Jan 11th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 11th in Stage 5, and his teammate, Sheldon Creed, finished 21st. The special section of Stage 8 is 393km. Robby Gordon start time: 7:26am/et, Sheldon Creed start time: 7:48am/et.


STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: SALTA > BELEN

Connection 373km | Special Stage 393km | Total 766km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The change of terrain which marks the entry into the second part of the rally should also mark a change in programme for the drivers, who will face the first dune sections of the 2016 edition. Experts in dunes crossing will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and even gain an advantage. They will also notice the navigational difficulties which have been introduced this year to complicate their existence. Louds of minutes could be lost by vehicles blocked in the sand.

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 Cluworks on January 11, 2016 at 8:53pm

337 CREED (USA), STREET (USA) GORDINI 009:51:40 05:39:17 (ASS)

Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on January 11, 2016 at 8:53pm

wat no way he made it
the tracking dakar.com sucks

Permalink Reply by Shane on January 11, 2016 at 9:04pm

Maybe he missed all the WP's and just brought it home.

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2016 at 8:56pm

Apparently Creed at the finish, 5:39:17 behind, with no scoring shown for him at WP6 through WP9. Which puts him 1hr 29 mins behind Robby for the day.

Permalink Reply by MTG on January 11, 2016 at 8:56pm

What altitude is base camp? I hope all the team members are over the altitude sickness and can get the Gordinis prepped for tomorrow without too much trouble.

Permalink Reply by ktm pilot on January 11, 2016 at 9:01pm

Well, thats great news!
Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully goes better for the Team.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2016 at 9:11pm

the airport is 4000 ft

Permalink Reply by MTG on January 11, 2016 at 9:13pm

That should be fine.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2016 at 9:09pm

It is very late at the Biv, Good news, the stage starts close to the Biv. 8:56 am local start time for Nasser. RG is taking his 2nd ELITE mulligan to start 17th , 9:37 local. Sheldon is scheduled for 10:49 local
This is a loop course.

I understand there is a group of you building a Diesel /IRS pick-up to next year event, sponsored by every automobile manufacturer on the globe. May luck be with you.

Permalink Reply by jerry davis on January 11, 2016 at 9:13pm

Yep...., crew cab so we all can ride along .

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 11, 2016 at 9:19pm

Good one.

Permalink Reply by joseph on January 11, 2016 at 9:25pm

and a couple million to go with the luck

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