Dakar

Anyone know if they are running 2 hummers this year?

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Permalink Reply by Terie (aka vassinvegas) on December 12, 2008 at 12:50am

BJ told me a couple months back that Robby hadn't even asked him. I hope that's changed because I'm sure BJ would loved to drive it again.

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Permalink Reply by Terie (aka vassinvegas) on December 22, 2008 at 1:27am

Update. last week BJ thought he'd have news by this weekend. He's in Alaska fishing, and haven't heard a thing yet. He said he didn't care if he was just backup, he wanted to go!

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on December 11, 2008 at 11:19am

Love to see Tony do this. I just wonder about his fitness. He has become pretty big guy, which will be challenge while digging the car out of the sand or working on the under side of the hummer. We have known of Robby spending endless hours in an inhospitable desert both in Dakar and Baja, trying to repair his truck. I don’t see Tony having such patience.

For those who are desperate to see some racing before the Dakar, there is the ROC at Wembley stadium in the UK with Traves Pastrana and Carl Edwards representing USA. I hope they win the national competition and I think Traves has the skill to win the individual competition.

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Permalink Reply by Scott B on December 11, 2008 at 2:55pm

It is Travis Pastrana.

Anyways, is there anywhere online you can follow the ROC?

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on December 12, 2008 at 11:27am

It was him, just checked and it the drifter Tanner Foust. Only drift driver in the competition. He has style, but may not be the best when getting the most speed out of a corner. You should be able to watch it on "Al Jazeera Sports" live. Commentary might be in arabic. Most to the Eurosport channels are bloked for video content, but you might want to give it a try.

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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on December 21, 2008 at 10:37am

Tony Stewart runs The Chili Bowl, which will be Jan 13 - 17. Kind of hard to do that if he is in South America.

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Permalink Reply by IndyTim on December 23, 2008 at 5:51pm

Not to mention....I doubt with Tony's new Ownership and team startup he would give 30-40 days away.....now 3 or 4 years down the road.....maybe

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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on December 24, 2008 at 7:02pm

And it's not like the South American Rally is going to be the ideal place to START your off road racing career. Maybe Laughlin would be a better bet.....hell, even the Baja 500....

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Permalink Reply by Bricoop on December 12, 2008 at 3:27am

Robby is going to make sure that whomever drives the second H3 will know that their number one job is to be a water carrier. Robby wants to win this race BAD! Other than in the case of severe mechanical failure on Robby's car, the second H3 will stay behind RG at all times.

I predict 5 or 6 stage wins along with a podium spot.