Archive for March, 2008
Friday, March 14th, 2008
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. [...]
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Live tracking the race
The team is putting everything in place. If you’re of a mind to track our progress, you have several options:
The race is the San Felipe 250 and Desert Dingo crosses the start line at approximately 10:40 a.m. Pacific Time. The race will take about 10 hours to complete the 250 miles.
Here are some ways to [...]
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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 [...]
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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 [...]
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Desert Dingo - World Diabetes Day - ride again
We’ll do a full up press release on this in a few days, but I wanted to announce that Desert Dingo Racing and the International Diabetes Federation have partnered for the 2008 off road racing season, and we will be campaigning the official World Diabetes Day car, which, as we speak, is on its way [...]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
One week and counting to the 250
The team is working on bump stops today. Richard is putting the finishing touches on the adjustable seat rails. Shawn is rebadging the car 1101. Bob dropped off a spare rim that I’ll get over to Skip’s for the final spare. Here’s the schedule for next week, courtesy of logistics impresario Seth:
FRIDAY, 10:30 AM - [...]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Tony Tellier, oddsmaker, is dead to me
The team is working on bump stops today. Richard is putting the finishing touches on the adjustable seat rails. Shawn is rebadging the car 1101. Bob dropped off a spare rim that I’ll get over to Skip’s for the final spare. Here’s the schedule for next week, courtesy of logistics impresario Seth:
FRIDAY, 10:30 AM - [...]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Live tracking at the 250
SCORE switched to a new tracking company (we never got our GPS data for the 1000 from the last one). International Racing Consultants has a more advanced unit.
“The IriTrack® System monitors your vehicle location and speed automatically, sending an alert to the Control Center if the vehicle stops, takes a big hit or experiences an [...]
