Jan 5th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Stage 5 Discussion, 2012 Dakar Rally

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Permalink Reply by Blues on January 5, 2012 at 1:59pm

Exactly, Robby's in a great spot with a long time to go.

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Permalink Reply by Toy529 on January 5, 2012 at 2:01pm

I think Nasser knows what he is doing, it is not like this is his first race. Even if he tears up the equipment, everyone is taking notice. Should be exciting to the end.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 5, 2012 at 2:08pm

from Dakar.com:

car 303 - Robby GORDON
We've got a long way to go

I actually kind of paced it the whole time and we didn't have any problems. Our car works good enough on those type of sections. I was surprised that we got beat by Holowczyc, he did a great job, but for us to beat Peterhansel by 3 minutes was good and that makes up a little bit of the distance. I think we beat De Villiers by about ten minutes, so I'm going to say, looking at what we see right now, we're probably in third position and we've got a long way to go. I'm not even driving the car that hard.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Cartwright on January 5, 2012 at 2:16pm

going at a conservative pace seems to be working well for Robby, perhaps he should keep this up until the later stages. Driving like a madman now will get one in trouble.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Hicks on January 5, 2012 at 2:24pm

how happy is RG with his co-pilot. haven't heard any comments.

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Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on January 5, 2012 at 2:27pm

I think we are seeing the difference between Nasser who is going hard and Gordon who is driving conservative. It seems Nasser is making up tons of time and then makes a mistake which causes him more time. Almost like Robby is previous years. - I think it is a great strategy to run like a Mini for now and then drive like a hummer at the end.

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Permalink Reply by natron008 on January 5, 2012 at 2:33pm

I second that emotion

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Permalink Reply by bighead on January 5, 2012 at 2:47pm

RG is a showman, I would bet after the rest day (and 2nd truck makes it to camp) it's ball to the wall....

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 5, 2012 at 3:01pm

Nasser has proved that the Hummers are FAST. If it wasn't for the 2 mishaps the last 2 days, he would be in contention for the overall lead. Long way to go and the Hummers are the class of the field. Let's see what tomorrow brings.

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Permalink Reply by Blues on January 5, 2012 at 3:04pm

Robby knows that car like no one else. That's a huge part of the equation.

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on January 5, 2012 at 3:15pm

Very true. Robby built this car from scrach and know its heart beat. If something is amiss, he would react right away to it. Nasser has no testing with the hummer and has not clue what to expect. At the same time, his style has never been conservative. Normally a lose spare wheel should make a lot of noise. Nasser did not notice it till the damage was done.