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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 Wally Meier on
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Thanks for the pic Kevin!
Choke on it Stephane!
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Permalink Reply by mj on
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Speaking of vids thought everybody might like to see all the vids on the Dakar YouTube channel
http://m.youtube.com/user/dakar
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Permalink Reply by WJM on
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My collection of videos here: http://blip.tv/robby-gordon-motorsports
All Dakar Stages 2006 to present in the Dakar Group video player
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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on
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I don'y know what all the fuss about, you are fans of one of the best racers in the world and he told some spoiled brat where to get off................it happens every day get over it..............or does it? Have you started your crusade to get Americans behind this program.......?.... for every head you deliver I'll deliver two. There was a statement last time about name calling since we are above and beyond the trash pile so I won't poke fun at a mans name or such. However a mans actions and statements I would say are fair game and as per P. and his I can only say Gas On !
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Permalink Reply by shorty on
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Peter le skunk de pew ,you can kiss all of our asses!! Bad vibes for you.
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Permalink Reply by Jérôme ARNOUX on
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He calls Robby the cheater but he forgets he pushed a moto in the water last year. ASO has to DQ Stéphanie...
BUT DON'T FORGET ! The Dakar is an European race with european rules and a lot of commentators
don't understand the US rules more "open", less permissives (i don't know if it's the good word...)
Go Robby and as i say in an another post change the color : fluorescent yellow with Mapei blue.
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