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 | SA-Dakar Rally: Nasser Al Attiyah & Robby Gordon happy with their Hummer.
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The third stage opened with the Hummer of the Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah first off the line and the Hummer of Robby Gordon shortly behind him in the 3rd starting position, giving "Team Speed/Qatar" an opportunity to keep momentum on their side.
The stage featured terrain that was suitable for the Hummers once again and Nasser Al-Attiyah and navigator Lucas Cruz looked to capitalize on their top ranking performance nfrom the day before.
"Opening the stage for us was a bit tricky. Going through sections of the course that were very narrow and technical it was difficult to maneuver such a big car" said Al Attiyah after the stage.
"We kept it at 70 percent to stay conservative until the last 20km. We then picked it up and were very fast. We looked to gain as much ground as we could from the time we lost at the first part of the stage." commented navigator Lucas Cruz.
Lucas and Nasser would end up gaining ground in the last section to finish in the 3rd position, also gaining in the overall standings advancing to 6th, 6 minutes and 34 seconds back from overall leader.
Robby Gordon was once again consistent and finished in the lead pack in 5th place, 2 minutes and 8 seconds behind. Gordon said having posted his 3rd top 5 finish in the first 3 stages of the 2012 Dakar Rally.
"Today was a good run" Gordon said. "Both Hummer are running great and we did what we needed to do. I am being ultra conservative and making sure I finished the stage. We are now in the position to be leading the overall rally which can only boost moral and momentum heading into the heat of the rally."
2012/01/04 | 14:32 CET | ARTICLE: MR/SY/MCCABE
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