Gordon wins stage six of Dakar Rally
SCENEDAILY - 2:21PM ET THURSDAY JANUARY 11, 2007 -
NASCAR Nextel Cup owner/driver Robby Gordon and teammate Andy Grider won the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally in Africa today.
Gordon drove his Hummer to a 17-second victory over former Dakar champion Jean-Louis Schlesser of France and teammate Arnaud Debron.
The performance vaulted Gordon through the standings to 19th overall. His team trails the leaders by 3 hours and 49 minutes with nine stages remaining
in the off-road race that runs from Portugal to Dakar, Senegal.David K - 1-11-2007 at 05:33 PM
Great...Minnow - 1-11-2007 at 05:36 PM
Thanks for the update. Just and FYI the VS channel does a daily half hour dakar show at 12 noon pst. Can't wait for tomorrow when those pompous
Euros have to say Robbie won a stag.. The longest of the entire race I might add.TMW - 1-11-2007 at 07:36 PM
Outstanding, Go Robby and Andy.Oso - 1-11-2007 at 07:41 PM
Kudos to the real "Robbie" and opportunity to those who may be mistaken for such???Al G - 1-12-2007 at 09:12 AM
Robbie may be struggling in NASCAR, but he is one of my favorite drivers. Have many signature items, he tries hard to make his fans happy....unlike
some of my other favorites.
GO Robbie and Andy
Robby Gordon wins sixth stage of Dakar Rally
Bruce R Leech - 1-12-2007 at 09:24 AM
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ZOUERAT, Mauritania (AP) -- American Robby Gordon won the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally yesterday.
The Hummer driver completed the 245-mile stage in 2 hours, 58 minutes, 57 seconds, going from Tan-Tan, Morocco to Zouerat, Mauritania.
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Former Dakar winner and Schles-Ford-Raid driver Jean-Louis Schlesser trailed Gordon by 17 seconds. South Africa’s Giniel de Villiers came in third for
Volkswagen, 6:52 behind Gordon.
Spanish driver and former world rally champion Carlos Sainz was fourth, 7:17 behind, and kept the overall lead with nine stages left.
Volkswagen continued to hold the top three spots with de Villiers second and Portugal’s Carlos Sousa third.
Gordon is 18th overall.
Meanwhile, the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano criticized the Dakar Rally as "a bloody race of irresponsibility’’ after a motorcyclist died in a
crash.
Elmer Symons died Tuesday, the latest in a string of casualties that have plagued the race. The newspaper, which has criticized the race for years,
said in Thursday editions that Symons was its 54th victim.
Today, the rally travels 337 miles through the desert to Atar, Mauritania.
Ferrari announces new sponsor
MARANELLO, Italy -- Ferrari’s Formula One team announced a three-year sponsorship agreement with an investment company owned by the Emirate of Abu
Dhabi.
The logo for the Mubadala Development Company will be displayed on Ferrari’s cars and the caps worn by the team’s drivers, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe
Massa.
Financial terms were not disclosed for the agreement, which started Jan. 1. In July 2005, Mubadala purchased a 5 percent stake in Ferrari from
Mediobanca of Italy.
Earlier this week, Ron Dennis sold half of his 30 percent stake in the McLaren team to a company owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The 2007 F1 season starts with the Australian GP on March 18.
[Edited on 1-12-2007 by Bruce R Leech]
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Bruce - great overview of both Dakar and F1. Both are at the top of my sports list. Hope Gordon does well this year. Enjoy watching him in the Baja
and Dakar. It's too bad VS channel doesn't show more of the Dakar. The website also only give min information.
Well !!! Hoping to spend a couple of weeks in Baja next month (after dentist visit).Minnow - 1-15-2007 at 12:59 PM
Finally got a chance to catch up on the action. Lots of great video footage and updates. Micron is doing a great job. Robbies quote " we just went
half, three quarter throttle the whole stage". New found maturity?? Turn up the speakers on your puters and enjoy the new LS7!!! What fun!Geronimo - 1-21-2007 at 11:30 AM
Ding Dong the Dakar is Done. I can return to my usual sleep paterns. Chris Blais in 3rd for the Bikes, Ralley Raid Mexico (Cobo) in 53rd.
Mark Miller in 4th, Robbie Gordon in 8th, Peterson/white in 23rd.
A good learning year for the Americans and I can't wait for next year.
Robby said...
Mexray - 1-21-2007 at 05:09 PM
...that finishing in the 'Top 10' would be considered a success! 8th ain't bad!
That's one nasty race on machinery! I can only imagine the BIG bucks it takes to compete there! Did you notice all the private planes in one of
those video shots - that's truly a rich man's 'sport'! All the support needed to run a machine over 6,000 miles, in some of the most remote terrain
on the planet must take more big bucks, and lots and lots of planning! Wow, it'd be great 'fun' to have a 'job' like that!
