Desert Dingo Racing

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…

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 …

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 …

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.…

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 …