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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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done
We did our team briefing this morning with Seth, our logistics guy taking the lead. He mapped out fuel stops, who’s riding with whom, and a bajillion other details that only a guy like he could conceive, remember and then articulate to the rest of us sitting in plastic chairs in the barnyard.
Genas fabbed a [...]
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Desert Dingo Racing featured on the World Diabetes Day home page
Desert Dingos provide hands-on diabetes lesson to school children
Desert Dingo Racing, the team who have entered the official World Diabetes Day race car in the Baja 1000 off-road race later this month, recently took the car to Holly Oak Elementary School in San Jose, California to give the children a hands-on lesson in desert racing. [...]
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Final night of prep before departing for the Baja 1000
I accidently left the digital still camera at home, so decided to capture the final night of prep on the car with video. Richard, Dennis and I made a run up to Auburn to retrieve the trailer. Shawn completed the last of the painting and graphics. Bob, Scott and Cary did final buttoning up [...]
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Laying down the decals
Shawn and I (again, mostly Shawn) got started putting on sponsor decals and our numbers tonight. We needed to do some touch up on the paint, so we’ll finish it off tomorrow, after Richard and I return from Auburn with the trailer.
Two days to Mexico and counting. Photos of Shawn’s handiwork here.
