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Written by Press Banner
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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Bug racers run their ride for diabetes cause
 Richard Palasik and Charlie Reynolds, above, ran their 1969 VW Beetle — converted into a Baja off-roadster — for the cameras, at right, as their car has been chosen as the World Diabetes Day car for the Baja 1000. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Jay Luhn
The shoot was coordinated by Santa Cruz photographer Jeff Luhn, who used a boom pole extended from a truck driving alongside the car to shoot a picture that would appear to be from a helicopter.
The team’s 1969 VW Beetle is the official World Diabetes Day car of the Baja 1000. The team did a driveathon fundraiser for the International Diabetes Federation as part of the 2007 Baja 1000 and plans to do the same again this year.
 Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Jay Luhn
One of the photos will be used for “hero cards,” which will have a photo on the car on the front and a list of the warning signs of diabetes on the back. The team plans to print them in English and Spanish and give them to fans at races in the U.S. and Mexico.
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