Did You Hear?
Not that anyone is paying attention - in fact from the lack of entries it would seem that I am not paying attention to my own blog. After struggling thru the SEMA show and re-injuring my knee I have pretty much done nothing but mope around and try to just get thru the holidays. Knee is much better due to the lack of doing anything - and a new year is upon us. That means the start of the SA Dakar - that is the South American Dakar. Today - Friday the 6th - the stage was cancelled due to snow on the mountain pass that would have taken the teams from Argentina to Chile where today's stage would have started this morning.
So, today a quick recap of the rally so far. Team Speed (that is Robby Gordon's Speed Energy Drink) has two entries this year. Drivers being Robby and last years winner Nasser Al Attiyah. Nassar won stage 2, and Robby had 4 straight stages of 5th or better. The Volkswagen team did not enter this year. Last year, the VW's main competition came from the BMW cars. This year, the BMW chassis have been skinned with MINI bodywork and so far it is working for them. Top 2 cars in the rally are MINI's and a Toyota in 3rd.
Hummers of Team Speed are fast and might be doing better if they could get their spare parts trucks out of Argentina customs. They are having to run tires two and three days and this has caused puncture problems - causing lost time. Go Team Speed in Chile.
So, today a quick recap of the rally so far. Team Speed (that is Robby Gordon's Speed Energy Drink) has two entries this year. Drivers being Robby and last years winner Nasser Al Attiyah. Nassar won stage 2, and Robby had 4 straight stages of 5th or better. The Volkswagen team did not enter this year. Last year, the VW's main competition came from the BMW cars. This year, the BMW chassis have been skinned with MINI bodywork and so far it is working for them. Top 2 cars in the rally are MINI's and a Toyota in 3rd.
Hummers of Team Speed are fast and might be doing better if they could get their spare parts trucks out of Argentina customs. They are having to run tires two and three days and this has caused puncture problems - causing lost time. Go Team Speed in Chile.
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