Jan 6th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had vapor lock issues during stage 1, and finds himself over 2 hours behind. The cars are scheduled to begin the 433km special section at 8:55am/et, Robby Gordon will probably begin the stage at 9:36am/et (Subject to change) Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2014 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

2014 Stage 1 Photos

STAGE 2 TRACKING

STAGE 2: SAN LUIS > SAN RAFAEL

Connection 365km | Special Stage 433km | Total 798km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The fastest special stage of the rally, at least for its first part, will also be the one where drivers will have to face the first dunes. And it won’t just be a brief encounter with sand: in the last 100 kilometres, the exploration of the grey dunes of Nihuil will be even more intensive than during previous visits. The sand is more firm there, but the experience will provide a great deal of insight about each of the competitors’ technical skills. In short it will be a veritable test.

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 David on January 6, 2014 at 10:46am

thanks for info

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 6, 2014 at 10:47am

I'm curious to see if all the vapor lock(or whatever it is) problems are similar to each other. Do the teams have to get there fuel from the same place?

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 6, 2014 at 10:48am

Way I understand it you can get fuel anywhere. I remember a video from a few years ago where RG was filling up the hummer at a local filling station (and getting mobbed by fans). As far as I know you do not get fuel from the sanctioning body.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 10:56am

or you can get fuel from the ASO (ELF maybe) It is curious
that Carlos and his teammate didn't have issues we know of,but RGM,EVR,Hajar (US based) all did.