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 ivanspeed on December 6, 2012 at 9:44pm

peter just wants to get in RG head to cause RG to push hard and crash with no support or second hummer we cant let peter get in rg head.. if a mini breaks they are back ups and support trucks

Permalink Reply by TOG on December 6, 2012 at 9:48pm

Don't worry, RG has support.

Permalink Reply by Brian Hartwick on December 6, 2012 at 9:50pm

Fo Sho

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on December 6, 2012 at 10:22pm

Robby should share space at the bivouac with Eric Vigouroux #319 since he is running a Chevy Trophy Truck and his team could work hand in hand with Robby's crew with the GM powerplants. Many hands make light work...

Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on December 6, 2012 at 10:53pm

Spy work race shop Anaheim: What appears to be the Dakar service rig still at shop 12/6/12

Permalink Reply by TOG on December 6, 2012 at 11:00pm

They do have a few of them.

2 are already on their way south.

Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on December 6, 2012 at 11:00pm

there gonna be put on a plane maybe wtf

Permalink Reply by TOG on December 6, 2012 at 11:26pm

I'll repeat it. 2 are ALREADY on their way. The west coast one isn't even part of the plan.

Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on December 7, 2012 at 12:31am

spyman=over and out surveilance turminated.

Permalink Reply by Joe Parsons on December 7, 2012 at 6:08am

Stéphane Peterhansel (born 6 August 1965 in Échenoz-la-Méline, Haute-Saône) is a rally racing driver from France. He won the Paris Dakar Rally riding Yamaha motorcycles in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1998; driving Mitsubishi Pajero SUVs in 2004, 2005 and 2007, and took his tenth victory in 2012 driving a Mini Countryman. Thus making him the most successful driver in the history of that race. He competed in the Race of Champions in 2005 and 2006 and is also a two-time World Enduro Champion.

Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on December 7, 2012 at 7:27am
Permalink Reply by Bricoop on December 7, 2012 at 8:26am

The ASO sure looks a lot like Nascar of late.

"Illegal" air intake sounds a lot like the "illegal" Dodge Nose
Lots of favoratism: Hendrick/Peterhansle
Endangering others with their race vehicles (Peterhansel and Kyle Busch got a slap on the wrist).
Sponsorship Issues-Think Jim Beam and Motorola (Although Robby's solutions to those two things were quite clever).

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