While most NASCAR drivers are tidying up their honey-do lists or picking out nursery furniture, Real Man Robby Gordon is tooling around South America in the 2010 Dakar Rally. (Wait ... isn't Dakar in Africa?) Gordon, an accomplished rally driver, is cranking his way up the South American continent and, so far, not doing too badly.
Gordon won Tuesday's 101-mile Stage 4 by one second over leader Stéphane Peterhansel, but Gordon still sits about an hour behind the top spot. The race had to be delayed an hour or so, not because of rain -- no, that's NASCAR's game -- but because many of the vehicles were stranded out on the Argentinean dunes on Monday.
The Dakar Rally -- which, as it turns out, has been moved to South America because of terrorist concerns -- is a 9,000-kilometer (5,600-mile) runa cross the South American continent through Chile and Argentina, looping from the Pacific to the Atlantic and back again. The race will last until January 17, and we'll bring you updates throughout the week.
Follow along with Toyo Tires, Gordon's tire sponsor, at their blog right here and see how Gordon . Or, if you like, you can keep checking Twitter and see which drivers are cleaning out their garages or baking cookies.
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