Archive for November, 2009
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
When Chaos Ensues
Here’s the video of what happened when we blew the first transmission 10 miles into the race. But unless you’re Bob or me, 10 minutes is way too long a video to watch. So I’ve included a handy timeline so you can skip to your favorite part(s).
00:01 – Me waving at spectators.
00:15 – Bob turns [...]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
How many people can you fit in a VW Bug?
Thanks to everyone who took part in out Twitter project to promote World Diabetes Day.
In the weeks leading up to the Baja 1000, we asked folks on Twitter to post a message that included @DesertDingo and #WDD09. The former is our Twitter account, the latter is the hashtag to identify messages relating to World Diabetes [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in 2009 Baja 1000, Baja 1000, Diabetes, Technology, World Diabetes Day by Jim
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Off the line at the Baja 1000
Yes, I did tweet off the start line at this year’s Baja 1000.
Here’s the first five minutes of this year’s Baja 1000 as seen from the GoPro Motorsports HERO wideangle camera mounted on the hood of 1104 and pointed toward Bob and me.
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Baja 1000 2009 – Seth ‘n Kristy’s photos
You should see the other photos that TPR (aka Trailer Park Romeo, aka Nathan) took of himself with Seth ‘n Kristy’s camera.
For some reason, I could never remember “TPR”, so I spent the week calling Nathan “Total Request Live”, “Standing Room Only” and “Survival Research Labs.” I think Lefty settled on “Trailer Trash Romeo.”
TPR and [...]
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Last batch of Baja 1000 2009 photos
Neither Seth nor Scott look like they spent a freezing night in the Mexico desert.
This should be the last set of photos, taken by Kristy, Jeff and Scott from this years race. Check ‘em out.
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
More photos from the 2009 Baja 1000 (this time from Travis)
I think this was about an hour before we headed for the start line. (I’m joking.)
Travis was a picture-taking machine. He even captured the only evidence of vandalism on the car. Here’s a gallery of his photos.
No Comments » - Posted in 2009 Baja 1000, Baja 1000, Class 11, Photos, The Car, The Team by Jim
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Baja 1000 video of 1104 taking the second turn
1104 takes turn two at the start of the Baja 1000 2009.
Kristy filmed this video of 1104 taking the second turn at the start of the Baja 1000 2009.
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
First shots from the Baja 1000
Richard chats with Gustavo Garayzar of 1149.
The extraction team and Scott and Seth just arrived here at Jeff and Robin’s place after spending a good chunk of the morning in a technical section in a ravine where our second (and last) tranny blew. The plan is to spend a couple of hours here, then [...]
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
140 miles down, 532 to go
This is what it looks like from here, thanks EMS SkyConnect. Click on the image to get the big picture.
A lot has happened since this post and the previous one. Tranmission got replaced, tie rod too. Jim said something about ball joints. The RV is pulling into Jeff’s at San Felipe and I expect he’ll be [...]
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Sitting still
1104 is at RM10 with what they say is a blown transmission. Chase 1 just caught up with them. That’s all the news I have at this time.
