Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Deconstructing 1107
Crusty and Robert take a meeting.
Our next race – the KC Hilites Midnight Special – isn’t until early August, so we’re taking the time to take the car apart and go through it with a fine tooth comb…something we’ll do to varying degrees after every race.
Crusty worked the past couple of days removing the seats [...]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Food, folks and logistics
An army marches on tri-tip, salmon bruschetta and wine.
The team gathered at Scott’s place earlier this week (he totally has a custom-built motorcycle displayed in his living room) to celebrate our third place finish in SNORE’s Caliente 250 and to start mapping out logistics for future races and the Baja 1000.
After a phenomenal dinner prepared [...]
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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Photos from the Caliente 250
1107 blows past a Class 9 at the Caliente 250. (Ok, it could happen).
Bob was kind enough to shoot some photos at the Caliente 250, where, as previously mentioned, we finished third. Next up, in August, is the KC Hilites Midnight Special at Ridgecrest, California, on August 8. This race is unique in that it’s [...]
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Waiting on a bowden tube
This should be a walk in the park. A rocky, silt-filled, multi-water-crossing walk in the park.
“Busboy” Bob Russell reported in just now with an update on car preparation. First thing they had to do was purchase a disposable phone (just like the terrorists use!) because Caliente doesn’t have cell service for AT&T.
With that out of [...]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Pre-running is essential
Creech practices his pre-running at the outlet mall in Primm, Nevada.
Richard’s out of cell phone range, so an update on how today’s car prep and pre-running will have to wait.
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
On the road to the Caliente 250
Technically, the car is buttoned up.
Richard, Creech, Bob and Crusty departed Ben Lomond Wednesday night around 9 p.m., took turns driving and pulled into Buffalo Bill’s in Primm, Nevada around 7:30 this morning.
By 9 a.m. it was 80 degrees and forecast to top out at 102, prompting a trip to the outlet mall for shorts [...]
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Countdown to Caliente
You can’t see the rain in this photo.
Work on Sunday focused on getting the engine back in and getting the fenders attached. The team will be working throughout the week to button up 1107 and pack before departing for Vegas Wednesday night.
Photos of Sunday’s work here.
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Less than a week to SNORE’s Caliente 250
Hi, I’m Bob and I’ll be your driver today…
We’re starting to button up 1107 for SNORE’s Caliente 250 next Saturday. The front and rear bumpers, now with reinforcement so that they don’t crumple like tinfoil when you try to use them as a jack point, are installed. Richard returned from Bradford Racing Products in Prunedale [...]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Prepping for SNORE’s Caliente 250
This is why I don’t want to drive the car. I have a hard enough time with the xBox.
The team met to map out what needs to happen to get 1107 ready for SNORE’s Caliente 250 on May 9 outside Las Vegas. Crusty got a head start and worked like a man possessed on Friday [...]
