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Post by MTwomn on Jan 12, 2019 11:35:12 GMT -5
As for speed limits in racing...what's the point?
Isn't the point of racing to go fast? The stock Textron SxS can go well over 80 mph and whatever Robby has tweaked on it even faster. Today is the rest day.
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Post by MTwomn on Jan 12, 2019 11:45:57 GMT -5
Max Eddy Team Speed navigator
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Post by Fire21 on Jan 12, 2019 18:40:44 GMT -5
80 mph is not racing speed...it's cruising speed, it's the speed limit on much of Wyoming's interstates. 80 mph is a slow corner in racing. I don't understand what the Dakar organizers are trying to accomplish.
But then, I don't understand na$car either.
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Post by MTwomn on Jan 15, 2019 2:45:24 GMT -5
The three Team Speed vehicles have all finished stage 7. Where they finished ... we don't want to talk about it.
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Post by Fire21 on Jan 15, 2019 10:22:13 GMT -5
Apparently they observed that stupid speed limit!
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Post by MTwomn on Jan 15, 2019 20:11:13 GMT -5
Robby still has his share of bad luck. His SST is preparing to race in Mexico City.
A Mexican driver crossed over the center line and hit the SST hauler the second hauler trying to avoid the accident flipped her hauler. Both semis are totaled, one driver OK the other in the hospital with broken bones. Some of the team in Peru are heading to Mexico to access the damage to the SST trucks and determine if the race can go on.
As the business owner he wants to take care of what is happening in Mexico but as a racer he wants to finish the Dakar. He has hired people to take care of things for him but maybe not on this level.
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Post by Fire21 on Jan 15, 2019 21:44:40 GMT -5
That is UNBELIEVABLE damage! Glad the people involved are OK/going to be OK. Did the Mexican driver receive a ticket? Do they issue tickets in Mexico? It's just hard to believe the bad luck that follows Robby!
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Post by MTwomn on Jan 17, 2019 20:13:11 GMT -5
Team Speed has completed the Dakar. In a race like this completing is winning. Usually less that 50% of the competitors get to the end. To do it without manufacturer's support is even more of a win.
Class | Start | Finished | % Completed | Bike | 137 | 76 | 55.5 | Quad | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | Car | 97 | 55 | 56.7 | SxS | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | Truck | 41 | 14 | 34.1 |
#367 Blade Hildebrand finished 42 with only 2 hours 32 minutes of penalties.
#316 Robby Gordon finished 49 with 10 hours and 26 minutes of penalties.
Most, if not all, of the penalties were for driving over the 80 mph speed limit.
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Post by MTwomn on Jan 17, 2019 20:30:42 GMT -5
Looks like it is back to either the Hummer or the Gordini. This interview was before the last day of the race.
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Post by Fire21 on Jan 17, 2019 21:20:21 GMT -5
Although they finished pretty far down the list, it sounds like Robby was pleased with the cars and the fact that they finished in physically good shape.
As I understand it, this was just an experimental year with these vehicles?
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Post by MTwomn on Jan 17, 2019 21:39:48 GMT -5
An experiment. They did learn things. This vehicle probably will be back to the Baja but not Dakar. Maybe some day Robby will learn not to trust the ASO.
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Post by MTwomn on Jan 19, 2019 22:09:39 GMT -5
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Post by Fire21 on Jan 20, 2019 13:17:05 GMT -5
Wow, those SSTs are amazing! I didn't know they changed bodies like that. It would be fun to see some NA$CAR drivers, besides Casey Mears, try them. It's amazing how much suspension travel they have, and how they pick up the inside front on turns. Pretty radical racing!
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