On Saturday 3/28/2009, the whole DD Army headed up to SapperB (Bruce)’s house (LZ) in Barstow, CA around 1pm. The San Diego crew headed out, picked up a couple Escondido and Riverside members on the way, finally meeting up with more of the crew at the McDonalds at the Wrightwood exit off the 15 north.
The whole gang then headed up the Cajon pass and on into Barstow, in a huge Dime Convoy:
DezertDimes Convoy Wrightwood
Everybody then pulled up at SapperB’s LZ, and the BBQ began:
The Meetup Begins
Trucks Were Examined
Everybody hung out, checked out trucks and made some preparations to hit the Barstow track.
The trucks were checked out by hitting a few jumps in front of the LZ:
SapperB's New front end working out
Sapper B stuffing the front end
The Silver Bullet gettin rollin
Just before the hit
Gonna hit it
Then one of the DezertDimes members with a 5.0 stang, the ‘PreStang’ ripped a huge burnout:
5.0 PreStang Burnout
The crew then headed down the 15 south about half a mile, and hit the edge of the Barstow track for some runs. This included S10’s from close to fully built, to even a stock truck huckin around with the other guys. You don’t see that kind of commitment from Ranger Owners (j/k Carlos)!!!
Barstow Track Bombin
Bruces Dime
Evans Silver Bullet
Evans Silver Bullet Landing
Davids Stock Dime Bombin!
Isaacs Dime - Who said Body Lifted Trucks can't hang?
Javier's Dime bombing it!
Javier's Dime hittin it
The crew headed back to the LZ for a BBQ and some more good times.
The PreStang ripped some sweet burnouts and donuts in the dirt:
Overall it was a great time, everybody had fun, and the trucks did great. Pirate Mike and the awesome crew from The Pirate Lab, and Matt & Dave from Baja Customs showed up and hung out.
Matt & Dave showed off some of their excellent work:
Baja Customs Control Arms Kit
Baja Customs Lower Arms
Thanks again so much to Bruce (SapperB) for hosting all of us and showing the whole DD Crew a great time in Barstow. Thanks to AJ (95-s10) , the Official DezertDimes.com Photographer for all the great photos. Thanks to everybody for showing up and supporting DezertDimes.com!
March 30th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
thanks bruce for having the bbq at your LZ thanks aj for bad ass pics i had a really good time the stock dime did good
March 30th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Looks like it was a good time, wish I could have been there!
March 30th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
good article evan.
it was a lot of fun whens next one? i saw we plan a trip to the desert for next.
bruce your house is awesome.
it was sweet meeting everyone. lots of cool guys and no dicks.
aj sweet photos bro.
oh and clay was the one that told me about the site. we talked about this around the fire and i found out that it was clay that told me about it. werid.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:38 am
Thanks again for the great time, and letting me feel like part of the family!
you guys are the best!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:08 am
Hey no thanks needed bruthas, thats what friendship and brotherhood is all about, oh and by the way 149 and a wake up left
March 31st, 2009 at 2:49 pm
funk yeah,……… thats a badass camera aj..pics are awesome
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am
Thanks guys, I get my Telephoto lens soon for my camera, and i have been getting lesson’s. So just wait, they are about to get that much better!
A.J.
April 5th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
man looks like yall had alot of fun, wish I could of been there but I leave onthe other side of the states from ya, oh well maybe next time huh.
April 7th, 2009 at 10:37 am
figures, the only bbq i miss is like the biggest and baddest one. When is the next?
April 15th, 2009 at 10:42 am
keith,
23 may at Lucerne valley for the MORE day and night race.