Robby Gordon 2013

[avgas]

Originally Posted by larryboy

7 made it to WP4, that should be where they stop it if they are going to stop a race. At least in NASCAR they wait for the rain to pass, then start the race again, this is retarded.

and yes, I have been in a flash flood in the desert all by myself on a motorcycle and no, I didn't give up and go home.

Wow, you're so hardcore. I assume you must be a dakar finisher, because surely you wouldn't be so foolish as to think you know what it's actually like without having done it.

[soloyosh]

Originally Posted by avgas

Wow, you're so hardcore. I assume you must be a dakar finisher, because surely you wouldn't be so foolish as to think you know what it's actually like without having done it.

Lighten up Francis...

[Dekatria]

Originally Posted by bajaboundmoto

Great videos!

Robbie brings so much to the event the ASO should be bending over (forward) to include him and want him to return.

Sure he's way gnarly driving, his show is THE best. Pitching it sideways on asphalt on a transfer, launching, driving like Robbie does, it's what fans love to see.

I agree with this. He just also gives the crowd an underdog to root for - the Hummer versus the cocky Mini-brigade. Along with his gung-ho, we're-here-to-boogy way of doing things it makes him a real treat to follow in Dakar.

The car competition surely wouldn't be half as interesting without him. I for one probably wouldn't be watching it anymore.

[davesupreme]

Originally Posted by soloyosh

Lighten up Francis...

call me francis, and i'll kill 'ya.....

[watrboy]

Originally Posted by davesupreme

call me francis, and i'll kill 'ya.....

Them was my fighting words as a kid.

Now I am very proud to be a distinguished older gentleman who rides dirt bikes with Francis as my middle name.

My how we change.

[El Cucuy]

Originally Posted by larryboy

Yup, at least they finish a damn race.




It's 10 am and Dakar has given up and quit on their race again. Pussies.

NASCAR isn't scheduled to pick up and move the entire stadium and all the race teams to another city 300 miles away by the next morning.

[Michelangelo]

Originally Posted by soloyosh

Lighten up Francis...

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LOL...you and only a few others are probably the only ones that get that! That was a youth favorite, cult movie!

[Strong Bad]

Originally Posted by larryboy

Yup, at least they finish a damn race.




It's 10 am and Dakar has given up and quit on their race again. Pussies.

Accurate assessment coming from a keyboard racer.

[soloyosh]

Originally Posted by Michelangelo

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LOL...you and only a few others are probably the only ones that get that! That was a youth favorite, cult movie!

Son of a bitch. Shit.

[Strong Bad]

Originally Posted by Michelangelo

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LOL...you and only a few others are probably the only ones that get that! That was a youth favorite, cult movie!

yep

[toddiscdn]

All this talk makes me want a hulkaburger

I wonder how a" heavily armed recreational vehicle" would do at dakar




We are all showing our age!

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by toddiscdn

All this talk makes me want a hulkaburger

I wonder how a" heavily armed recreational vehicle" would do at dakar




We are all showing our age!

Chicherit already has one.

[Southest US Thumper]

Originally Posted by Strong Bad

I don't understand your statement "the ASO let's him play". He paid his entry fee just like everyone else, and was actually excluded last year before the end of the rally.

Well the whole scrutineering Pass then Un-pass last year and the "Talk" that other teams were holding out on ratting him out about it until the Hummer got within striking range makes me think that ASO takes his money and let's him play and bring in the fan base (slight US but crowd pleaser on the stages). I say play because it doesn't seem that they will actually ever let him win, though I wonder if that would all change if he could convince a manufacturer with a strong European presence, Ford comes to mind, to field a factory team of Pick Em Up Trucks or SUV "Look Alike" buggies.

I don't really watch Robby in the other disciplines he races but when it comes to Dakar I sure do, the "American Rebel" logo appeals to me, I've done the Planet Robby thing since the Monster days just for these two weeks.

GO Robby!!!

[Strong Bad]

Originally Posted by Southest US Thumper

Well the whole scrutineering Pass then Un-pass last year and the "Talk" that other teams were holding out on ratting him out about it until the Hummer got within striking range makes me think that ASO takes his money and let's him play and bring in the fan base (slight US but crowd pleaser on the stages). I say play because it doesn't seem that they will actually ever let him win, though I wonder if that would all change if he could convince a manufacturer with a strong European presence, Ford comes to mind, to field a factory team of Pick Em Up Trucks or SUV "Look Alike" buggies.

I don't really watch Robby in the other disciplines he races but when it comes to Dakar I sure do, the "American Rebel" logo appeals to me, I've done the Planet Robby thing since the Monster days just for these two weeks.

GO Robby!!!

The general public knows little of what really went down with Robby & the ASO or the FIA on his getting DQed. I do know that it was general knowledge in the bivouac that the other teams knew about "systems" down stream of the restrictor on his car, did the ASO overlook it and then the FIA stepped in when BMW blew the whistle? Water under the bridge. There is no ASO vs. American thing happening no matter what the fanatics blather about.

There was a Dakar race before Robby and there will be a Dakar race next year when he stays home to run his SST business. Excitable kids at a skate park is kewl, but do you really think it brings the ASO a measurable increase in revenue? Just like what we see in Baja when he shows up to race, lots of crowd excitement as he goes through contingency and everyone yells and yea hoos when he races by, but those people are there even when he's not racing. Ever see the turn out for WRC in Argentina?? They have to cancel special stages because the crowds are too large.

[Southest US Thumper]

Originally Posted by Strong Bad

Ever see the turn out for WRC in Argentina??

Can't say I have, only in Europe.

I guess I get caught up in the Thrilla in Manila type hype he brings... Pulls me in every time...



That's not to say he's not a Top Drawer Performance, upper stuff is covered with Riff Raff, Neduro, and various parts, jet kit, steering damper, suspension stickers....