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The Class 1 buggy of Derek Marley sits on a trailer at the Yurba Mountain Travel Center along RT 95 in Nevada on the way to the start of the 2008 Vegas to Reno. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
So excited to see an Osprey here in Inyo County. She flew by and landed in this tree. This is very, very tightly cropped!
Photos from SCORE & BitD (Best in the Desert) racing series including the 2007 Tecate/SCORE Baja 1000 and BitD Vegas to Reno.
Team drivers:
Roger Norman
Rhys Millen
Todd Clement
and others
www.myspace.com/normanmotorsports
www.youtube.com/normanmotorsports
Video by Lux Visuals:
Music by BLUSIRKUT:
Race Truck Sponsors:
Monster Energy Drink
BFGoodrich
Ion Earth
Vehicle Dynamix
and others
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SPECS:
Trophy Truck (3) (For Sale)
Chasis Builder - Nye Frank
Make - Ford
Body - F 150
Front Wheel Travel - 17 inches
Rear Wheel Travel - 30 inches
Engine Builder - Leon Patton
Engine Model - Ford aluminum block and heads
Fuel Injection - Motec
Displacement - 442 cubic inches
Horsepower - 750 @ 6,000 rpm
Lubrication - Drysump
Transmission - 3 speed with torque converter (Turbo 400)
Usable Fuel - 104 gallons
Tires - BF Goodrich Project TA's 37"
Wheels - KMC
Seat - Mastercraft
Lights - Hella HID's
Shocks - King
Ground cam put alongside the track at Cotton Tail during the 2008 Vegas to Reno. Dust eventually killed the camera. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at venturecrew35.blogspot.com
Driving on a dusty road along the Yazoo River I caught 3 Red-tailed Hawks circling low. They must have been too busy playing chase to notice I was standing under them. I had trouble getting all three in the shot.
The Ford emblem on the front of the Crew 35 Ranger. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
Spare parts from the bin: Campagnolo Racing Triple arms, King cages, Nitto Technomic deluxe, Campagnolo Record side pulls, Grip King Pedals, new Ruffy-Tuffy's, and a Campagnolo Razor from BITD
Kevin Hussey/JPL Mgr of Visualization Technology for STEM/Science/Technology/Engineering/Technology/Mathematics, how do we do Outreach to kids, the Future of American Scientists & Explorers?
Kevin Hussey of Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Manager of Visualization Technology for STEM (Science/Technologg/Entertainment/Mathematics) Outreach, in support of 2001 launch of Mars Rover Laboratory "Curiosity" (Rockcrawler for Mars Exploration, a "Way Out Offroad Vehicle")
Can a cross-over relationship to Short Course offroad racing like CORR (R.I.P.), TORC, LOORS be established. Or, what about KOTH (King of the Hammeris rockcrawling event), or even Desert Racing (via SCORE, BITD/Best in the Desert, MORE/Mojave Off Road Enterprises).
Stay tuned, the brain-trust of Dr. B Yen (see his Offroad Racing technology-intiatiative at www.jumplive.com) & Kevin Huseey of Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Mgr of Visualization Technology for STEM Outreach), pull the "brain-trust" of EXISTING Offroad Racing infrastructure (has to be a BONAFIDE organization, that NASA/JPL can communicate with), over for this Noble Cause -- to produce the Future Engineers/Scientists/Mathematicians/Techologists this country (USA) so desperately needs??
Stay tuned.
Same BAT time, Same Bat channel!!!
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pivotal meeting, between Dr. Yen & Kevin Hussey (currently JPL Mgr of Visualization Technology Applications and Development. (Kevin has a real desire to see STEM/Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics Outreach made more popular). Kevin is formerly Manager of Information Technology for Disney Feature Animation, and was responsible for enhancing and maintaining the Academy Award winning CAPS/Computer Animation Production System.
We are trying to relate current outreach ideas for Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory "Curiosity" Mars Lander (scheduled for 2011 launch, a "Way Out offroad rockcrawler on Mars"), with existing Real World Knowledge of Offroad Racing. Can it happen? Who is going to pay for such a Collaborative/Cooperative effort? JPL/Education, NSF/National Science Foundation Outreach, ONR/Office of Naval Research (who fronts for the Army & Navy, for the future successor to the Humvee military vehicle), DARPA/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (who already did a Desert Racing effort for an "Autonomous vehicle", the DARPA Grand Challenge, followed by the Urban Challenge).
