A racing team composed of 10 members from Felton, Scotts Valley, Boulder Creek, San Jose and Washington, D.C. called the Desert Dingo Racing are now preparing themselves and they racing machine to compete in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race that will take place at the Mexican peninsula of Baja California this coming November. The Desert Dingo Racing will enter their 1969 Volkswagen Beetle model and aims to win the race.

Charlie Reynolds, driver with Class 11 experience and a mechanic for the Desert Dingo Racing said: "I like the challenge. It’s more about figuring out problems and overcoming hurdles than it is about driving fast. You’re more interested in not getting stuck and defying the odds of making a little car go a thousand miles it’s not supposed to go"

The team will rebuild the 1969 VW Beetle with the help of Eric Solorzano, former Class 11 winner of the Baja 1000.

Check out the members of the Desert Dingo Racing team below along with their cool nicknames:

Mike "Skid" Aquino - Owner, driver
Cary McHughCary "sCary" McHugh - Owner, driver, fabricator
Jim "rj" GrahamJim "rj" Graham - Owner, PR, pretty boy driver
Scott Anderson, driver, mechanic
Shawn Kovachi-LongShawn Kovach-Long - driver, mechanic
Roxanne " Dingo Den Mother " Graham - Team Manager
Charlie Reynolds - driver, mechanic
Carrie Molho - mechanic
Alexandra Nicholson - PR, interpreting
Bob Russell - chase vehicle
As for the 1969 VW Beetle, the car comes with an 1.6-liter 4-cylinder air cooled engine that pumps out and estimated out put of 76 hp. The engine is coupled with a 4-speed manual transmission. The team said the enhancements for the car will announced soon.

Anyway, as a Volkswagen fanatic, I think we should support this team. ayt?