Robby Gordon: Mad about Dakar Rally cancellation

From USA Today: Dakar Rally cancellation angers Robby Gordon.

"Let's put this in perspective: I'm pretty sure in L.A. we kill 11 a night on the streets — stabbed, shot, beat up, murdered," said Gordon, who expected to miss Monday's test at Daytona International Speedway but returned to the cockpit of his No. 7 Ford. "This is a couple of kids in the back of a pickup with AK-47s that shot a couple people. I'm sorry to say that, but that's the reality. It's not like this big setup and bombings or whatever. I feel sorry obviously for the families and the people that it happened to, but I don't get it."

Gordon's team spent about $4.5 million preparing two Hummers for the grueling race, shipping 10 gearboxes and 20 sets of axles overseas. The two trucks were being inspected when the Amaury Sport Organization called off the event for the first time in its 30-year history.

Read Gordon's more in-depth interview with Motorsports here.