GHR Honda Team Site & Blog
Getting close now!
We’re hoping to get a call from Glenn today to find out how things are going at scrutineering.
Birthdays!
There are a couple of birthdays to note although the time zone differences make it hard to know when to light the candles – happy birthday Jacob Smith and Mark Davidson (consecutive birthdays). The fact that save for one day there is a 30 year age gap between these two riders won’t diminish the celebrations and only goes to show what a diverse group GHR have gathered for the race.
In other celebrations I am sure that NYE in Buenos Aires is going to go off with a bang tomorrow night. During a couple of the phone calls from Glenn, the fireworks and crackers that seem to be a nightly feature in BA were clearly audible.
GHR Honda rider numbers
Even though up to this point Jacob’s bike has been shown wearing his trademark #222 on the stickers, it’s worth noting that the actual race numbers for the GHR Honda riders are as follows:
#113 – Jacob Smith
#117 – Mark Davidson
#121 – Warren Strange
#181 – Simon Harslett
Interesting superstitions – from the Dakar site
“According to tradition, the title holder in the bike category wears the number 1. However, after an initial glance at the list of participants, eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that this year this honour has been granted to Marc Coma, who strangely was 15th in the last edition. After a rapid inquiry, it would appear that this starting hierarchy is the wish of Cyril Despres himself. Usually not particularly superstitious, the three times winner followed a fairly logical line of thinking before asking the organisers for this special dispensation: “In my garage, the bikes from my three victories are parked side by side and they all bear the number 2. I thought it would be nice if I could add a fourth, so I asked for this small favour. Since Marc is the current world champion in the discipline, it was fairly coherent that he inherited the number 1 and fortunately he agreed to it”. It is uncertain whether the Catalan is a believer in numerology, but during his two successes, in 2006 and 2009, he was also riding with the number 2. Indeed, to find a rider who triumphed with the number 1 plate, you have to look back through the archives to 2002 and the victory of Fabrizio Meoni.”
Some pics courtesy of Glenn Brown.
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about 13 years ago
G’day All,
Good luck guys, it is a major acheivement just to get there and i hope you have a good run and prepare well for a Red hot go next year. just remember,
………….. to finish first, first you must finish,
we will be glued to the tv and the net watching all the way
Happy birthday to the boys and happy new year
Darryl
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