Archive for January, 2010
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Engine rebuild begins
The VW Touaregs take first, second and third in the 2010 Dakar Rally.
Ok, the photo doesn’t have anything to do with us beyond that we both race VWs, but with this being the off season for off road racing in the U.S., I switched to watching the Dakar Rally in South America. Versus had great [...]
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Engine teardown
Mike in mid-engine teardown.
Bob brought his ace engine guy Mike over today to help us tear apart the engine and decide how much of a rebuild we needed. Initially we planned to just change the rings, but on closer inspection we decided to do a complete teardown so we can start the season with [...]
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
We switch to VORRA for the 2010 racing season
The team has decided to switch to the Valley Off Road Racing Association (VORRA) series for the 2010 race season and we’ll have our first race in April on the short course at the Prairie City SVRA just outside Rancho Cordova and just off Highway 50.
We loved racing the SNORE series (and finished third in [...]
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
And we make the DirtSports 2010 calendar
That’s us, the white one, behind red Bug, and the blue one.
We’re in fifth place off the line because we’re “drafting.”
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
The quiet before the storm
Shhhh. Daily recaps of the 2010 Dakar start today.
Update: Bob and his engine guy did a leak down test of the engine on Saturday. 20% down on two cylinders and 40% down on the other two. They’ll start stripping the engine down tomorrow and we should be back up to snuff in time for the [...]
