Desert Dingo Racing

Tag: 1117

  • Stock Bug Challenge

    Sure the other classes have more horsepower, but we dominate when it comes to cool graphics.

    JR with STS Graphics has declared the SNORE 250 as the Stock Bug Challenge Cup II and has pulled together a couple grand worth of cash and prizes specifically for the Stock Bug class. The teams also chip in money for a class cash prize.  Already 10 cars signed up for the race. Should be a fun one.

    BFGoodrich has a team – Nation of Go –  traveling the country meeting up with racers, tuners and car fans in general. I came across them on Twitter and invited them down to Felton and they accepted. We’ll probably both be live-twittering the get together.

    One of the things we’ll be doing tomorrow is painting 1107 and possibly 1117. Both are sanded and ready to go. Richard’s coming by tomorrow and we’ll towbar them back to Creech’s and Shawn will  paint them there.

    This is the last photo of the unpainted cars, I swear!

  • Stripping for Montreal

    Last photo of the old decals before being stripped off for painting.

    We’ve got a really tight schedule between the SNORE 250 Oct. 2-4 and shipping the car to Montreal for the World Diabetes Congress Oct. 18-22 and then heading south for the Baja 1000 the second week in November. As a result, we’re giving the car its annual paint job now, touching it up and adding decals before shipping to Montreal.

    I got the decals stripped today and sanded down most of the body. Shawn’s coming by tomorrow to do more bondo and paint prep and at some point before the 250 we’ll do final painting.

    Got a cool announcement planned for Monday.

    Stripped for body work. 1117 is in back.

  • International Diabetes Federation & Desert Dingo Racing Host Diabetes Awareness Event at Fisherman’s Wharf

    1117 in pieces

    I’m sure it’ll be ready by next Sunday*

    INTERNATIONAL DIABETES FEDERATION and DESERT DINGO RACING HOST DIABETES AWARENESS EVENT ON FISHERMAN’S WHARF

    June 8 event will promote the theme of this year’s World Diabetes Day campaign and showcase Desert Dingo Racing’s ‘World Diabetes Day” Baja 1000 race VW

    SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2008 – The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), its World Diabetes Day official partners and Desert Dingo Racing will co-sponsor a public event at The Cannery on Fisherman’s Wharf on Sunday, June 8 to promote diabetes awareness and education.

    The Federation will be distributing World Diabetes Day (WDD) material to draw attention to diabetes in children and inform people of the warning signs of diabetes. Desert Dingo Racing will have its 1969 VW Beetle (the World Diabetes Day car), which raced the 2007 Baja 1000, and team drivers will be on hand to sign hero cards, which also have the warning signs of diabetes printed on them.

    Read the entire press release here.

    * Relax. This is 1117, which I’m painting at my leisure. 1101 is dialed.

    P.S. This is what it looks like when you steal a race motorcycle at yesterday’s Baja 500, throw it in the back of your pickup and tear off into the night, but forget to turn off the GPS transponder.

    Race motorcycle stolen during Baja 500