Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Stopping by to see Greg with Rugged Radios
We pulled in to San Luis Obispo for a few minutes to hook up with Greg Cottrell of Rugged Radios who changed out a faulty comm unit in Richard’s helmet. His father raced Class 11 back in the 70s.
Oh, and thanks for the jump start, too, Greg.
We are on 101 South to San Diego.
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Behind the Scenes 2 - Killing time in the RV
Ok, I’m going to admit this isn’t particularly interesting. In the hurry up and wait world of Baja racing, this is the “wait” part. Things sort of pick up at 1:14.
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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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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Starting to button it up before heading south
With three days to go, the car is coming together. Yesterday Shawn focused on painting. Cary and Scott tested the pumper unit and comm links. Scott installed the greasy greasy axles. Cary fabbed a box to hold six quarts of oil. Dennis tied up loose ends. I futzed with the cameras. Wrapped everything up by [...]
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Desert Dingo Racing in Discovery Channel Magazine
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 [...]
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
From Race Cars and Google Doodles to Day Spas and Night Lights: Groups Across the U.S. Prepare to Join World Diabetes Day Celebrations Worldwide on November 14
BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 31, 2008/ – Whether your tastes tend toward bright lights and big cities, quiet contemplation or off-road racing, groups around the U.S. are gearing up to celebrate World Diabetes Day and raise awareness of the growing threat of diabetes.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), which led the effort to get the United Nations [...]
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Desert Dingo Racing teams with GoPro to capture, upload video during Baja 1000
October 30, 2008, San Jose, Calif, – Desert Dingo Racing and GoPro have teamed to capture and broadcast high quality digital in-car video during the 41st Annual Baja 1000 offroad race in Mexico this November.
Desert Dingo Racing competes in Class 11, which is limited to pre-1983 Volkswagen Beetles and allows for only minor modifications [...]
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
First GPS track released
SCORE released the initial GPS track for the race. We purchase a more detailed version that loads into the Lowrance GPS unit mounted in front of the co-driver. It’s a bit more detailed and has cool little skull and crossbones icons that warn of things like sheer cliffs, deep water and boulder protruding into the [...]
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
KPIX interviews the team
KPIX sports reporter Kim Coyle and cameraman Greg (who swims from Alcatraz for fun) came by last night to do an advance piece on our planning for this year’s Baja 1000.
KPIX followed our exploits last year and you can check out the pieces here, here, and here.
I’m going to be uploading in-car video [...]
