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Posted by on Apr 22, 2008,
13:56 Baia Mare, Romania – The damage was contained for Robby Gordon on stage three of the Central Europe Rally. The rock course that provided the four-wheel drive vehicles an advantage the day before was now in rough shape and Gordon and his Monster Energy Hummer managed a stronger than expected performance.
Gordon began the day in seventh position overall and after the two special managed to move up to sixth in the overall classification just 5:33 back of Stephan Peterhansel.
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Posted by on Apr 21, 2008,
14:02 Baia Mare, Romania – The second stage of the Central Europe Rally proved to be quite the challenge for Team Dakar USA. The mountainous tracks on the outskirts of Baia Mare proved to favor the four-wheel drive vehicles today. Recent snow storms left the tracks muddy in places and made the rocky course very slippery.
Approaching the stage the Hummer team conceded the disadvantage and vowed to fight back on the upcoming specials but for today and possibly tomorrow they will take their lumps. The day was to be comprised of two identical specials each 76km in length. After the first special Robby Gordon found himself 4:43 back from special winner Stephan Peterhansel. He posted the 11th fastest time. BJ Baldwin lost 8:14 and finished 15th on the special. After the motorbikes, cars and trucks grooved up the course the organizers decided to shorten the second special to just 34km.
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Posted by on Apr 21, 2008,
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In case you miss the Central Europe Rally race broadcast on DirecTV’s ‘The 101’ you can tune into robbysuprising.com and watch the rally unfold from Team Dakar USA’s perspective.
DirecTV’s channel 101 will air the programming from the 19th through the 26th of April. The half hour show will include the ASO world feed that includes action from the motorcycles, cars and trucks. Directly following you can catch up with the progress of the American team of Robby Gordon and BJ Baldwin as they compete in Hungary and Romania. The show airs two times daily – first at 7 p.m. EST and then again at 12:30a.m. Both racers are driving identically prepared Hummers on Toyo Tires.
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Posted by on Apr 20, 2008,
11:27 Budapest, Hungary – American driver Robby Gordon and his Monster Energy Toyo Tire blazed to a second place finish in the first stage of the inaugural Central European Rally.
The stage began before a large crowd at Hero’s Square in Budapest where the teams were introduced to the spectators. The competitors then drove to beginning of the special 58km away in Dabas. More like a WRC style rally course rather than the marathon wide open stages of the Dakar, Gordon and navigator Andy Grider laid siege to the tight twisty tree lined narrow track.
Monster Energy's Robby Gordon is, undoubtedly, one of the most versatile and resourceful automobile racers in the world. During his illustrious career, Gordon has won races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the CART Champ Car Series, the SCORE International Off-Road Series, the Trans-Am Series and the IMSA Series. The list goes on. However, way deep down, Robby Gordon is an off-road racer. So much so that he's about to take a hiatus from massive crowds and asphalt high banks of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to travel halfway around the world to compete in, arguably, the most prestigious off-road race on the planet.
