Desert Dingo Racing

Tag: Scott

  • Cliff hanger

    This just in from Scott…

    Jim-Bob,

    Yesterday after establishing Pit #2 Seth and I ran into a pair of quads who ran out of gas while pre-running. A splash of Dingo gas and our brothers from Super Cow Racing were back on their way.

    This morning Richard & I drove 1101 into town for tech and registration. Lines, lines, lines. My first time in the driver’s seat. That thing rips right along! Far better motor and suspension than I’d anticipated. Good thing we won’t need the brakes much, though. Been a long time since driving something with drums.

    Jeff led the way back from town in the Scout, taking the back way through canyon & beach with Seth driving behind. The narrow trail wound through a section of 100 foot vertical mud canyons. Round a corner we spotted a Yamaha Rhino UTV dangling halfway off the cliff, four desperate men trying to keep it from flipping down the cliff. They had honestly been inches from death. We made our way up the back side of the cliff to join them. Tied a couple of straps to the thing, hooked one end to a truck & another strap with 8 people pulling to keep it from tumbling as the truck pulled. New friends. We have video but it’s too large to send.

  • Thursday afternoon progress report

    This update from Scott:

    Seth, Jeff & I set up our first pit & established a route to it that keeps us off the race course. The stop is near the famous mummified cow that marks the intersection between the roads to Laguna Diablo & Arco del Triunfo.

    Back at Jeff’s for lunch now, then off to set up our southerly pit #2 near the old Puertocitas road.

    Got a text message from Cary saying they’d passed the border at 2 PM, and asking had we seen Crusty. No sign of Crusty here, now at Jeff’s at 3:15.

  • Scott reports in

    The team is starting to coalesce in San Felipe for Saturday’s race. This update from Scott:

    Notes on today’s trip.

    Trip from San Diego this morning went 8 AM Starbucks, Highway 8 East to 98 to Calexico, through about 5 or more stoplights in Calexico then right on hwy 111 Imperial highway. About 6 blocks from there to Duty Free for cheap supplies. 12:00 at Laguna Azul for shrimp cocktails, 2 PM or a bit later at Jeff’s.

    After military checkpoint at highway 3/5 junction you can see the race course off the right shoulder, paralleling for miles & miles.

    Entrance to Pete’s Camp has changed due to road construction so don’t be surprised. It’s different but still intuitive. Look for the giant antennae about KM 178. Southbound road was routed onto half of northbound lane with no cones, somewhat scary.

    End report.

    Richard and Cary also checked in, saying they took 1101 on a shakedown cruise in the Pismo Dunes. Seth made it down in one piece, too, and had planned to spend the afternoon doing some pre-running and scoping out locations for pit stops.

    Shawn, Charlie and I are green with envy.