WDD race car at the World Diabetes Congress

Desert Dingo Racing, one of the World Diabetes Day campaign "Champions", will be displaying the official World Diabetes Day race car – a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle that races the deserts of Mexico’s Baja peninsula during the annual Baja 1000 – at the World Diabetes Congress in Montreal, Canada, Oct. 18-22 2009.

Desert Dingo Racing campaigns the car in off road races in the Western United States and Mexico and hosts a drive-a-thon fundraiser in conjunction with the Baja 1000 to support diabetes awareness and education programs managed by the International Diabetes Federation.

The car will be on display near the entrance to the Montreal Convention Center and team drivers Richard Palasik (who has type 2 diabetes) and Jim Graham will be on hand to talk about the team and distribute hero cards, which have a photo of the car on the front and the warning signs of diabetes printed on the back. For more information, visit http://www.desertdingo.com.