Robby Gordon - sucker for punishment.

The Dakar rally is on again - the most competitive and ferocious rally in the world. And American Blunderkind Robby Gordon is back too. Last year, he assumed because he'd won some Baja rally a couple of times that he could sweep the board in the Dakar. A couple of days in, his arrogance got the better of him and he destroyed his car. Red Bull dropped him and so this year he's back with a - wait for it - Hummer. This typifies the American approach to sporting events - throw more money and more power at it and you'll win.

The thing is, with Dakar rally cars, lighter is better. The H3 replica that Gordon is racing weighs 2045kg and has a 6 litre V8. To put that into perspective, the VW Race Touareg 2 vehicles weigh 1788kg and have a 2.3l 5-cylinder diesel engine. Guess who's got the top 5 spots and who barely finished the first stage? Gordon got bogged down in soft sand that even the damn trucks managed to get through. By the end of the day today he's in 21st place over an hour behind the leaders. Even some of the independents and trucks are in front of him. I hope his engine blows up or he tanks it off a sand dune or something. The Dakar Rally isn't about American showboating, it's about team racing and sporting spirit in the most difficult rally in the world. Robby Gordon has no business being there. He's an arrogant prick who knows nothing about rally racing. Baja1000 my arse.

Speaking of trucks, Jan De Rooy is racing 5 DAF trucks this year - his biggest team ever. He's up against the racing Kamaz trucks again - hope he does well this year.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Looks like you turned out to be wrong about Gordon you moron!
13:02
Chris said…
Yeah - so wrong he didn't even place in the top 5 at the end of the rally. Robby Gordon is a cocky asshole. The man couldn't even figure out his own fuel strategy and had to start stealing fuel from the bikers! What a total dick.
13:39
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