Desert Dingo Racing

Ok, it’s only one quote in a tremendously cool article written by Judy Smith, a veteran Baja racer and longtime writer for Hot VWs. A good number of the photos were shot by Trackside Photo, which got the great shot of us catching air at last year’s Baja 1000. They even mentioned our fundraising for World Diabetes Day. Click here or on the image to download a PDF of the article.

A videogame company is releasing a Baja race game in August. The trailer uses footage from Dust to Glory. It appears to be mostly trophy trucks, truggys and Baja Bugs. Let’s hope they have a Class 11 as an Easter egg or bonus vehicle.

We must have done seven canyon jumps in the first 86 miles of the 2007 Baja 1000.

The dLife TV team was kind enough to send us copies of the segment they did on Desert Dingo Racing and included a nice note:

Thank you for being part of dLife TV. We enjoyed working with you - and learning about all that is involved in the Baja Desert Dingo race. Your story is sure to inspire the millions of people living with diabetes. Enclosed is a copy of the episode with your story. Hope you enjoy it with family and friends!

1146 appears for a split second at the start of a VW commercial promoting their new motorsports program, which includes something like $100k in contingency prizes in 2008. You can see the commercial here.

Trackside Photo got a great shot of 1146 catching air in the wash. I picked up a few copies to send to sponsors and arranged for permission to use the image on our website.

Diabetes Hoy, the magazine of the Federacion Mexicana de Diabetes, published a piece on Desert Dingo Racing. You can check it out here (if you read Spanish).

dLife’s Matt and Christian put together a great six-minute piece on Desert Dingo Racing at the Baja 1000. Actually makes us sound like we know what we’re doing :).

dLife TV posted a blurb on their website on this coming Sunday’s feature segment on Mike and Richard.

This Week on dLife TV
January 20, 2008

Topics: Crossing the Baja desert with diabetes and a souped-up Beetle; a visit to the cardiologist; and low-carb party food with Chef Michel Nischan. Plus, diabetes stole her sight but gave her artistic vision. And pop star Nick Jonas reveals the challenges of performing and living with diabetes.

The piece will air at 4 p.m. PST and we expect they’ll also post it online after the show.

Desert Dingo’s assault on the Baja 1000 will be featured on the Jan. 20 episode of dLife TV, which airs on CNBC. Matt and Christian - the filming team - stuck with us for three days in Ensenada and beyond.

They mentioned us in their press release announcing episodes for the eighth season of the show. We’ll be profiled along with Jerry Mather of Leave It to Beaver” fame and baseball’s Dmitri Young.

Next year we’ll definitely have an in-car camera to get shots like they have of Eric Solorzano.