2012 Dakar Stage 9 Quotes

Quotes from Stage 9 of the 2012 Dakar Rally

Robby Gordon - WINNER!

" It was a very good special for us again. Now it's just a waiting game to see how soon Peterhansel comes behind me. On the transfer stage, I think we had him beat by about a minute and a half. But we need more than a minute and a half, so I pushed very hard on the last section, as hard as I could go the whole time and it will be interesting to see how much time we put on him because we pushed, like qualifying hard, not really knowing where you're going. We had a couple of big scary moments. For us, we've got to make time. We're in a different position to him. He has to conserve his time and I've got to make it. We've got four days left, four real days of racing left and the Hummer's strong. 19 seconds? He made a lot of time up on me, then. I can't believe he could catch us there, because we were going crazy. So he's a madman; if he beats us, he's a madman. Madder than me! "

Nasser Al Attiyah - DNF

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Johnny Campbell

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Permalink Reply by John Marsh on January 10, 2012 at 5:23pm

That's just it, isn't it. Nasser drives like a madman. Alternator belt or not, Im guessing up to this point in the race, That Hummer took more punishment than any vehicle. Im sure the 2nd support truck gave him some encouragement to push harder and harder.

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Permalink Reply by will on January 10, 2012 at 6:06pm

Great stuff from Johnny-
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JOHNNY CAMPBELL QUOTE OF THE STAGE (FIRST DAKAR STAGE WIN)
"Went good. Careful in the rocks for no flats, went fast in rough, hummers advantage. Nav went good and the decent to Iqueque was the scariest thing I ever did - RG was matted at 205kph! Omg I was freaking out!!!"

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Permalink Reply by DB on January 10, 2012 at 6:20pm

Thanks for posting that Will, i was wondering how Campbell's ride was after hearing RG talk about pushing it Qualifying style, Good stuff!

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Permalink Reply by Karen on January 10, 2012 at 6:48pm

Sell rides on that!! I would love it!!!

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Permalink Reply by Wally Meier on January 10, 2012 at 8:17pm

Thank you will thats awsome scareing Johnny Cambell can be no small feat!!

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Permalink Reply by WJM on January 10, 2012 at 11:52pm

That's 127mph for non-metric types

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Permalink Reply by roy on January 10, 2012 at 11:57pm

Looks more like 180!

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Permalink Reply by Todd Bettenhausen on January 10, 2012 at 6:11pm

I guess that Nasser answered the question of whether he'd come back with RGM next year in that recap video. What a downer on such a good day.

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Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on January 10, 2012 at 6:40pm

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 10, 2012 at 6:47pm

Yep he's a racer who didn't win, and that doesn't sit well but he gave the 300 one hell of a ride.

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Permalink Reply by GTX - HEMI on January 10, 2012 at 7:37pm

NASSER QUOTE..."why would you drive a VW when you could drive a ZO6 with wheel travel".

It looked like he had fun........to bad he DQed.

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Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on January 10, 2012 at 6:44pm

It's hard to tell if Nasser's problems stemmed from his style of driving or parts fatique , regardless he was something to behold in that Hummer very exciting to track , I personelly am glad he was along for the ride , definitly one hell of a driver , I just hope that all is copasetic with he and Robby and doesn't blame them for his withdrawal I'm sure the team did their best for him.