Nascar.com > Gordon upset how Dakar cancellation was handled

[klaus]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The race trucks cost more than a $1 million each, their lightweight, off-road bodies fashioned completely out of carbon fiber and Kevlar. They had been packed and shipped to Lisbon, Portugal, where 26 members of Robby Gordon Motorsports were waiting for them. They had paid $360,000 in entry fees, bought thousands of dollars more worth of spare parts, and were ready to beat the desert. They were in line for technical inspection on the day before the start of the Dakar Rally when they learned the entire 5,760-mile endurance event had been cancelled because of terrorism concerns.....[Read the entire story]

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[NicksTrix]

good article. that's a BIG loss to swallow. i don't care who you are.

[hangten33]

I'd be pissed too!!

[FlyHiFlyLo]

On his site it has the whole Q&A

http://www.robbygordon.com/cms/publi...icle_998.shtml

[NIKAL]

On his site it has the whole Q&A

http://www.robbygordon.com/cms/publi...icle_998.shtml

Geat Q/A article!

[the squirrel]

I believe he should be pretty upset. He is correct in the standpoint that they should've had backup plans in place as its not like the Dakar has ever had security issues before. Yeah right. It seems like every year there are a few issues with carjackings by the desert insurgents. I believe last year they bypassed two stages and it took the organizers a day to transport all the equipment by plane over an area that had some trouble going on.

After all he and his company have been working on this since last year and travelled a long way not to race. Its not like he is french and moved his equipment only a little bit comaparitevely speaking.

[CharlieIII]

Good article. 10 gear boxes @ $40k each...yikes..

[Ramsey_ElWardani]

"I can’t believe they gave up that easy.” No joke!

[Big Hock]

"I can’t believe they gave up that easy.” No joke!

They ARE French, after all.

[harleys dad]

They ARE French, after all.

Full blown fact there