Robby Gordon News

[Sparky1329]

PJ Jones will practice and QF the 7 car at Dega. Rob will have to start at the rear but that's not a big deal at Talladega.

[Sparky1329]

There are two specials on the menu for the 4th stage, which is the longest of this first Central Europe Rally, at a distance of 580 km, 150 km of which are against the clock. After leaving Debrecen, the competitors will first have to stomach the 213 km of the link stage to Dabas, before tucking into the first time-trial which follows the same route as the very first special of the rally, but in the opposite direction this time! Sand and woops will therefore be on the menu again. After that, the caravan will be back on the tarmac for a new link stage of 206 km to the military base in Vezsprem, the finishing point of this 4th stage. However, before reaching the base, the competitors will have to get through the 88-km second special on a constantly changing terrain, typical of the Hungarian plains. They will be served up with a track that will be at times both flat and quick and at other times very muddy and bumpy, so the drivers and riders will have to adapt their pace to the terrain. In such conditions, the slightest mistake will probably result in a time loss of several minutes.



STAGE 4 First Special Start Order / Times

1 203 DE VILLIERS (ZAF) 11:29:00
2 200 PETERHANSEL (FRA) 11:31:00
3 204 ROMA (ESP) 11:33:00
4 212 GORDON (USA) 11:35:00
5 202 ALPHAND (FRA) 11:37:00
6 213 DEPPING (DEU) 11:39:00
7 205 AL ATTIYAH (QAT) 11:41:00
8 201 SAINZ (ESP) 11:43:00
9 209 SOUSA (PRT) 11:45:00
10 215 GACHE (FRA) 11:47:00

[Aussie12]

Stage 3: 4th
Overall: 6th

[Sparky1329]

Robby finished 3rd in the stage. Team USA's second Hummer was 7th for the stage. Here's the latest overall I could find.

1 200 PETERHANSEL (FRA)
COTTRET (FRA) MITSUBISHI 04:10:38 00:00:00
2 213 DEPPING (DEU)
GOTTSCHALK (DEU) VOLKSWAGEN 04:11:33 00:00:55
3 203 DE VILLIERS (ZAF)
VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) VOLKSWAGEN 04:13:34 00:02:56
4 212 GORDON (USA)
GRIDER (USA) HUMMER 04:15:06 00:04:28
5 202 ALPHAND (FRA)
PICARD (FRA) MITSUBISHI 04:15:24 00:04:46
6 204 ROMA (ESP)
CRUZ SENRA (ESP) MITSUBISHI 04:15:29 00:04:51
7 205 AL ATTIYAH (QAT)
THORNER (SWE) BMW 04:17:39 00:07:01
8 201 SAINZ (ESP)
PERIN (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 04:17:50 00:07:12
9 209 SOUSA (PRT)
SCHULZ (DEU) VOLKSWAGEN 04:24:21 00:13:43
10 238 FOJ (ESP)
PUJOLAR (ESP) TOYOTA 04:25:50 00:15:12
11 211 SABY (FRA)
GUEHENNEC (FRA) BMW 04:32:48 00:22:10
12 245 ZAPLETAL (CZE)
NEMAJER (CZE) MITSUBISHI 04:36:52 00:26:14
13 215 GACHE (FRA)
FLICK (FRA) BUGGY 04:43:25 00:32:47
14 223 KIS (HUN)
CZEGLEDI (HUN) NISSAN 04:53:25 00:42:47
15 221 SZALAY (HUN)
TOTH (HUN) CHEVROLET 04:53:52 00:43:14
16 250 HERRADOR (ESP)
VICO (ESP) BMW 04:55:49 00:45:11
17 214 HENRARD (BEL)
BRUYNKENS (BEL) VOLKSWAGEN 04:58:22 00:47:44
18 218 BALDWIN (USA)
HEATH (USA) HUMMER 04:58:54 00:48:16
19 232 LEAL DOS SANTOS (PRT) BMW 04:59:07 00:48:29
20 216 AZIS (LVA)
PRINCIS (LVA) OSC 05:02:33 00:51:55
21 269 ISTVAN (HUN)
TIBOR (HUN) PROTO 05:04:49 00:54:11
22 258 FAZEKAS (HUN)
CSATO (HUN) BMW 05:21:54 01:11:16
23 226 PATISSIER (AND)
DELLI - ZOTTI (FRA) BUGGY 05:22:50 01:12:12
24 259 LISZI (HUN)
FENESI (HUN) MITSUBISHI 05:25:47 01:15:09
25 257 NICOLAE (ROU)
STAN (ROU) MITSUBISHI 05:33:23 01:22:45
26 266 VARGA (HUN)
POCSEG (HUN) NISSAN 05:33:30 01:22:52
27 240 GREEN (GBR)
ELAND (AUS) RALLY RAID UK 05:34:01 01:23:23
28 272 ROCHELLE (GBR)
HAMMOND (GBR) RALLY RAID UK 05:41:00 01:30:22
29 270 AZOFRA (ESP)
IRIBARREN (ESP) MITSUBISHI 05:45:41 01:35:03 05:00
30 256 VAN EIKEREN (NLD)
HERWEIJER (NLD) TOYOTA 05:46:59 01:36:21
31 278 THEURIOT (FRA)
PROT (FRA) BOWLER 05:48:43 01:38:05
32 247 NESTERCHUK (UKR)
KONDRATIYEV (UKR) MITSUBISHI 05:57:49 01:47:11
33 274 RENTERO CANO (ESP)
VASCO CUESTA (ESP) DESERT WARRIOR 06:02:19 01:51:41 11:00
34 235 BERNARD (FRA)
CORNUAILLE (FRA) BMW 06:16:18 02:05:40
35 268 MURCZIN (HUN)
HUJBER (HUN) MITSUBISHI 06:26:17 02:15:39
36 243 KRISTOF (HUN)
SIMON (HUN) NISSAN 06:44:43 02:34:05
37 237 WAMBERGUE (FRA)
CATTARELLI (FRA) TOYOTA 06:44:46 02:34:08
38 224 PALIK (HUN)
DARAZSI (HUN) NISSAN 06:46:21 02:35:43
39 208 CHICHERIT (FRA)
BAUMEL (FRA) BMW 07:23:14 03:12:36 01:00:00
40 231 VAN LOON (NLD)
DE GROOT (NLD) VOLKSWAGEN 07:38:53 03:28:15 01:05:00
41 239 INOCENCIO (PRT)
FIUZA (PRT) MITSUBISHI 09:52:48 05:42:10 02:00:00

[harvick#1]

woohooo GAS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aussie12]

Stage 4: 10th
Overall: 8th

Out of the Carpathian Mountains now and onto the plains. Tenth is a litle worrying - the H should be quicker on the plains.

[Aussie12]

BUGGER!

Stage: 51st
Overall: 51st

Did really well in the first special but broke the rear wheel hub on an awkward jump. Although it was able to be fixed all chances for this rally are over.

If this was the 15 day Dakar event in Africa the 51st position wouldn't be too bad. On his first Dakar Robby dropped to out of the top 100 after rolling the car and made it back up to 12th at the finish line.

[Aussie12]

Final stage: 8th
Overall finish: 10th

[Sparky1329]

Team USA did a great job competing against factory teams. Gas on!

[Aussie12]

Pulled off a decent finish at Dega too.