Desert Dingo Racing

Tag: Battle at Primm

  • Transmission in hand

    Bob and Richard do the heavy lifing

    Bob and Richard doing the heavy lifting…

    We picked up our rebuilt transmission from Steve Bradford with Bradford Racing Products in Prunedale. He used the Super Beetle case and most if its innards, and modified the gearing per SCORE spec. Steve (who’s won the Baja 1000 in the past) and his son Travis also donated a couple of fenders, a rim and a new reverse lock out shifter. We’ll be dropping off our other spare Super Beetle case to have him build a another for us.

    Transmission and engine installation will likely be this Sunday. Shawn will be painting the replacement fenders. After that, Creech hauls the whole kit and kaboodle to the CHP to get it inspected in advance of getting it green stickered, which will allow us to run it on BLM land.

    Countdown to Battle at Primm has begun.

  • Herding cats for the BAP

    Dakar

    Seth “I *am* Logistics” Schrenzel is starting to marshall the troops for the Battle at Primm Feb. 13-15 in Southern Nevada. We shouldn’t, technically, need a chase truck, (three laps on a 10 mile course), but we still need to figure out who’s going and what we’ll do if the car breaks between the Saturday and Sunday events.

    So far it’s looking like Richard and Joyce, Skid, Creech (towing 1102), Ice, Bob and me.

    Richard reports that we should get the repaired transmission back from Bradford Racing by Thursday. Shawn will paint the replacement fenders next weekend and we should be good to go.

    Top photo of another VW racing somewhere in South America.

  • Getting ready for the Battle at Primm

    Battle at Primm logo

    We’re ramping up for the Battle at Primm Feb. 13-15 out in southern Nevada. Richard took our transmissions to Steve Bradford with Bradford Racing Products in Prunedale. We expect to have at least one transmission ready to go shortly.

    Richard also spent a day with Robert (1110) out on Bureau of Land Management land out near Panoche and Mercy Hot Springs. We’ll definitely spend some driving time out there before Primm. Sounds like ideal practice space.

  • Flying Bug

    It's big flying bug!

    Who doesn’t get tired of looking at pictures of a flying Bug? This one from the driver’s side.

    There is consensus building that the team will forego the San Felipe 250 and instead race the Battle at Primm in February.

    Thanks to Zach Zander for shooting the photo and Bryan Grant for forwarding it to us.