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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
The exotic life of the Baja 1000 racer
Here’s a quickie video of us prepping all the vehicles on Race Day morning. We all headed across town in a caravan around 10:15 to line up for an 11:30 a.m.-ish start.
The neighborhood kids would hang out with us. I took some photos. You can check out the gallery here.
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
Maybe we should go for the Baja 1000 Flugtag
Another angle, courtesy of Aura 360 of our flight off the Red Bull jump in the Ensenada wash.
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Airborne at the Baja 1000
There’s been a lot of discussion (if you consider three of us instant messaging each other as “discussion”) about how much air Scott and Seth caught off the Red Bull jump in the Ensenada wash.
I think Richard thought it was about 12-18 inches. I maintained three feet, based on watching the video something like [...]
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Desert Dingos at Baja 1000 featured on ESPN Magazine online
To Be Called “Racer”: It’s the highest honor, and the Baja 1000 finds them.
ESPN Magazine online, November 25, 2008
In motorsports, there is one word above all others that exemplifies what our twisted metal, burning rubber, death-defying pursuit is all about. The term is never used lightly and bestowed upon only those have earned the right [...]
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Baja 1000 Contingency & race day photos
And we’re back! About 12 hours from Ensenada to Felton. 1102 is safely ensconced on the trailer in the front yard. We’ll be needing a couple of new fenders, a rebuilt transmission, a short throw reverse lock out shifter and some other bits and bobs, but we should be back in business in short order. [...]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
GoPro camera video of 1102 starting the Baja 1000
First video is shot from the hood-mounted GoPro Motorsports DV camera. Each car rolls up on a mound of dirt, rolls down to the start line, Sal Fish reaches in and shakes hands with driver and co-driver and then get the 10 second count down. Cars start at 30 second intervals. This shot includes [...]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Jonesing for a fix
Folks are starting to post videos of this year’s Baja 1000. Fans are sure obsessed with Fast. Just about the time I said "enough with the trophy trucks," here comes 1102 up the hill (screenshot above, embedded video below). You’ll need to exercise patience. Desert Dingos show up six minutes into the video, but man, [...]
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
A few pics just posted . . .
. . . on Unlimited Dirt. Click the thumbnail to view the full-sized photo.
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
What was it like?
When the team returns, we’ll have photos and likely video from the car, but for now, here’s a taste of this year’s Baja from others who’ve already posted on the Internets.
First, another video of Contingency Row:
Racers faced two major challenges in the first leg of this year’s course, the silt beds (here’s video [...]
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Thanks, Chris
Chris Juedemann @ glasskitchen.com was among the loyal followers who tracked Desert Dingo Racing during the 2008 Baja 1000. He sent a link to this pic. Chris, thank you for the link and your messages of encouragement throughout the race!
