Robby Gordon responds to Peterhansel calling him a cheater

SPEED Energy Racing Transcript:

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 TOG on December 14, 2012 at 3:39pm

Hey guys, please put the CT tragedy in it's own thread. This is not the thread for it. I know everyone is angry, including myself, but a Dakar thread is not the place.Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by mj on December 14, 2012 at 3:51pm

Don't know how to transfer everything over but yes please do it deserves its own thread

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Permalink Reply by Brian Hartwick on December 15, 2012 at 12:30pm

Well Said. I Recieved my new Sticker. Gonna go by Danny Thompsons today and show him also.

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on December 15, 2012 at 1:59pm

Hey Joe I was just reading that you are a part of the Monster team, I think thats pretty cool. What do you do? I would love to be a part of a team and have that experience. and yes this is a sincere question, it might be good for other planet members to know what you do and why your so passionate about the monster team.

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on December 15, 2012 at 8:25pm

I know what the concept of what the team does, I just had a sincere interest in what Joe did for the team.

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Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on December 15, 2012 at 7:53pm

Joe Parsons @monsterjoe twitter - "Social Marketing Specialist, Dynamic, creative, and assertive sports marketing professional with a strong eye on brand experience. Proven ability as an energet" - its his job to be passionate about the Monster brand.
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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on December 15, 2012 at 8:20pm

wish I had a job like that. thanks for the info Brad

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Permalink Reply by Don Brown on December 26, 2012 at 12:25pm

If Your Passionate about SPEED ENERGY, then you have a job like that.
You just don't get paid for it.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Parsons on December 17, 2012 at 2:52am

Thanks Brad 12years now with the Brand..so yea it's my life and im very passionate of the brand the sports we are in..respect to all of you here..

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Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on December 17, 2012 at 9:23am

Except the 3 months you spent with RGM ;) - its cool either way with me.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Parsons on December 17, 2012 at 9:38am

Yea more than 3 months..

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Permalink Reply by Joe Parsons on December 17, 2012 at 2:57am

IM the Director of Special Marketing Projects for Europe, Middle East and Africa my main two programs are Dakar and Speedway...I have been with Monster since 2001..here is a link to see more...
http://www.linkedin.com/in/energymarketing

once again Respect to everyone on the planet.