Desert Dingo Racing

Category: VORRA

  • We have a walk-on in Race-Dezert’s Yerington 300 video

    Yes, that’s us using electrical tape for our race numbers. We’ll be decked out for VORRA’s USA 500, though. TrailGlow number panels and sponsor logos will likely go on the car next week.

  • Spit and polish in prep for VORRA’s USA 500 (and a photo shoot)

    Seats on a porch
    The thrill of racing includes a lot of time cleaning mud off of everything.

    Dingo Emeritus Charlie Reynolds is headed to Chula Vista this weekend to take a look at a 5/1600 car that he has no room in his garage for, so I’m headed up to where we have 1107 parked to retrieve our ratchet straps on the odd chance he decides it’s a good idea to take any excess money he has lying around and throw it at a race car and he needs to trailer it back up here. If he gets it, he expects his first race to be the Prairie City short course in October.

    I’ll be back up at 1107 on Saturday afternoon, painting the interior again and then masking it for exterior paint with Shawn on Sunday. Then we actually leave it alone for a few days to dry. Then electronics, decals and the USA 500 about one month from today.

  • 1107 disassembly proceeds apace

    it puts the oil on its accumulator

    Crusty admires our handiwork.

    Crusty and I worked on 1107 2.0 on Saturday, mostly pulling perfectly good equipment out of it – seats, radio, comm, air filter, GPS, air pumper etc. to give Crusty the room he needs to finish some welding. Once he’s done, Shawn and I go in and do the final painting. Then it’s off to Rugged Radios for new comm installation. Then a photo shoot, then the USA 500 in mid-July.

    More that that going on today with a probably early finish to watch the NASCAR Pocono race. While cleaning parts.

  • We’re in first place going into the USA 500 in July

    We'll enjoy it while it lasts

    Everything can change in a single race.

    VORRA posted season standings after the Snowflake Yerington 300. We’re in first place heading in to the USA 500 in mid-July and we’ll need every day to get the car prepped. I got word tonight that Skittles Motorsports (what I’m calling them until they pick a new name), will be at the 500. Two Larrys Racing, too. A couple more on the fence. Arm twisting to ensue.

    Am I the last person to know VW has bailed on offroad racing in favor of WRC?

    My dreams of a street legal version are dashed.

  • Snow at the Yerington 300

    Our buddy Dave Oram, who was first off the line at the Yerington 300, got this great video of the driving conditions the morning of the race.

    We’re scheduling work on 1107, starting with Crusty going in and finishing up some welding. The car will get another coat of paint (and we’ll actually let it dry this time) and then Billy, who may actually finally drive the car after more than a year on the team) will tidy up the wiring. Then it’s off to San Luis Obispo for three days to install the new comm system from Rugged Radios.