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 pdxracefan on January 6, 2014 at 3:22pm

Anyone know for sure why they're running it without the rear hatch? And yes, I'm bummed as well, for now.

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 6, 2014 at 3:24pm

Its easier to work on when you break every 5 miles.....

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 3:32pm

my sarcasm meter is working for FD.
Kevin Wilson posted they where trying for maximum cooling this morning

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 6, 2014 at 4:01pm

I feel it Mike... How are ya man.. How were your holidays?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 4:06pm

excellent,my little wi one had fun with all the attention.

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Permalink Reply by David on January 6, 2014 at 3:26pm

someone win the lottery so we can all go and cheer RG on

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Permalink Reply by David Z on January 6, 2014 at 3:27pm

I tried

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Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on January 6, 2014 at 3:34pm

ME too

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Permalink Reply by redlinetech on January 6, 2014 at 3:30pm

The HST doesnt look all that bad this way w/o the hatch. So what happened they towed it in again and got 28th hour and a half down? Not bad. It must have broken down near the finish. Maybe it had been in contention for the stage win up till then?

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Permalink Reply by Jamie LaVelle on January 6, 2014 at 3:33pm

Sheet if we know ! I wonder how the Dakar offies even know where people were running today . since the feed provided to the public should mirror what they are using to track the event .

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 3:34pm

won't know until the post race report

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Permalink Reply by matts11 on January 6, 2014 at 3:34pm

damn i missed a lot. first day back at work in 2 weeks and the shit is hitting the fan. doesn't look like robby is having a good day either. any word of what is going on? hopefully Tuesday will be better for both Robby and I. Gas on Robby.