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“It was one of the better races we’ve had,” Gordon said of his battle with Baldwin, who finished 4 minutes and 45 seconds behind Gordon. “We started about a minute and a half apart from each other, and it was just who strategized their pits. I’m gonna say we beat them on pit strategy today.”
Strategy and knowing the gameplan well was a big part of Gordon’s victory today, especially considering he lost communication for the second half of the race.
“We didn’t have communication for the last 250 miles,” Gordon said. “You know, it was really hard. We gave up a bunch of time probably because of not being able to use true navigation. Still, we just paced it and kept it smooth. I had a couple strategies in place. Once I was first car on the road, I knew they had to get by me to beat me, and that would be hard to do. BJ got by me at one point, but he had a flat tire, and I knew he had to stop again too. We knew what their strategy was just by paying attention.”
BJ Baldwin and the team of Roger Norman and Larry Roeseler were the only two teams toward the end of the race that had a realistic chance of catching Gordon, though Baldwin and Gordon did manage to put a larger gap between themselves and the field in the last 40 miles.
“Well, I was really focused on Colins, I was focused on MacCachren and then most of all Robby, because I think he’s the fastest guy out here,” Baldwin said. “My hat’s off to him. You know, Robby is a badass, and I totally look up to him. I’ve been watching him since I was a kid, and to take second to him I have no problem with that.”
Baldwin took the lead at one point, but after having engine issues (he described it as on or off) to sort through and a tearing through a brake line when he hit a rock at 112 mph, Baldwin had to choose between pushing for the win and possibly breaking or getting a solid finish.
“After the beach I had to consider that, because I only had front brakes,” Baldwin said of his dilemma to push for the win. “I think Robby Gordon is the baddest desert racer out there. I’ve never ridden with a guy that is capable of the things that he can do in a car, and I want to beat that guy.”
http://www.off-road.com/dirtsports/Desert+Racing%3A+Coverage/Robby-...
“It was one of the better races we’ve had,” Gordon said of his battle with Baldwin, who finished 4 minutes and 45 seconds behind Gordon. “We started about a minute and a half apart from each other, and it was just who strategized their pits. I’m gonna say we beat them on pit strategy today.”
Strategy and knowing the gameplan well was a big part of Gordon’s victory today, especially considering he lost communication for the second half of the race.
“We didn’t have communication for the last 250 miles,” Gordon said. “You know, it was really hard. We gave up a bunch of time probably because of not being able to use true navigation. Still, we just paced it and kept it smooth. I had a couple strategies in place. Once I was first car on the road, I knew they had to get by me to beat me, and that would be hard to do. BJ got by me at one point, but he had a flat tire, and I knew he had to stop again too. We knew what their strategy was just by paying attention.”
BJ Baldwin and the team of Roger Norman and Larry Roeseler were the only two teams toward the end of the race that had a realistic chance of catching Gordon, though Baldwin and Gordon did manage to put a larger gap between themselves and the field in the last 40 miles.
“Well, I was really focused on Colins, I was focused on MacCachren and then most of all Robby, because I think he’s the fastest guy out here,” Baldwin said. “My hat’s off to him. You know, Robby is a badass, and I totally look up to him. I’ve been watching him since I was a kid, and to take second to him I have no problem with that.”
Baldwin took the lead at one point, but after having engine issues (he described it as on or off) to sort through and a tearing through a brake line when he hit a rock at 112 mph, Baldwin had to choose between pushing for the win and possibly breaking or getting a solid finish.
“After the beach I had to consider that, because I only had front brakes,” Baldwin said of his dilemma to push for the win. “I think Robby Gordon is the baddest desert racer out there. I’ve never ridden with a guy that is capable of the things that he can do in a car, and I want to beat that guy.”
http://www.off-road.com/dirtsports/Desert+Racing%3A+Coverage/Robby-...
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