Jan 15th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 10 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 10 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. After a broken radiator ruined a top 5 finish in stage 9, Gordon looks to rebound and will be the 17th car off the line. Robby Gordon will begin stage 9 at 7:53am/et.

2014 Stage 9 Photos

STAGE 10 TRACKING

STAGE 10: IQUIQUE > ANTOFAGASTA

Connection 58km | Special Stage 631km | Total 689km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The special stage, split into two sections with very different features, will begin with the descent towards the shores of the Pacific. The advance gained in the stage the day before may will be increased in the sand during the first two hundred kilometres. Even more skill will be required to tackle the sections of fesh-fesh in the second part of the stage. Once this difficult area is behind the drivers, they will all be delighted to twist and wind along the region’s mine tracks, and in particular to be welcomed by the majestic arch of La Portuda, a stone’s throw from the bivouac in Antofagasta.

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 Michael Martinez on January 15, 2014 at 6:38pm

To all members...those from Cup those from offroad those from indy car to those from sports cars...all the way to those whom only seen one episone of "Home Improvement". It is of bad form to say things like "Without that flat tire we'd be _____. or Without that G-force scale crushing crash in turn 5 we would be sitting ________. It does not exist. It's a feel good thing to say we were top 5 until we broke or we were running equal times with _______. I know that we have Robby say things in that fashion but you know truth be told for myself I see a guttsy effort by a group of devoted people that just don't get squat outa' what did not happen. No matter the outcome of this or any other adventure the proof is in the pudding that they are there competing and I'm a fan of the effort first and all the rest is just ....well afterbirth.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 15, 2014 at 6:47pm

It is what it is Michael. Is your glass half full or half empty? I see that glass and realize I need to buy more milk. Gutsy effort by Team Speed? Every time out and that's why I'll always be a fan. Hunker down and make some jerky MM we're sending you a blizzard in time for the weekend. Sorry.

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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on January 15, 2014 at 6:53pm

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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Permalink Reply by bighead on January 15, 2014 at 7:02pm

I actually have this quote on my desk at work

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Permalink Reply by Tobin on January 15, 2014 at 7:09pm

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Permalink Reply by Greg Jones on January 15, 2014 at 8:41pm

sorry MM but you are stuck in a Newtonian physics world. Quantum physics has taught us that the tire blew and it didn't blow, we crashed and we didn't crash, we lost and we won - all at at the same time.

the devoted people made the same Herculean effort in every case.

Could I have some of that pudding?

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Permalink Reply by Blues on January 15, 2014 at 9:30pm

You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but don't pick your friends nose.. anonymous..

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Permalink Reply by Levi Pal on January 16, 2014 at 2:17am

Yes, you are absolutely right. It's just frustrating how that penalty keeps reappearing. But hey, the way thing's are going it might disappear again :)
Anyway, great effort from RG and Team Speed! Gas on!