hummer dakar

[DTHVLY]

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TEAM DAKAR USA
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Stage 8


<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">TEAM DAKAR USA > News > Stage Report
Posted by on Jan 7, 2006, 16:26
Unoffically Team Dakar USA is out of the Dakar Rally. While the team battled overnight to make repairs to the Hummer's clutch and radiator apparently they did not make the ASO's allowed starting time. We will await word from the team for more details. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Fuk Robby Gordon!

[Arizona Hummerboy]

Is there any pictures of the Hummer team to be found for the Dakar?

I been trying to watch the race on OLN. I watched the big trucks run on Sunday.

[Ernie Italy]

Hummer team 8th after 3 days.... on http://www.dakar.com

[rodster]

Interesting. That sure doesn't jive with the update I posted [source] . Or maybe it does and my math is bad?

The Dakar web site is equally as confusing. I think Enlish is a third or fourth language for their webmaster.

[Andy C]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PhilD:
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So what's under the hood? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>You've never looked at a VW Beetle have you

I think you'll just have coolers at the front, if anything. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

My old Beetle had a cooler in the front - it looked nothing like the one that this thing has - where the hell do you put the ice.

[nmikes]

holy crap... finished 5th on the stage only 90 seconds off the lead.

[GeorgeSSSS]

Definitely a kick-ass machine. Let's hope they can win it all.

George SSSS

[Anonymous]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RonB:
looks like the grill is stock!

rb </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

You mean the 427cid isn't stock? Good, I thought I missed an option when i bought mine.

Good pics there, Robby loves to "test" his vehicles out at the dunes, usually Buttercup near Yuma.

[HummBebe]

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[ROX]

I've been watching this on OLN on Directv at 1pm pacific time. The grille is the only thing stock for sure, but every single commercial break has a Hummer in it!

[GeorgeSSSS]

In stage 6, which took place on Thursday, 1/05/05, the Gordon/Skilton Hummer placed 11th in stage 6 -- 13 minutes 41 seconds behind the leader among all cars (the H2's category). Overall (all stages combined) it is in 27th position, 4 hours, 28 minutes, 36 seconds behind the leader.

Looking at the race by stages, the H2 has generally been in around 11th to 14th place or so. The best it did was stage 3 when it came in 5th place (lifting it to 8th position overall among cars). The worst was the disasterous 4th stage where mechanical problems resulted in a 118th place finish, 3 hours 51 minutes behind the leader.

Experience has alot to do with this type of event, and the 427 H3 is doing a pretty good job for first time (I think) 1-off entrant. My guess is they'll do better as they move up the learning curve.

I recall a couple of years ago one of the entrants got off course, drove over an old land mine that detonated and killed him. The race can be risky in a lot of ways.

Best regards,

George SSSS

[RonB]

looks like the grill is stock!

rb

[GeorgeSSSS]

I notice that the highest Toyota is 55th and the highest Land Rover is 60th.

No Jeeps made the list. Good thing. They are TRAIL RATED and would have stomped everyone.

George SSSS