free thinkers.

    If something does not challenge me, I ask myself “why bother!”

    I am fully prepared to go the distance or break down trying. If the racing gods so deem it so, I’ll hop out of the broken car, crack a Tecate and scarf a taco in the sun!

    Who is with me?

    skid