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Permalink Reply by B Hodgkiss on December 15, 2010 at 12:03pm

I would like to see RG's Dad as Driver,  two Gordon's would be great to follow, then there is his Sister who we all know is a great Driver. Just thinking out side of the box. All The Best Dakar 2011

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on December 15, 2010 at 12:37pm

One thing I did notice and gives me a few ideas of who could be the #2 Hummer driver. I noticed on the black Hummer lower front fender that there looks to be a MasterCraft Safety decal and on RG's Orange Hummer there is not one. So maybe the driver of the #2 Hummer is sponsored by MasterCraft and part of their sponsor deal is anything they race must run the MasterCraft logo?  If there was any validity to my thought I guess I could call Robbie Peirce and find out. 

 

I'm not saying BJ is running the #2 Hummer but guys like him are sponsored by MasterCraft Safety.

 

I do find it weird that they would not have announce the driver / navigator line up for the RGM USA Hummer team. Almost like who ever was originally planned to drive did not work out, and changes have been or are being made at the last minute.

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Permalink Reply by MerlotMax on December 15, 2010 at 12:52pm

I would agree, one would think it would have been annouced by now. It is also odd that the entry list went from not showing the 327, then 327 - TBA and again to not listing it at all.

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on December 15, 2010 at 12:53pm

Or the contract has not been completely ironed out. With competing tire companies, energy drinks, manufacturers etc in the offroad driver pool contracts tend to not be rubber stamped.

 

FYI Mastercraft bought Impact a week ago..

 

http://www.wickedmag.com/mastercraft-safety-announces-the-acquisiti...

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on December 15, 2010 at 2:02pm

I know I posted this in the General Racing Forum a week ago when it was announced. 

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Permalink Reply by Scott B on December 15, 2010 at 12:55pm

I talked to BJ and he said he was not driving for personal reasons and told me who would be driving. Now this was a few weeks ago, and like you said things change at RGM in a hurry.

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Permalink Reply by Mike/WC77 on December 15, 2010 at 7:22pm

Scott, BJ's said since right aft this years rally, he wouldn't be racing the 2011 event....with RG. Apparently now he's not running it at all. BOO, I say

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on December 15, 2010 at 9:00pm

As with all racers,never say never and no decision is final till the green flag drops.That being said the green flag hasn't dropped.

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on December 15, 2010 at 12:57pm

http://www.mastercraftsafety.com/teams-offroad.php 

 

Shows RGM as one of their teams.

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on December 15, 2010 at 2:19pm

This actually surprises me as RGM uses Sparco seats and RG is endorsed by Simpson Race Products and has been for as long as I can remember. When Simpson released the D3 seat belts they used Robby as their spokes person as these were for off-road buggy and UTV applications.

 

Even before MasterCraft purchased Impact Race Products I would have thought being involved with MasterCraft would be a conflict with Simpson as they make and sell many of the same products. Now I will say RG's window nets in the TT and prerunner are from MasterCraft. I dont know about the limit straps?   

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Permalink Reply by Slider316 on December 15, 2010 at 3:14pm

If I had to guess, it must be a fairly big name driver...likely many cross-sponsor issues to address. Anybody else and RGM would have announced long ago. It's the wait that leads me to believe it'll be someone we know very well and might even be surprised by...

 

my way outside the box guess....Smoke

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Permalink Reply by TOG on December 15, 2010 at 5:52pm

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