We are trying to relate current Needs for Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory "Curiosity" Mars Lander (scheduled for 2011 launch, a "Way Out offroad rockcrawler on Mars"), with existing Real World Knowledge of Offroad Racing. Can it happen? Who is going to pay for such a Collaborative/Cooperative effort? JPL/Education, NSF/National Science Foundation Outreach, ONR/Office of Naval Research (who fronts for the Army & Navy, for the future successor to the Humvee military vehicle), DARPA/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (who already did a Desert Racing effort for an "Autonomous vehicle", the DARPA Grand Challenge, followed by the Urban Challenge).
Specifically, Short Course Offroad Racing, i.e. CORR (R.I.P.), TORC, LOORS. Rockcrawling ("slow & steady wins the race") is also another niche-market could be added to the program. Note that there is currently a cross-over between Desert Racing & Rockcrawling, as evidenced by involvement in KOTH (King of the Hammers, major Rockcrawling event) by Desert Offroad Racers like
- Casey Currie
outstanding rockcrawling performance at KOTH 2009
- Pistol Pete Sohren (aka "The Mullet")
a threat to win, just needs some Sponsorship for his team
- Rob MacCachren
coming in 2010, the experienced veteran who is "cleaning up " in Desert Racing)
- BJ Baldwin
coming in 2011, the young-gun 2-time SCORE Trophy Truck champion, son of Bobby Baldwin)
The reverse path has also been tried, with Shannon Campbell (famous iconic Rockcrawler champion) trying his hand in CORR Short Course Racing in 2008.
With few leaves on the trees at this time of year singing birds such as this Robin are much easier to spot, this fella seems oblivious to me pointing a camrea towards him.
The new Venture Crew 35 race truck sits outside a Barnes & Noble in Buffalo, NY as Steven stops for some new reading material on the drive home from Nevada
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Mario Andretti's famous John Player Special Lotus. I asked the people at the display and they confirmed this is indeed Mario's original car, not a replica. They also said Mario can still fit in it. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at the Venture Crew 35 Race Blog
A little Photoshop motion blur and it almost looks like the truck's charging down the street. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
Off road legend Walker Evans poses with Crew 35 Baja Project leader Steven Harrell at the 2008 Off Road Impact Show
El conocer la dirección del viento es una parte importante de la predicción del tiempo porque el viento nos trae el clima. Una veleta es una herramienta para medir la dirección del viento y probablemente fue uno de los primeros instrumentos meteorológicos que se usó
Yep. More ice. The storm that came through froze pretty much everything. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
The McCarthy Racing Ford Ranger is prepped in the staging area before starting the 2008 Vegas to Reno. Despite rolling over, the truck would come back to finish the race, coming home fourth in class and 93rd overall (103 trucks would make it to the finish). Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
I am not sure about the year. This photo was taken at my sisters house at 2802 Colemant Rd. Near Port Huron Mi.
Quite possibly the best student driver car ever. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at the Venture Crew 35 Race Blog
Crew leader Steven Harrell's finger bandaged up with a "shop bandage." Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
The Crew 35 truck after having some preliminary (and temporary) decals put on for its official release party. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
Ground cam put alongside the track at Cotton Tail during the 2008 Vegas to Reno. Dust eventually killed the camera. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at venturecrew35.blogspot.com
This cardboard jigsaw is the first new cardboard jigsaw I've made up for quite a while and I'm making heavy weather of it in the poor winter light. The pieces are much smaller than the vintage Waddington/Springbok I've just finished. The surface is matte and feels nice - almost soapy.
I think the lino-cut image is quite difficult in that it reduces to largely coloured lines on a plain colour ground, with a very restricted colour palette and hatchings and angles - things I'm not particularly good at. The effect of massed pieces is quite zebra-like. Initially I sorted for straight edges and just laid the other pieces face up. After doing the frame I pulled out the red and put together what I could. Gathering the browns led to the townscape (with holes where it was blue/white hatching on black). I spent some time rearranging trays and decided to concentrate on the more turquoise shades of blue to see what I could build up. I filled in most of the holes in the townscape, the left corner and below the boat but It took a while to get the black bitds beaks in and link diagonally to the right hand frame. The next breakthrough was getting the swan's beak into the lower left corner and completing the sea and the swan's margin. I now have the black/white swan endgame to face.
The cut is mostly opposite twosies with a lowish percentage of onesies, adjacent twosies & threesies. The fit is quite tight when correct and holding pieces up to the light has helped me avoid false fits where lines seemed coincidentally to continue across piece boundaries.
Adam puts the Crew 35 Ranger back on the trailer so it can be taken to the local CAT Scales and weighed. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org