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December 17, 2011

Our Condolences to Desert Dingo Racing
Two Larrys Racing offers our well-wishes and condolences to the Desert Dingo Racing team and those surrounding - they lost a treasured member. Please visit the Desert Dingo Racing blog for more info and to offer your condolences. We at Two Larrys Racing really wish everyone the best during this tragic time. RIP Mike, you were one incredible guy.

December 9, 2011

Have a Very Larry Christmas!
Two Larrys Racing is wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Happy Holidays to all!

November 11, 2011

11/11/11, Proud to be Class 11!
Today is all about the 11's. Tomorrow will be 11/12. Our time to shine. :-D

November 9, 2011

The SCORE Baja 1000 is Almost Here
The 44th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is nearly underway. Racers are already setting up for the big adventure, one of the notorious off-road races on the American continent. Held in Ensenada, Baja, Mexico, the race takes place between November 17-20, 2011. As of November 3, the class starting positions for the Class 11 racers are as follows:

Matt Cullen, #1101
Eric Solorzano, #1100
Gustavo Garayzar, #1148
Justin Matney, #1149

If you are interested in following the race, even as it plays out, please visit the website of the Desert Dingos (#1107). Jim Graham has set up an information center to keep you updated to the minute, which you can view that HERE. If you would like to learn more about the SCORE Baja 1000, you can visit SCORE's website at http://www.score-international.com, and we recommend the video "Dust To Glory," which you can purchase online from sites like Amazon.com. We're sure you'll want to once you watch the following movie trailer. For more great movies about off-road racing, please visit Dezert People for their awesome video series.

October 28, 2011

The Green Booger is Back in Black
Last weekend saw the stripping of the Booger, as well as too much time required to cleanse it of the Nevada silt that seems to get everywhere. Yesterday, the inside was scraped clean and given a new coat of shiny black paint...the rear used to be the original red of the car. Now we can find fallen washers better! Today the Booger is slated to be welded upon to repair the VORRA USA 500 damage to the rollcage, and hopefully by this evening the car will be going back together.

In addition, please be sure to check out the VORRA Prairie City races THIS WEEKEND! The grand finale of the VORRA series, this weekend promises plenty of action with a double-header (TWO days of racing!), as well as a costume contest, pumkpin carving contest, and excellent barbeque dinner on Saturday. For more information, please visit http://www.vorra.net.

October 24, 2011

Mentioned on Good Day Sacramento, Channel 13 & 31!
Good Day Sacramento made a trip to the Prairie City off-road track to support and promote the races THIS WEEKEND. The Green Booger was mentioned for last year's teeth and tongue costume. Check it out! http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video/6379824-off-road-racing/.

October 12, 2011

Air Compressor - Two Larrys Racing Style!
This is a VW engine with two cylinders converted to push air. It easily keeps up with the sand and soda blaster - the pressure never even drops. Larry G devised a system where it's on wheels with rototiller handles and can be pushed wherever we wish, as well as a bar in the front with rubber pads to reduce vibrations. She never moves. It also sports new generator and oil pressure lights, push button start, and a kill switch on a control panel. She's been enjoying the left over race fuel for the Green Booger, and we've been enjoying our kick-butt compressor. Plus, it's Volkswagen...how can you go wrong with that?

October 2, 2011

The Green Booger Wants To Race
Today was a nice Sunday afternoon and we decided to pull the VW car cover from the Booger and let her rip a little 110 octane (in neutral...). We were pleased that she fired right up and ran excellent...you would never know that the last time she ran was July and right after a 500 mile race (well...355 miles for Two Larrys...). We have not yet put the roll cage back together where the overheated chromoly broke, but it's on the to-do list. We apologize for the lack updates here - we've been busy raising funds for 2012! Haha...hope everyone is enjoying the end of their seasons, and we hope to see many of you at the VORRA Prairie City Halloween BBQ double-hitter at the end of October! For more information, please visit http://www.vorra.net.

August 21, 2011

Two Larrys Floats an Air Biscuit
We just picked up a VW powered Cushion Flight 240 (hovercraft) and information is scarce. We were wondering if anyone has heard of them before and if anyone had information regarding them, photos, specs, anything? We know it is from the late 1960's. We are planning on a full restore on it with a 1969 1600 engine and hope to take it to the Niello Ranch Run in Lincoln, CA in April 2012 for viewing. We do know that few of these were made, and they are even more rare now. What a fun and exciting project! Email admin@twolarrysracing.com if you would like to provide more information, or you can use the contact form provided on our contact page. Two Larry's doesn't JUST do racecars!

The following photos are provided by the individual we purchased the hovercraft from. More photos to come soon, and expect to find its restoration process documented on the Two Larrys Racing forums (linked above in the menu). The boat will come home to Two Larrys tomorrow on a flatbed.

August 9, 2011 - kcra.com

Main Stream Media
After a simple photo upload for photo sharing to the local news station Monday afternoon, kcra.com, Sacramento's NBC channel, we were pleased to find the next morning the station decided to use the Green Booger front page on their website in the news reel! This particular photo was taken at the 2010 VORRA Halloween BBQ race, and trick-or-treaters had to reach inside the Booger's "mouth" to take their candy from a green bowl.

