Jan 13th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had a broken studs in stage 7, and had to limp home to a disappointing 56th place finish. Gordon is now 24th overall. The rally now enters Chile, and Robby Gordon will begin stage 8 at 10:45am/et.

 

2014 Stage 7 Photos


STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: SALTA > CALAMA

Connection 510km | Special Stage 302km | Total 812km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

Today the competitors will cross the Andes Cordillera, to begin the Chilean part of the rally. A special transition stage has been marked out there for the last day that cars will progress without overtaking motorcycles and quad bikes. The timed section of the day will be accessible to skilled drivers who are at ease on fast tracks in a closed environment. Drivers are advised to pay attention to their position from the outset to limit the number of overtaking manoeuvres, even though the strict standards regarding the use of the Sentinel system will be carefully monitored at the end of the day.

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 Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2014 at 10:42am

or maybe an old fashioned lug wrench

Permalink Reply by Rob on January 13, 2014 at 10:44am

I go by the torque wrench or give a lug wrench a good heavy toe.

Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on January 13, 2014 at 10:50am

Robby should have just got underway

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2014 at 10:56am

I have him missing his start time

Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on January 13, 2014 at 10:53am
He's a firefighter not a mechanic leave kW alone don't linch him We go from one day oh hey kW is a great guy to "Kellon needs to learn to use a wrench " poor guy has had enough you can see frustration
Permalink Reply by Rob on January 13, 2014 at 10:57am

Never said a thing about Kellon, he used the tools provided...it comes down to Robby and we all know it.

Permalink Reply by Buzzzz on January 13, 2014 at 10:46am

And we are off to the races!!!!!

Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 13, 2014 at 10:51am
Dewalt impact, if the battery isn't fully charged and wearing a helmet you wouldn't hear the sound of a fully charged, yep it could happen. Good news they made it home on two lugs . Wow right. Truck is running great now great news. Looking forward to today's stage
Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 13, 2014 at 10:56am

You can"feel" the impact torque down on the fastener

Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 13, 2014 at 11:14am
Got one and yes you can ... I've also had that problem before and only found this with the torque wrench
Permalink Reply by lightweight on January 13, 2014 at 10:57am

Bikes are done - Despres, Coma, Barreda - Coma will just set in second the rest of the rally and take it.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 13, 2014 at 10:58am

Stage 7 is over. On to stage 8

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