Archive | August, 2008

Fenderless

The shocks aren’t on. Nor are the fenders. But check out the clearance we have now, courtesy of Eric, Sam and Crusty. …

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“Because engines want to have fun, too.”

One of the last things Eric and Sam did before buttoning up the car was to tune the engine. Adjust the valves. Check. Adjust the timing. Check. Pour a bottle of beer in the carburetor. Check.

(Note that this Corona …

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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 …

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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.)…

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What breaks. What they carry.

Photo of DaveCo11's car.

A couple weeks back I posted on the Class 11 Coalition forum a question – “What breaks, what do you carry?” One of the greatest challenges for racing any desert class is what tools and spare parts you carry in …

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