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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 Dave Horwath on
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This site is called Planet Robby, not Off Road Forum...America, BTW starts with a capitol A, just sayin
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Permalink Reply by timothy price on
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what do i drive lets see
Dodge W250 FWD
47 willy's Jeep
class 10 leagl prerunner
2010 ford expidition FWD
or a legal 7200
plus i own a 250MPH Studebaker we race at Bonneville salt Flats
JUST LOOK AT A FEW OF MY PICTURE'SON ON MY PROFILE
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the more he posts Joe sound's like one of weatherman's favorite persons
we all know that is RICHARD CRAINIUM
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sorry TOG i will play nice now
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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on
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I worked at a GM dealership for 11 years and saw plenty of Hummers come through with mud on their under carriage. I will say that i'm not impressed with the H2's but the H3' are very cool. In all fairness I would probably say that the Mini's go offroad quite a bit in the European market but a stock Mini vs a Stock Hummer, yeah the Mini will be asking the Hummer for a tow!
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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on
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technically speaking,Mini's might see more off-road action.
The DITCH is off the road!
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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on
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Morning Joe, glad you asked. I drive the "Bat" as my kids have always called it, (Big Ass Truck) Ski rig / camping / Dirt Bikes...whatever pretty much. I think it could pull some Mini's out of the sand. http://www.planetrobby.com/profile/JRSands check it out ...lol
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Permalink Reply by Joe Parsons on
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That's a great Name..the BAT..cool here is what I drive when im home in California
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Haha this will be good.............
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'm sorry, but every time I think about Peterhansel I think of Jean in Talladega Nights!
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lol now thats funny
only peter will prolly want to hold R.G. lower
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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on
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Planet is stuck in slow news weeks. The anticipation of the race is making every day in December drag so sloowwwlllyyy. C'mon Petter the Pecker, please say something mean again so we have something to chat about till the race.
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