Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

First photos of IDF/Desert Dingo event at the Cannery

Ruth with CPMG sent me a link to her Flickr photo set shot as we were setting everything up for the June 8 public event with the International Diabetes Federation at The Cannery on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf.
You can check out the shots here. Lane and Mitch, who were shooting for the IDF, should [...]

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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Another racer joins the World Diabetes Day fold

Update: I had an email exchange with Youcef. He finished 10th overall and second in the 8th leg, despite the fact that he broke his sternum. On the eighth stage of the 3,000 km rally, doing 100 km/hour, he went straight over his handle bars. “I woke up with a helicopter next to me. The [...]

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Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Tecate 250 or Bust!

We’ve registered for the San Felipe 250 and the car is being modified from everything we learned from the 1000.
Bugformance has really come through for us and we’re adding their logo to 1146. Today we worked on the bump stops, Bob put together a new cover for our fueling tube and added adjustable screws to [...]

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Friday, January 25th, 2008

Trackside Photo shot of 1146

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.

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Monday, December 24th, 2007

Happy Holidays from Desert Dingo Racing

Marcus shared some more imagery he shot during the race. A great shot of 1146 coming down off the mountain.
You can check out Marcus’ work here.

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Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Trailered 1146

In San Diego.
First shot of 1146 on the trailer in a parking lot in San Diego. We’re doing early prep, then a team meeting and we’ll map out what will happen for the rest of the day.
For the most up-to-date info, check our Twitter stream.

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Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Painting 1146

Shawn ponders black vs. white.
Shawn and I (mostly Shawn) started masking 1146 around 10 p.m. Friday night as everyone else was taking some time to get some sleep. By 2:15 a.m. we had a painted race car.
View Shawn’s masterpiece here.
Passing through Santa Barbara now.

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