Dakar Rally - 2014

blackhawke88 · Jan 17, 2014

Every one have fuel cell issues and Im just sitting here, looking for a fuel cell I can afford.

Cr250jumper · Jan 17, 2014

Phil Dammit said: ↑

LOL that was what I was getting at. Similar to Bubba, he's fast but he's not fast enough for his body to keep up which explains all the crashing and disasters he causes on the track.
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Stewart?

Bobert14 · Jan 17, 2014

Just posted from Planet Robby's fb:

After diagnosing it, fuel contamination wasn't the problem. Here is the Team SPEED press release.

El Salvador, Chile (January 17, 2014) – Robby Gordon’s 10th attempt at Dakar Rally glory has come to an end in the sand dunes of Chile.

Despite earlier issues in the Rally with fuel vapor locking on the SPEED Energy/Toyo Tires HST Gordini, the issue that put Gordon and his team out of the 35th Dakar Rally was a compromised air filtration system.

At the start of Thursday’s 11th stage, Gordon and navigator Kellon Walch raced only 18 kilometers into the stage when they realized the issue at the engine’s air intake and returned to Antofagasta, Chile to make repairs. Reports Thursday afternoon of issues with fuel contamination were denied by Gordon and he indicated the only problem was the air intake issue.

At that time more than 80 cars had withdrawn from the race and only 65 remained. Being more than 10 hours down to the leaders and facing more than 10 hours of repairs would make Gordon’s withdrawal from the Rally justifiable.

But in typical Gordon style, he and his team’s never-give-up attitude kicked in and they worked until 12 a.m. Friday with hopes of driving the HST Gordini and support trucks through total darkness in the desert in an attempt to make it to the start of the next stage within one hour after the last car left for Friday’s 12th stage. Despite their best efforts, and although repairs were made, time did not allow the team to make the 749-kilometer trek through the dunes to El Salvador in a timely fashion.

“We gave it our best and didn’t quit until the clock wouldn’t allow us to continue,” Gordon said.

“Without the vapor lock issues at the beginning of the Rally and a few other minor issues, the new HST Gordini ran really well and I was pleased with its performance. We will work on it for the next year and have a much better understanding of the car for next year’s Rally. I am very proud of the way everyone worked on Team Speed, and I appreciate the dedication and effort that everyone puts into everything we do.”
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Phil Dammit · Jan 17, 2014

blackhawke88 said: ↑

Every one have fuel cell issues and Im just sitting here, looking for a fuel cell I can afford.
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I have a fuel cell, but it's broken as well

Phil Dammit · Jan 17, 2014

Cr250jumper said: ↑

Stewart?

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Yeah, how did he think he was going to bring that one back?

Bobert14 · Jan 20, 2014

Stage 10:
http://www.race-dezert.com/home/201...-go-still-no-clear-winner-in-sight-75202.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcUNOSsYAoM

Stage 11:
http://www.race-dezert.com/home/2014-dakar-stage-11-team-orders-75341.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93i_kfCEZmI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXGrj83dSzk

Stage 12:
http://www.race-dezert.com/home/2014-dakar-stage-12-strategy-and-drama-75382.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB8jBwXzmEQ

Stage 13:
http://www.race-dezert.com/home/nani-roma-2014-dakar-rally-champion-xraid-mini-mayhem-75414.html

http://www.race-dezert.com/home/we-made-it-el-martillo-finishes-dakar-2014-75455.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCLMVv-SXEo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXaESJzid9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBEB2gPm1k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOTun6axgLk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDsmcs6dfjs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D28xLi7xhEY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJN6ex1P3A4

Speed Energy:

Stage 10:
https://vimeo.com/84280802

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