Archive for May, 2009
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
This is not a picture of Francis the Mechanical Mule
“A.J., when you visit Francis this weekend, get a photo,” I told him.
“Ok,” A.J. said.
This, obviously, isn’t a photo of Francis. It is, however, a photo of the aluminum ramps A.J. scored off Craigslist to get Francis (and our pre-running motorcycles and maybe my ATV) on and off of AWACS, which will be our mobile [...]
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Deconstructing 1107
Crusty and Robert take a meeting.
Our next race – the KC Hilites Midnight Special – isn’t until early August, so we’re taking the time to take the car apart and go through it with a fine tooth comb…something we’ll do to varying degrees after every race.
Crusty worked the past couple of days removing the seats [...]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Food, folks and logistics
An army marches on tri-tip, salmon bruschetta and wine.
The team gathered at Scott’s place earlier this week (he totally has a custom-built motorcycle displayed in his living room) to celebrate our third place finish in SNORE’s Caliente 250 and to start mapping out logistics for future races and the Baja 1000.
After a phenomenal dinner prepared [...]
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Everyone loves a parade
We are having no luck in the fender department.
Crusty and Charlie took 1107 to the lumberyard parking lot Saturday morning, joining the Lompico Ghost Mountain Riders, military vehicles, fire trucks, bands and horses for the annual Felton Remembers parade.
The staging area is something out of a Fellini movie. Not sure whether the Big Foot [...]
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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Photos from the Caliente 250
1107 blows past a Class 9 at the Caliente 250. (Ok, it could happen).
Bob was kind enough to shoot some photos at the Caliente 250, where, as previously mentioned, we finished third. Next up, in August, is the KC Hilites Midnight Special at Ridgecrest, California, on August 8. This race is unique in that it’s [...]
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Meet Francis, the newest member of the Desert Dingo team
Something came over A.J. tonight and he decided that he really really really needed an M274 mechanical mule, aka “Carrier, Light Weapons, Infantry, 1/2 ton, 4×4″.
After lengthy consideration, we decided to name it “Francis.”
This from Wikipedia:
The M274 Mule was introduced in 1956 to supplement both the 1/4 ton trucks (”Jeeps”) and 3/4 ton trucks (Weapons [...]
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Desert Dingo Racing finishes third at the Caliente 250
No photos to go with this yet – the team is expected to arrive back in Ben Lomond around 6:30 p.m.
Here’s the details as I know them. First, the morning of the race, 1107 wouldn’t run smoothly and kept dying. The team borrowed an entire ignition system from another Class 11 team, installed it…and…nothing. Then [...]
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Waiting on a bowden tube
This should be a walk in the park. A rocky, silt-filled, multi-water-crossing walk in the park.
“Busboy” Bob Russell reported in just now with an update on car preparation. First thing they had to do was purchase a disposable phone (just like the terrorists use!) because Caliente doesn’t have cell service for AT&T.
With that out of [...]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Pre-running is essential
Creech practices his pre-running at the outlet mall in Primm, Nevada.
Richard’s out of cell phone range, so an update on how today’s car prep and pre-running will have to wait.
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
On the road to the Caliente 250
Technically, the car is buttoned up.
Richard, Creech, Bob and Crusty departed Ben Lomond Wednesday night around 9 p.m., took turns driving and pulled into Buffalo Bill’s in Primm, Nevada around 7:30 this morning.
By 9 a.m. it was 80 degrees and forecast to top out at 102, prompting a trip to the outlet mall for shorts [...]