August 4, 2011

2011 VORRA Master Pull USA 500
Talk about an exciting event! Wes, Jenny, and the whole VORRA crew managed to pull off yet another spectacular race for everyone who attended! It all started on Friday, with tech, contigency, the parade, and so many festivities to boost the racing atmosphere it left your head spinning and your heart light. Many booths were set up so that the cars made their way through a labyrinth of advertisers and awesome racing gear. A rock-crawling demonstration as well as a motocross exhibition were featured, along with a massive monster truck with tires taller than the Green Booger. The display of race cars was impressive, and the National Anthem and night-time parade was exciting for all. Here's a great photo of the Green Booger in front of John Ascuaga's Nugget in Reno by Reno Photographic.

The Green Booger in line for tech on Friday

Bright and early Saturday morning found the racers lined up for the start. Tensions and expectations were so high, it was tangible. Alternate Larry C and Larry M had to leave Larry G and Larry C at the start to make it to Pit 1 and set up in time. Even the amount of travel between pits was amazing - around 100 miles. 4WD Mechanix Magazine did get a starting shot and even video of the Green Booger's start. Additional photos and videos are available on their page - they did a great job of documenting many facets of the race.

The Green Booger raring to go.

Unbeknownst to Larry G, who was well on his way on the race track, Alternate Larry C managed to sink the beloved and trusty 2WD 454 Chevy Suburban Beast into the silt at Pit 1. A special thank you to the generous Rod Hall Racing crew, who used their awesome chase Hummer to pull the Beast out, and Rob Messer who used his 4X4 Chevy to pull our trailer to where we could attach the Beast to it once again. The assistance from both teams is deeply appreciated.

The Suburban Beast, saddened and on the axles

The race for Two Larrys and the Green Booger was under a black cloud from the beginning...literally. One minute before the green flag waved The Booger on, the oil cooler fan and helmet fan/fart fan vibrated to a stop. Larry G and Larry C traveled the over 40 miles to Pit 1 cruising the car so it would not overheat. A loose connecter wire on the relay was thought to be a problem at Pit 1, and was "fixed." Ten miles later at the long hill climb, both fans gave out once again. After a quick replacement of the faulty relay, which was indeed the REAL problem, The Green Booger was once again on its way. It flawlessly ran the race, and with the assitance once again from Heston at Pit 3 for refueling, it actually had better than expected gas mileage. At about 40 miles before Pit 1, we passed #1177, Bob Messer Motorsports, with a missing wheel that had bounced down the ravine. Shortly thereafter, we caught #1107, the Desert Dingos, and honked courteously to them as we passed. Upon reaching the straightaway, the GPS read 87 miles per hour and we were fourth gear. Pulling into Pit 1 at exactly 2pm 30 minutes ahead of our competition, we switched drivers and continued on our way. The car was running marvelously.

Both Larry C's were enjoying the scenery and challenge of off-road racing. Lap two marked Larry C's first time behind the wheel in a desert race, and he handled everything spectacularly. At mile 113, that black cloud reared its ugly head once again and without warning the cage hoop that holds the shock towers completely snapped in half. We have since been asked questions such as "Was it at the weld," "Was it steel," etc. The answers are unsettling...the Chromoly cage snapped right in the middle of the shaft, not next to a weld, not at a pressure point. It was something we didn't foresee as ever being a problem with the Booger. A chromoly specialist informed us that we may have obtained a stick that had been heated too much, thus creating a brittle section of our cage. It's impressive that it hung in there for now three years of racing, one of those being a full season with eight races.

Alternate Larry C redeemed his Suburban incident with using a pickle fork, ratchet straps, and hose clamps to get the Booger back to Pit 1.


More carnage.

With a break such as this, the rear shock no longer had support and was flexing the cage side to side. The Larry C's removed the rear shock to relieve the additional stress to the rest of the case. As you can imagine, the last 42 miles was excruciating for Larry C and Alternate Larry C. Through the rocky section, it took them two hours to make ten miles. The race radios did not have contact, so communication was established through cell phone. Arrangements were made within Pit 1 for the use of a welder and manpower from Bob Messer Motorsports and Hunter Motorsports in the case that after evaluation we believe we could continue the race. A special thank you to both teams for their generosity. When the determined Larry C and Alternate Larry rolled into the pits after 11pm, they had spent an impressive nine hours in the car together for one lap. It was determined in Pit 1 that the car could not go. From being driven 42 miles with no rear shock, the cage had fractures, the frame horn had fractures, and the transmission mount had broken. We deemed it wise to save the car and pulled out of the race. 21 of 47 entries did not finish the first annual VORRA USA 500. Thank you so much Wes, Jenny, and the Vorrateers for putting on such a fun, challenging, and spectacular race for the enjoyment of off-road enthusiasts. We look forward to the 2012 season and what you have in store for us!

With three hours of sleep in the Suburban in the Nugget parking garage after being awake for 22 hours, we awoke at 7am Sunday to this posted on our car. Radical!

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