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Robby Gordon posts third top-five finish in Dakar Rally at Stage 6

Robby Gordon brought his Gordini home in fourth place in the 277-kilometer stage.

#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell

#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell

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#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell
#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell
#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell
#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell
#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell
#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell
#308 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell

Iquique, Chile – Robby Gordon continued his good form at the 37th Dakar Rally Friday, bringing his Traxxas/Toyo Tires Gordini home in fourth place in the 277-kilometer stage.

Like Thursday’s Stage 5 race, Gordon again had a strong early run, leading through the mid-point of the stage. While he maintained the eventual winner’s pace through most of the second half of the race, it was the final timed section on the course – in deep sand dunes – where Gordon and navigator Johnny Campbell gave up nearly two minutes to the top-three finishers.

Gordon’s fourth-place finish marked his third top five in six stages of the Rally. He finished the first stage in second position and yesterday’s fifth stage in third.

Almost 6 hours behind Al-Attiyah

Overall Rally leader Nasser Al-Attiyah of Saudi Arabia won his third stage of the 2015 Dakar Rally and increased his overall lead to 11 minutes, 12 seconds over South African Giniel De Villiers. Gordon moved to 25th overall and sits 5 hours, 47 minutes and 31 seconds behind Al-Attiyah.

Al-Attiyah’s stage time of 2 hours, 37 minutes and 18 seconds was 37 seconds better than De Villiers in second, 1 minute, 24 seconds better than Nani Roma in third and 1 minute, 45 seconds ahead of Gordon. Argentine Orlando Terranova was scored fifth, 5 minutes, 48 seconds behind the winner.

Before Friday’s stage, the usual heavy attrition rate had already sidelined 55 of the 137 cars that started the Rally. Making it to Monday’s rest day for the cars will be a challenge as the teams enter a new country with rough terrain and extreme altitude.

Saturday’s Stage 7 is scheduled for a total of 717 kilometers (446 miles), of which 321 kilometers (199 miles) will be the timed section for the cars. Gordon will start in his finishing position of fourth from Friday, which will again be a favorable spot among the elite cars remaining in the Rally. The teams will venture into Bolivia for the first time and right from the start, the cars will gradually climb to more than 3,500 meters (nearly 11,500 feet) where the timed stage will begin.

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