Robby Gordon 2013

[troy safari carpente]

Originally Posted by MsLizVt

Troy, Good to see you!

Can't help but following Robby. You can imagine, out of all the characters and riders and drivers, he's the one that is most easiest for me to relate too.

By the way, I quoted and posted a response to your "... sand darts at Lemans ...." comment. Did you see it?

Enjoy,


Liz

Hi Liz

yeah saw your reply... but it was too late (my seeing it) the moment was lost... but I made a note to say hi when I saw you...

Have a great day, today RG has 454 km's to get a full head of steam up!

[MsLizVt]

Originally Posted by troy safari carpente

Hi Liz

yeah saw your reply... but it was too late (my seeing it) the moment was lost... but I made a note to say hi when I saw you...

Have a great day, today RG has 454 km's to get a full head of steam up!

I thought the same thing, the audience wasn't paying much attention, and couldn't really relate to that amazing car while everyone was talking about Honda miscalculating gas tank sizes.

He'll do okay. I think he did a lot of navel gazing and pondering in that above photo where he's sitting with his chin in the palm of his hand, looking at his rolled pride and joy. There were a couple of times where I did the same thing, pondering what it'll take to get the car back on the road and how I messed up to get into this situation. You know what I mean.

[MsLizVt]

Originally Posted by izom

...robbys BACK...again!!

another great vid ! thanx

Izom, you're very welcome!


Liz

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by MsLizVt

I think he did a lot of navel gazing and pondering in that above photo where he's sitting with his chin in the palm of his hand, looking at his rolled pride and joy. There were a couple of times where I did the same thing, pondering what it'll take to get the car back on the road and how I messed up to get into this situation. You know what I mean.

Been there, done that.

It's always appeared to me that Robbie could win this thing, if he just relaxed a bit. With any luck, with the bulk of the race before him and the chance of winning gone, he'll just go out and have some fun. If he can do that, I think he could learn something big from it.

Passion is the big one that motivates us to do this sort of thing. We just fucking love it. But with too much passion, too much focus, it ceases to fun. And, in my experience, it eliminates that variable that makes it possible to win. And if you do luck into the win, it lacks the joy it should have brought.

I really hope that, like him playing with the local kids and the rc car, he just goes out and has fun with it.

[kaosrider]

Originally Posted by Drif10

Been there, done that.

It's always appeared to me that Robbie could win this thing, if he just relaxed a bit. With any luck, with the bulk of the race before him and the chance of winning gone, he'll just go out and have some fun. If he can do that, I think he could learn something big from it.

Passion is the big one that motivates us to do this sort of thing. We just fucking love it. But with too much passion, too much focus, it ceases to fun. And, in my experience, it eliminates that variable that makes it possible to win. And if you do luck into the win, it lacks the joy it should have brought.

I really hope that, like him playing with the local kids and the rc car, he just goes out and has fun with it.

That is the answer. The harder you try, the easier it is to have unforced errors. No doubt Robbie places way too much pressure on himself. Now all the pressure is off and he can rise to the top. He will not win overall, however if he can come roaring back each day he will have won the crowd. In the end he may well be the only one they remember.

[whitham_wannabe]

I've never understood the logic of having gullwing doors on a car that stands a good likelihood of ending up on it's lid, and the video of them trying to get out only reinforces that.

They couldn't open Robby's door at all, and the other didn't exactly provide easy egress. But what to I know, eh?

[Anders Green]

I was wondering why some built-in flipping over device couldn't be constructed. See this video and skip to about 2:10:



It wouldn't need to be automatic and motorized. Hooking up a 10 ton portapower device to a metal arm and pumping by hand would do it.

200-300 pound weight penalty, with the benefit that you'll never be stuck for four hours waiting to roll your own vehicle back over? Maybe that's worth it. Maybe not... I know I'm Wednesday morning quarterbacking here.

Anders

[IndyChizzle]

Originally Posted by Anders Green

I was wondering why some built-in flipping over device couldn't be constructed. See this video and skip to about 2:10:



It wouldn't need to be automatic and motorized. Hooking up a 10 ton portapower device to a metal arm and pumping by hand would do it.

200-300 pound weight penalty, with the benefit that you'll never be stuck for four hours waiting to roll your own vehicle back over? Maybe that's worth it. Maybe not... I know I'm Wednesday morning quarterbacking here.

Anders

As ugly as the buggies are, I can see the merit of designing the body of your vehicle to be more "self-righting" if flipped. With the large, flat surface area on the top of the Hummers, I could see how they'd be a bugger to get flipped back over. That being said, the Hummers do look cooler than anything else.

Here's Gallagher's attempt at it :)

http://youtu.be/ulHO_dbyBSg?t=1m14s

[larryboy]

Looks like he's pretty solid in the 26th overall spot, a chance he could catch 25th place if he stands on it.

[El Brad]

Repeat of yesterday,

1	300	AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) CRUZ (ESP)	BUGGY	03:32:08	-	-
2	302	PETERHANSEL (FRA) COTTRET (FRA)	MINI	03:40:44	00:08:36	-
3	315	GORDON (USA) WALCH (USA)	Hummer	03:46:00	00:13:52

And, yes I am watching Advrider at work





Its great being overpaid and underworked

[davesupreme]

he's definitely back.... now he's just gotta start smokin' pekkerhansel on some stages, and the planets will regain proper alignment, and everything will be right in the world...

[Turbocelica]

Maybe those tire changing rams just in front of the rear tires could be exchanged for some double acting cylinders? Then it would be a matter of digging a hole in the sand big enough switch the head from one side to the other. It would make sense to leave the foot on the roof side because a flat won't leave the bottom of the buggy against the the ground.

As far as the suspension.....
Does anyone what material they use on the underside of the trailing arm, A-arms or between the A-arms? The stuff between the A-arms seems to stretch as the suspension moves.

[whitham_wannabe]

Erik Carlson "Carlsson på taket" ("Carlsson on the roof") always maintained that the best thing about the Saab 96 was how easy it was to put back on it's wheels again after it had rolled.

[crankshaft]

Originally Posted by Turbocelica

As far as the suspension.....
Does anyone what material they use on the underside of the trailing arm, A-arms or between the A-arms? The stuff between the A-arms seems to stretch as the suspension moves.

Probably HDPE plastic sheet, pretty common in the rally world.....

[PackMule]

Originally Posted by Drif10

Been there, done that.

It's always appeared to me that Robbie could win this thing, if he just relaxed a bit. With any luck, with the bulk of the race before him and the chance of winning gone, he'll just go out and have some fun. If he can do that, I think he could learn something big from it.

Passion is the big one that motivates us to do this sort of thing. We just fucking love it. But with too much passion, too much focus, it ceases to fun. And, in my experience, it eliminates that variable that makes it possible to win. And if you do luck into the win, it lacks the joy it should have brought.

I really hope that, like him playing with the local kids and the rc car, he just goes out and has fun with it.

Great commentary, Drif.