Source: CNet

Desert Dingo is the brainchild of Jim Graham, a high-tech publicist, Mike Aquino, a Cisco mechanical engineer and Cary McHugh, who repairs MRI machines for Siemens.
Their goal? Run the whole race--their car is entered in Class 11, for stock VWs--in the 53 hours they're allotted, all while staying safe, sane and having the time of their life. And counting on a passel of high-tech gear to do it all.
Graham said he got the idea for running the race while watching the racing documentary Dust to Glory earlier this year. He got on the phone with some friends, and next you know, they were out in search of a Beetle to run the race with.