Team
“Dingo/BMXStatz.com
Factory Team Riders
Superclass/A-Pro – Jesse Warmack
Elite Women/Girl Pro & Cruiser – Shelby Russ
18-21 Expert – Eric Simmonds
22-29 Expert – “Wild” Bill Young
40 & Over Women’s Cruiser – Jackie Russ
50-54 Cruiser – Dan “Rocky” Johnson
Dingo/BMXStatz.com
Factory Support Team
Superclass/A-Pro – Nick Stambaugh
New Carlisle, Ohio
Superclass – Ian Dixon
Durham, United Kingdom
Team Manager – Greg Russ
Dingo BMX Factory Pilot Jesse Warmack
2003 NBL Gator National – Tampa, Florida
Photo Credit: Bill Young”
Okay, this is the most recent thing that we’ve found. The 2003 NBL Gator National is the last reference that we’ve heard about Dingo (other than the significant number of racers to this day who use the product). Our search is made even harder by the fact that (at best) seven years have passed, making this what real detectives would call a ‘cold trail’. Sure, there was plenty of Internet in 2003 (it’s not like it was 1993, or even 1999) but there simply aren’t as many references on the ‘net to businesses that never maintained that much of an Internet presence to begin with.
Anyway, I guess I’m making too big of a deal about it. Dingo isn’t the only company that ever made a great frame. They just happened to be the one that got me to decide that I didn’t ever need to look any further. And I kinda hate looking…
I don’t meant to go off on a rant here, but…this isn’t the first time that I’ve located the perfect solution, after a considerable time spent trying and searching various other options unsuccessfully — only to lose the perfect option immediately. This pattern happens in silly things like TV shows and products at the supermarket (if I like a flavor, it’s the one that they’re phasing out as we speak), and it happens in more important things like relationships and public policy (oh well, maybe in another four years…).