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 Joe Parsons on December 10, 2012 at 1:35pm

HAHA..Funny...Yea of Course I have Green Blood been that way for the last 12 Years..BS = Before Speed... HUMMERS are for SNOBS

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on December 10, 2012 at 1:36pm

I envy him for getting to be there and I mean no disrespect to Joe, just some freindly banter between members on their opinions. I don't even have anything against the X-raid team or Mini's, My gripe is against Peterhansel and his comments.

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Permalink Reply by mj on December 10, 2012 at 1:53pm

Lol Joe . Come to the dark side my young apprentice and together we will rule the galaxy ( or at least this planet lol )

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on December 10, 2012 at 2:57pm

nice 1 mj lol

Permalink Reply by richard berger on December 10, 2012 at 12:39pm

Peterhasel can roll hard, ROBBY will have to be on his game to beat him.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Parsons on December 10, 2012 at 1:07pm

The stage summary - Stage 10 (Iquique - Arica) - 2012/01/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTtGAdw6nVg&list=PL4B0283A4A5E93...

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Permalink Reply by WJM on December 10, 2012 at 7:27pm

Speaking of Iquique, a Mini can't do this;

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Permalink Reply by Short Bus on December 10, 2012 at 7:57pm

The other day I was watching a compilation on Youtube of clips of people doing all kinds of random improbable acts like holes-in-one, full court shots, BASE jumpers, etc. Right in the middle of it was this clip of Robby bombing down the dune to Inquique.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on December 10, 2012 at 8:12pm

The only thing stronger than Robby's spirit must be his stomach!

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Permalink Reply by TOG on December 10, 2012 at 1:15pm

Only 25 days until the Battle. US vs THEM.

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Permalink Reply by Short Bus on December 10, 2012 at 1:43pm

Can a Spanish speaker translate this:

Como anécdota comentar que hemos adelantado a los tres Mini que teníamos delante en los últimos compases del tramo. Peterhansel estaba parado porque había pinchado un neumático, mientras a Roma y a Holowczyc les adelantamos en la pista. Y se ve que al hacerlo, las enormes ruedas del Hummer han lanzado piedras y les hemos roto el cristal a ambos. Parece ser que ellos piensan que lo hemos hecho adrede…

It was posted by Lucas Cruz last January at his blog during the race - http://www.lucascruz.es/

I'm not sure the automatic translators are getting the meaning quite right. It seems the Mini team was making some accusations.

I think Lucas Cruz might have said some interesting things at his blog. I don't read Spanish though.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on December 10, 2012 at 2:18pm

Nice find on the blog.. some nice little tidbits of info.

Cruz says that while racing the Hummer goes around 100KM on 35-40 liters of fuel.. or 60 miles on 9-10 gallons of gas.. 6/mpg :)

On their final day of the rally when they broke all the belts they attempted to fashion one out of the tire strap and duct tape and were about to mount it when a support truck showed up with a real belt... nice McGuyvering though lol