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Robby Gordon responds to Peterhansel calling him a cheater
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Robby Gordon talks about entering the 2013 Dakar Rally after one of his competitors makes a comment about him and his HUMMER
PETERHANSEL COMMENTING ON ROBBY GORDON ENTERING THE 2013 DAKAR RALLY:
“This is a cheater born, we are here to compete, not for show race, and this is not the circus, even if it pleased the audience.”
“We must fight on equal terms, Robby Gordon must comply with the rules. If this is the case, it is welcome. Otherwise. Not!”
PETERHANSEL IS NOT ONLY CALLING YOU A CHEATER BUT CALLING YOU A SHOWMAN RATHER THAN A RACER, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?
RG: I take that personal, the fact he is calling me a cheater or my team a cheater. We explained our system last year to A.S.O. at initial technical inspection and we did not change anything from that day of initial tech on our car until the day they saw our car, saying it wasn't legal. With all that said what Peterhansel needs to understand is this is the entertainment business and it is not just about racecars. If it was just about racecars we would all be driving diesel powered Mini’s and they would sound like a bunch of sewing machines.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HIM TALKING ABOUT FIGHTING ON EQUAL TERMS?
RG: We are really excited to go to the Dakar, last year A.S.O. can say we were disqualified, but to be honest with you at the end of the day we finished 5th and it wasn’t worth fighting with them. So we'll accept whatever we have to accept, but in regards to Peterhansel and playing fair and square, we played by the rules A.S.O. told us we could play by last year and they came and inspected our cars for 2013 and we are ready for the challenge. Last year if you take out the stages I had to tow Al-Attiyah around we would have been easily ahead of Peterhansel at that point. This year our car is even better fine tuned, we’ve had more time to work on it. Even with the inflation disconnected last year, I want to remind Peterhansel that we beat him 10-15 minutes a day when we wanted to go. So he's going to have to tighten his seat belts and we are ready for the battle. There is STILL nothing Monster, about his Mini!
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Permalink Reply by Chuck Hickl on
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The naivety of these "factory-coddled" drivers amazes me to no end. If there was no "show" to Dakar, this MFer would have had to have gotten a real job a long time ago.
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Permalink Reply by Joe Parsons on
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X-Raid not a Factory Team...Just well Funded by Sponsors and Partners..
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Permalink Reply by Bruce Smith on
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Sure looks like a factory team to me. Maybe it's the big link on the MINI All4 Racing site that wants to sell you a new Mini
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Permalink Reply by james heggemeier on
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Thanks Robby,. 10 more years Robby will only be 53 and MAD MAX WILL BE 14 -15 . What a show !! Cant wait .lol.
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ROBBY TELL STACY TO PUT A A MILL DLLS DAKAR FINISH BAJA FINISH NASCAR FIN 24 HR FIN WHO IS THIS GUY PETER HANSEL NOBODY LETS GO ROBBY
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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on
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Google translate couldn't recognize the language.What ?
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Permalink Reply by yano on
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peter ... nobody .... did you , at least , check his back ground on the dakar !?.... a bit of respect sir !
sure he is on defensive mode ... he's certainly scared of not making the top spot ... and for good reasons . the fact that RG is so pissed will make all the difference .. he will be flying if the machine can stand the pace of this very long race .... this is no baja ... not even close . there is also more and more 2 wheel drive machines too .
it will be a very very interesting year .
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Permalink Reply by Sean Malabanan on
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Yeah Robby! Roost um! Bring home that trophy!
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Permalink Reply by Mike Phillips on
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The dunes huh, do I need to remind everyone of the 130+ miles an hour Rob was doing last year? Yea Pecker better be worried!!!!! Hey TOG can you find that video & put it back up it was fricken unreal man!
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