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  • A weekend of work on 1101


    Crusty and Sam work on hammering out the front end of 1101.

    Eric Solorzano and his longtime friend and co-driver “Yosemite” Sam drove up to San Jose this past week to work their magic on 1101. By the time they buttoned it up on Saturday afternoon, we had a good 3-4 additional inches of clearance on the front, 4-5 inches in the rear and the Solorzano-built engine sounds like a beast.

    Crusty and Sam also hammered out the front end that got smushed at the San Felipe 250 and they extended the roll cage to give more structural support at the front of the car.

    Check out a handful of photos from Friday here.

    We still have some more work to do. Eric has taken our shocks back down to Bilstein for re-valving and repair. We also need to pull the transmission and send it down to Transworks for some tweaking.

    Here’s 1101 parked next to Eric’s car at the 250. Definitely shows the need for some expertise to get us a bit more ground clearance.

  • Max designs a DDR decal

    Desert Dingo Racing decal designed by Max Davis

    Max Davis dropped off a big batch of new decals he designed for us. We’ll probably do a big run of these in advance of the 1000.

    (To anyone who wonders, it’s a cow, not a deer.)

  • Quickie video of the Trabing fire from Watsonville plaza

    I shot this from where we were set up in Watsonville Plaza as part of the diabetes health fair.

  • Desert Dingo Racing in Watsonville on Friday

    We’re taking 1101 to Watsonville tomorrow to be part of a diabetes health fair sponsored by the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust. We’ll have some of the World Diabetes Day crayons to give out and hero cards, naturally.

    The Diabetes Fair will be part of the Watsonville farmer’s market on the plaza in downtown. We’ll be on site from 3-7 p.m. If you’re in the area, drop by and say “howdy”.

  • First photos of IDF/Desert Dingo event at the Cannery

    Desert Dingo Racing and the International Diabetes Federation at the Cannery on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco

    Ruth with CPMG sent me a link to her Flickr photo set shot as we were setting everything up for the June 8 public event with the International Diabetes Federation at The Cannery on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf.

    You can check out the shots here. Lane and Mitch, who were shooting for the IDF, should have some shots online shortly.

    More news to come…