Jan 11th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 8 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. This is the second half of the Marathon stage. The special section of stage 8 is 781km long. Robby Gordon start time: 5:25am/et, and he will be the 9th car off the line. After a 9th place finish in stage 7, Gordon sits 23rd in the overall standings, 5h48m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.


2015 Stage 7 Photos


STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: UYUNI > IQUIQUE

Connection 24km | Special Stage 781km | Total 805km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Dakar bows to the laws of nature. Hence, the weather will decide which route will be taken to leave Bolivia. If it’s dry, the start could take place in the Salar de Uyuni, for a 100km route across a smooth road of white salt: full throttle and foot to the floor! The route then slows down abruptly, with the longest part of the special stage taking place on more technical mountain terrain. The day will end with more than 40km of dunes, concluding with the vertiginous descent to Iquique.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Fifield on January 11, 2015 at 12:57am

I hope they are getting some sleep tonight. Speaking of sleep, TOG, do you ever sleep, or just run on Robby's schedule?

Permalink Reply by KevinM on January 11, 2015 at 1:35am

Bummer. Start has been moved to CP2

Permalink Reply by yano on January 11, 2015 at 2:41am

forecast ?

Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 11, 2015 at 2:47am

got a zip code for the middle of the salt flat? haha!

Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 11, 2015 at 1:52am

More posted on RDC:

More from JC:
Ok,
Crazy get this, they changed the stage;
Going to start on a 135km "Salar" or dry lake bed.
Five cars at a time. Every five minutes.
Following a cap heading....that's like 84 miles wide open!!
Look for a crazy victory tomorrow


My head's been in a hole (of sand maybe) to have not known about this.
There's a twitter for @speedenergymexico and they've been busy posting pics on instagram... love this one, as I find many other uses for same.

Permalink Reply by yano on January 11, 2015 at 2:39am

YEAAAAAAHHHH !

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 4:42am

According to Wikipedia, Salar de Uyuni sits at 12,000 feet above sea level, and is the largest salt flats in the world : 100 times the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats, with a variation of less than a meter in elevation over it's total surface. I certainly hope they get some video of this….

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 5:04am

And I think we all know what the the "vertiginous descent to Iquique" means !!

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2015 at 5:14am
Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 5:18am

This is going to be worth staying up for…...

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 5:21am

I hope we get to see these copter shots...

Permalink Reply by Don Brown on January 11, 2015 at 5:22am

Heilo taking off, First 5 gettin ready on the line,(salt)

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