2019 Dakar Stage 5 Discussion

Join in to discuss Stage 5 of the 2019 Dakar Rally, January 11th, 2019

Tacna > Arequipa

Liaison: 175 km / 109 miles
Stage: 519 km / 322 miles

Schedule: *All times local time GMT-5 (3 hours ahead of PST)

Robby Gordon - TBA | Blade Hildebrand - TBA | Cole Potts - TBA

Live Tracking Dakar Site -> https://www.dakar.com/en/stage-5/car

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 12, 2019 at 12:25am

Looks like RG will finish stage 5 tomorrow

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Permalink Reply by Adam G on January 12, 2019 at 12:41am

Tomorrow ouch long free day, thanks for reporting

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 12, 2019 at 10:49am

RG now moving, going to finish stage 5, then to Bivouac for rest day

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 12, 2019 at 11:00am

Wow so Much for rest day rebuild and ready for tomorrow .still though go team speed and good luck robby

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 12, 2019 at 11:05am

From Kellon

this is 10 hours old FYI

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 12, 2019 at 11:09am

Here's a little Max Eddy Jr. http://www.planetrobby.com/video/max-eddy-jr-interview-at-2019-dakar

Co-polit for Cole Potts

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Permalink Reply by Southern Yooper on January 12, 2019 at 1:24pm

great interview, thanks for sharing. Go team speed.

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Permalink Reply by RaceFanPics on January 12, 2019 at 1:48pm

Yes, GREAT interview--thanks for sharing! Max did a great job explaining some of the difficulties they faced and showed great restraint when discussing the imposed speed limit. Impressive stuff!

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Permalink Reply by Scott B on January 12, 2019 at 2:35pm

Certainly sounds like the #346 is taking off the speed limiter for stage 6...nothing to lose? Would be interesting to see what they could do (if reliable) on a few stages with 100% SPEED.