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January 2, 2009 at 12:00 AM
  • Team Dakar USA and Sprint Cup driver [#7 Jim Beam/Menards Toyota] Robby Gordon are in Buenos Aires Argentina to challenge the worlds most demanding sixteen day off-road race. Team Dakar USAs objectives are to win the rally, highlight American innovation, determination and pride. The 2009 Dakar Rally covers over 6,000 miles (10000km) of punishing off road terrain. In preparation for the rally, Gordons crew spent countless hours prepping the two Hummer H3 race vehicles and support vehicles. Team Dakar USAs support vehicles consist of a Mercedes Benz 6X6, Mercedes 4X4, MAN 4X4 race truck and two Hummer H1s. One Hummer will act as an assistance vehicle while a second Hummer H1 will focus in media relations. A third race vehicle will enter in the truck class to aid Gordon and Vigoroux in case of any assistance needed. The MAN race truck is driven by”Turbo” Tom Gevis, it has the vitals to repair the vehicles on the course. The ASO does not allow vehicle assistance during special stages unless that vehicle is entered in the rally. Team Dakar USA has twenty four dedicated individuals that form the roster. Most of the team members are familiar faces in off-road motorsports. They have endured years of racing experience in Dakar, Baja, and Central Europe. In the Dakar Rally that can be the determining factor between winning or even finishing a rally like this. An exciting addition to the 2009 Team is driver Eric Vigoroux and his co pilot Alexandre Winocq.”We are excited to have Eric and Alex on our team, Eric is fast and has finished Dakar Rallys before. His experience will be an added asset to our team, “said Gordon.
    Gordon, will make his fifth appearance in the Dakar Rally in 2009. A three-time Dakar stage winner, two time Central Europe Rally Special winner is the only American to do so. Gordon has been competing in off-road endurance races since the early 1980s. Himself a three-time winner of the esteemed Baja 1000 along with numerous other victories within North American borders, Gordon is attempting to be the first American to win the overall victory of the coveted Dakar Rally. The 2009 Dakar Rally, which takes place between the 3rd and 18th of January, is scheduled to be broadcast in 189 countries. Versus will carry the TV coverage for the USA. A TV Schedule can be found on my TV Listings page. Fans can access news, background reports, photographs, and videos before the start and during the Dakar Rally on www.RobbyGordon.com.(RGM PRs)(1-2-2009)